2No doubtאָ֭מְנָם'A.me.nomH551but ye arethe peopleעָ֑ם'AmH5971,and wisdomחָכְמָֽה׃chokh.mahH2451shall dieתָּמ֥וּתta.MutH4191with you.
3Butגַּם־gam-H1571I have understandingלֵבָ֨ב׀le.VavH3824as well as you; I amnot inferiorנֹפֵ֣לno.FelH5307to you: yea, who knoweth not such thingsH3644as these?
4I am asone mockedשְׂחֹ֤קse.ChokH7814of his neighbourלְרֵעֵ֨הוּ׀le.re.'E.huH7453,who callethקֹרֵ֣אko.Re'H7121upon Godלֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּLe.'e.lo.ahH433,and he answerethוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huH6030him: the justצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662uprightתָּמִֽים׃ta.MimH8549man islaughed to scornשְׂ֝ח֗וֹקSe.ChokH7814.
5He that is readyנָ֝כ֗וֹןna.KhonH3559to slipלְמ֣וֹעֲדֵיle.Mo.'a.deiH4571with hisfeetרָֽגֶל׃Ra.gelH7272is asa lampH3940despisedבּ֭וּזbuzH937in the thoughtלְעַשְׁתּ֣וּתle.'ash.TutH6248of him that is at easeשַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha.'a.NanH7600.
6The tabernaclesאֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀'o.ha.LimH168of robbersלְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗יםle.Sho.de.DimH7703prosperיִשְׁלָ֤יוּyish.La.yuH7951,and they that provokeלְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵיle.mar.Gi.zeiH7264Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410are secureוּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹתU.va.tu.chotH987;into whose handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433bringethהֵבִ֖יאhe.Vi'H935abundantly.
7Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199askשְׁאַל־she.'al-H7592now the beastsבְהֵמ֣וֹתve.he.MotH929,and they shall teachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and the fowlsוְע֥וֹףve.'ofH5775of the airהַ֝שָּׁמַ֗יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and they shall tellוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046thee:
8Or speakשִׂ֣יחַSi.achH7878to the earthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776,and it shall teachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee: and the fishesדְּגֵ֣יde.GeiH1709of the seaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220shall declareוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608unto thee.
9Who knowethיָדַ֣עya.Da'H3045not in all these that the handיַד־yad-H3027of Yhwhיְ֝הוָהYah.wehH3068hath wroughtעָ֣שְׂתָה'A.se.tahH6213this?
10In whose handבְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.doH3027isthe soulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315of every living thingחָ֑יChaiH2416,and the breathוְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achH7307of all mankindבְּשַׂר־ אִֽישׁ׃be.sar- 'IshH1320H376.
11Doth not the earאֹ֭זֶן'O.zenH241tryתִּבְחָ֑ןtiv.ChanH974wordsמִלִּ֣יןmi.LinH4405?and the mouthוְ֝חֵ֗ךְve.ChekhH2441tasteיִטְעַם־yit.'am-H2938his meatאֹ֣כֶל'O.khelH400?
12With the ancientבִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥יםbi.shi.ShimH3453iswisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451;and in lengthוְאֹ֖רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753of daysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.
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