2“Do you thinkחָשַׁ֣בְתָּcha.Shav.taH2803thisH2088is in accordance withjusticeלְמִשְׁפָּ֑טle.mish.PatH4941?Do you sayאָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559, ‘My righteousnessצִדְקִ֥יtzid.KiH6664is moreH4480thanH4480God’sמֵאֵֽל׃me.'ElH410’?
3For you sayתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559, ‘Whatמַה־mah-H4100advantageH5532will it beH5532to You?Whatמָֽה־mah-H4100benefitאֹ֝עִ֗יל'o.'IlH3276will I have, moreH4480thanH4480ifI had sinnedמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403?’
4I will answerאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין'a.shi.ve.Kha mi.LinH7725H4405you,And your friendsרֵעֶ֥יךָre.'Ei.khaH7453with you.
5Lookהַבֵּ֣טha.BetH5027at the heavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064and seeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200;And lookH7789atH7789the cloudsשְׁ֝חָקִ֗יםShe.cha.KimH7834--they areH1361higherגָּבְה֥וּga.ve.HuH1361thanמִמֶּֽךָּ׃mi.Me.kaH4480you.
6Ifאִם־'im-H518you have sinnedחָ֭טָאתָCha.ta.taH2398,whatמַה־mah-H4100do you accomplishתִּפְעָל־tif.'ol-H6466against Him?And if your wrongdoingsפְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָfe.sha.'Ei.khaH6588areH7231manyוְרַבּ֥וּve.ra.BuH7231,whatמַה־mah-H4100do you doתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213to Him?
7Ifאִם־'im-H518you areH6663righteousצָ֭דַקְתָּTza.dak.taH6663,whatמַה־mah-H4100do you giveתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414to Him,Orא֥וֹ'oH176whatמַה־mah-H4100does He receiveיִקָּֽח׃yi.KachH3947from your handמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027?
8Your wickednessרִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrish.'E.khaH7562is for a manלְאִישׁ־le.'ish-H376likeכָּמ֥וֹךָka.Mo.khaH3644yourself,And your righteousnessצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzid.ka.Te.chaH6666is for a sonוּלְבֶן־u.le.ven-H1121of manאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.
9“BecauseH4480of themultitudeמֵ֭רֹבme.roH7230of oppressionsעֲשׁוּקִ֣ים'a.shu.KimH6217they cryיַזְעִ֑יקוּyaz.'I.kuH2199outH2199;They cryיְשַׁוְּע֖וּye.sha.ve.'UH7768forH7768helpH7768becauseH4480of the armמִזְּר֣וֹעַmi.ze.Ro.a'H2220of the mightyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227.
10Butnoוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808one saysאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, ‘Whereאַ֭יֵּה'Ai.yehH346is Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433my Makerעֹשָׂ֑י'o.SaiH6213, Whogivesנֹתֵ֖ןno.TenH5414songsזְמִר֣וֹתze.mi.RotH2158in the nightבַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ba.La.ye.lahH3915,
11Whoteachesמַ֭לְּפֵנוּMa.le.fe.nuH502us moreH4480thanH4480the animalsמִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi.ba.ha.MotH929of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776And makesH2449us wiserH2449thanH4480the birdsוּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'ofH5775of the skyהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064?’
12Thereשָׁ֣םshamH8033they cryיִ֭צְעֲקוּYitz.'a.kuH6817outH6817,but He does not answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030Becauseמִ֝פְּנֵ֗יmi.pe.NeiH4480H6440of the prideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347of evilH7451peopleרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451.
13Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410certainlyאַךְ־'a.kho.Sha-H389will not listenיִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yish.Ma'H8085toan emptyשָׁ֭וְאSha.v'H7723cry,NorH3808will the Almightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.DaiH7706regardיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it.
14HowH637muchH637lessH637whenכִּֽי־ki-H3588you sayתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559you do not lookH7789atH7789Him, Thecaseדִּ֥יןdinH1779is beforeלְ֝פָנָ֗יוle.fa.NavH6440Him, and you must waitוּתְח֥וֹלֵֽלu.te.Cho.lelH2342for Him!
15And nowוְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.TahH6258,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588He has not avengedפָּקַ֣דpa.KadH6485His angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639,Norוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808has He acknowledgedיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045wrongdoingH6588wellמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966,
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