2“If one venturesהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254a wordדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with you, will you becomeH3811impatientתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811? Butwhoמִ֣יmiH4310canיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201refrainוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?
3Beholdהִ֭נֵּהHi.nehH2009you have admonishedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227,And you have strengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388weakרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.
4Your wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405havehelped the totteringכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782to standיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965,And you have strengthenedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553feebleכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.
5But nowעַתָּ֨ה׀'a.TahH6258it has comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935to you, and youare impatientוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811; Ittouchesתִּגַּ֥עti.Ga'H5060you, and you are dismayedוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.
6Is not yourfearיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374of Godyour confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690,And the integrityוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of your waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870your hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615?
7“Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142nowנָ֗אNa'H4994,whoמִ֤יmiH4310everperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6being innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355?Or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were the uprightיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477destroyedנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?
8According to whatכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834I have seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200,those who plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205And those who sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232troubleעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999harvestיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114it.
9Bythe breathמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6, And by theblastוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of His angerאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639they comeיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615to an endH3615.
10Theroaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of the lionH743and the voiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fiercelionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826,And the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the youngכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715lionsH3715are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.
11Thelionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishesאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6for lackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097of preyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964, And thewhelpsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121of the lionessלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833are scatteredיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.
12“Now a wordדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697was broughtH1589to me stealthilyH1589,And my earאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241receivedוַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.KachH3947awhisperשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102of it.
13Amid disquietingH8174thoughtsH8174from the visionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384of the nightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915,When deepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639sleepH8639fallsבִּנְפֹ֥לbin.FolH5307on menH376,
14Dreadפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343cameקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122upon me, and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461, And madeallוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106shakeהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.
15Then aspiritוְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achH7307passedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya.cha.LofH2498by my faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440;The hairשַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsa.'a.RatH8185of my fleshבְּשָׂרִֽי׃be.sa.RiH1320bristledתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רte.sa.MerH5568up.
16It stoodH5975stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975,but I could not discernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234its appearanceמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758;A formתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544wasbeforeלְנֶ֣גֶדle.Ne.gedH5048my eyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869; There wassilenceדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827,then I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085a voiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963:
17‘Canmankindהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582be justיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663beforeH4480Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433?Can a manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397be pureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891beforeH4480hisMakerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּme.'o.Se.huH6213?
18He putsH539noלֹ֣אlo'H3808trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539evenהֵ֣ןhenH2005in His servantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650;And against His angelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397He chargesיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760errorתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417.
19HowH637muchH637moreH637those who dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931inhousesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004of clayחֹ֗מֶרCho.merH2563,Whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834foundationיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247is in the dustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083,Who are crushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםye.da.ke.'UmH1792beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440the mothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211!
20BetweenH4480morningמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242and eveningלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153they are brokenH3807in piecesH3807;Unobservedמִבְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗יםmi.be.Li me.SimH1097H7760, theyperishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6foreverלָנֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331.
21Is not theirtent-cordיִתְרָ֣םyit.RamH3499pluckedנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265up within them?They dieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191, yetwithoutH3808wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451.’
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