2“Shall a multitudeהֲרֹ֣בha.RoH7230of wordsדְּ֭בָרִיםDe.va.rimH1697goH6030unansweredלֹ֣אlo'H3808H6030, And atalkativeשְׂפָתַ֣יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376be acquittedיִצְדָּֽק׃yitz.DakH6663?
3Shall your boastsבַּ֭דֶּיךָBa.dei.khaH907silenceיַחֲרִ֑ישׁוya.cha.Ri.shvH2790menמְתִ֣יםme.TimH4962? And shall youscoffוַ֝תִּלְעַ֗גva.til.'AgH3932and noneוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369rebukeמַכְלִֽם׃makh.LimH3637?
4Foryou have saidוַ֭תֹּאמֶרVa.to.merH559, ‘My teachingלִקְחִ֑יlik.ChiH3948is pureזַ֣ךְzakhH2134, AndI amהָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961innocentוּ֝בַ֗רu.VarH1249in your eyesבְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ve.'ei.Nei.khaH5869.’
6And showוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046you the secretsתַּֽעֲלֻמ֣וֹתta.'a.lu.MotH8587of wisdomחָכְמָה֮chokh.mahH2451!For soundלְֽת֫וּשִׁיָּ֥הle.Tu.shi.YahH8454wisdomH8454has twoH3718sidesH3718.Knowוְדַ֡עve.Da'H3045then that Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433forgetsיַשֶּׁ֥הya.ShehH5382a part ofyour iniquityמֵעֲוֹנֶֽךָ׃me.'a.vo.Ne.khaH5771.
7“Can you discoverתִּמְצָ֑אtim.Tza'H4672the depthsהַחֵ֣קֶרha.Che.kerH2714of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433?Can you discoverתִּמְצָֽא׃tim.Tza'H4672the limitsתַּכְלִ֖יתtakh.LitH8503of the Almightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706?
8They arehighגָּבְהֵ֣יga.ve.HeiH1363asthe heavensשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064,whatמַה־mah-H4100can you doתִּפְעָ֑לtif.'AlH6466?Deeperעֲמֻקָּ֥ה'a.mu.KahH6013thanH4480Sheolמִ֝שְּׁא֗וֹלmi.she.'olH7585,whatמַה־mah-H4100can you knowתֵּדָֽע׃te.Da'H3045?
10Ifאִם־'im-H518He passesיַחֲלֹ֥ףya.cha.LofH2498by or shutsוְיַסְגִּ֑ירve.yas.GirH5462up,Or callsH6950an assemblyH6950,whoוּמִ֣יu.MiH4310can restrainיְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ye.shi.Ve.nuH7725Him?
11ForHe knowsיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045falseשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723menמְתֵי־me.tei-H4962, And Heseesוַיַּרְא־vai.yar'-H7200iniquityאָ֝֗וֶן'A.venH205withoutוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808investigatingיִתְבּוֹנָֽן׃yit.bo.NanH995.
13“Ifאִם־'im-H518you woulddirectהֲכִינ֣וֹתָha.khi.No.taH3559your heartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820rightH3559Andspreadוּפָרַשְׂתָּ֖u.fa.ras.TaH6566out your handכַּפֶּֽךָ׃ka.Pe.khaH3709to Him,
14Ifאִם־'im-H518iniquityאָ֣וֶן'A.venH205is in your handבְּ֭יָדְךָBe.ya.de.khaH3027,putהַרְחִיקֵ֑הוּhar.chi.Ke.huH7368it farH7368awayH7368,And do not let wickednessH5767dwellתַּשְׁכֵּ֖ןtash.KenH7931in your tentsבְּאֹהָלֶ֣יךָbe.'o.ha.Lei.khaH168;
15Thenאָ֤ז׀'azH227,indeedכִּי־ki-H3588, you couldliftתִּשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375up your faceפָנֶ֣יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440withoutH4480moraldefectH4140,And you would be steadfastמֻ֝צָ֗קmu.TzakH3332andnot fearתִירָֽא׃ti.Ra'H3372.
16For you wouldforgetתִּשְׁכָּ֑חtish.KachH7911yourtroubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999, Aswatersכְּמַ֖יִםke.Ma.yimH4325that have passedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674by, you would rememberתִזְכֹּֽר׃tiz.KorH2142it.
17Yourlifeחָ֑לֶדCha.ledH2465would bebrighterיָק֣וּםya.KumH6965thanH4480noondayוּֽ֭מִצָּהֳרַיִםU.mi.tzo.ho.ra.yimH6672;DarknessH8591would be like the morningכַּבֹּ֥קֶרka.Bo.kerH1242.
18Then you would trustוּֽ֭בָטַחְתָּU.va.tach.taH982,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588thereיֵ֣שׁyeshH3426is hopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615;And you would lookH2658aroundH2658and restתִּשְׁכָּֽב׃tish.KavH7901securelyלָבֶ֥טַחla.Ve.tachH983.
20But theeyesוְעֵינֵ֥יve.'ei.NeiH5869of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'ImH7563will failתִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikh.Lei.nahH3615, And there willbe noאָבַ֣ד'a.VadH6escapeוּ֭מָנוֹסU.ma.nosH4498for them; And theirhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗םve.tik.va.TamH8615isto breatheH4646their lastH4646.”
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