New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 16:16-21

16My faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440is flushedחֳ֭מַרְמְרוּcho.mar.me.rahH2560fromweepingבֶ֑כִיVe.khiH1065,And deepצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757darknessH6757is on my eyelidsעַפְעַפַּ֣י'af.'a.PaiH6079,

17Althoughעַ֭ל'alH5921there is noלֹא־lo'-H3808violenceחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555in my handsבְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.PaiH3709, Andmy prayerוּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605is pureזַכָּֽה׃za.KahH2134.

18“Earthאֶ֭רֶץ'E.retzH776,do not coverתְּכַסִּ֣יte.kha.SiH3680my bloodדָמִ֑יda.MiH1818,And may there be noH408restingplaceמָ֝ק֗וֹםma.KomH4725for my cryלְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃le.za.'a.ka.TiH2201.

19Evenגַּם־gam-H1571nowעַ֭תָּה'A.tahH6258,beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009,my witnessעֵדִ֑י'e.DiH5707is in heavenבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064, And myadvocateוְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗יve.sa.ha.DiH7717ison highבַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃ba.me.ro.MimH4791.

20My friendsרֵעָ֑יre.'AiH7453are my scoffersH3917;My eyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869weepsדָּלְפָ֥הdal.FahH1811to Godאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433,

21That one might pleadוְיוֹכַ֣חve.yo.KhachH3198for a manלְגֶ֣בֶרle.Ge.verH1397with Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433As a sonוּֽבֶן־u.ven-H1121of manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120with his neighborלְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃le.re.'E.huH7453!

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