1Elihuאֱלִיה֗וּ'e.li.HuH453spakeוַיַּ֥עַןvai.Ya.'anH6030moreover, and saidוַיֹּאמַֽר׃vai.yo.MarH559,
2Thinkestחָשַׁ֣בְתָּcha.Shav.taH2803thou this to be rightלְמִשְׁפָּ֑טle.mish.PatH4941, thatthou saidstאָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559,My righteousnessצִדְקִ֥יtzid.KiH6664ismore than God’sמֵאֵֽל׃me.'ElH410?
3For thou saidstתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559,What advantageיִּסְכָּן־yis.kon-H5532will it be unto thee? and,What profitאֹ֝עִ֗יל'o.'IlH3276shall I have, if I be cleansedfrom my sinמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403?
4I will answerאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין'a.shi.ve.Kha mi.LinH4405H7725thee, and thy companionsרֵעֶ֥יךָre.'Ei.khaH7453with thee.
5Lookהַבֵּ֣טha.BetH5027unto the heavensשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064,and seeוּרְאֵ֑הu.re.'EhH7200;and beholdוְשׁ֥וּרve.ShurH7789the cloudsשְׁ֝חָקִ֗יםShe.cha.KimH7834whichare higherגָּבְה֥וּga.ve.HuH1361than thou.
6If thou sinnestחָ֭טָאתָCha.ta.taH2398,what doestתִּפְעָל־tif.'ol-H6466thou against him? or ifthy transgressionsפְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָfe.sha.'Ei.khaH6588be multipliedוְרַבּ֥וּve.ra.BuH7231,what doestתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thou unto him?
7If thou be righteousצָ֭דַקְתָּTza.dak.taH6663,what givestתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414thou him? or what receivethיִקָּֽח׃yi.KachH3947he of thine handמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027?
9By reason of the multitudeמֵ֭רֹבme.roH7230of oppressionsעֲשׁוּקִ֣ים'a.shu.KimH6217they make the oppressedto cryיַזְעִ֑יקוּyaz.'I.kuH2199:they cry outיְשַׁוְּע֖וּye.sha.ve.'UH7768by reason of the armמִזְּר֣וֹעַmi.ze.Ro.a'H2220of the mightyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227.
10But none saithאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, Where isGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433my makerעֹשָׂ֑י'o.SaiH6213,who givethנֹתֵ֖ןno.TenH5414songsזְמִר֣וֹתze.mi.RotH2158in the nightבַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ba.La.ye.lahH3915;
11Who teachethמַ֭לְּפֵנוּMa.le.fe.nuH502us more than the beastsמִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi.ba.ha.MotH929of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,and maketh us wiserיְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ye.cha.ke.Me.nuH2449than the fowlsוּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'ofH5775of heavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064?
12There they cryיִ֭צְעֲקוּYitz.'a.kuH6817,but none giveth answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030,becauseמִ֝פְּנֵ֗יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the prideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347of evil menרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451.
13Surely Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410will not hearיִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yish.Ma'H8085vanityשָׁ֭וְאSha.v'H7723,neither will the Almightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.DaiH7706regardיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it.
14Althoughאַ֣ף'afH637thou sayestתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559thou shalt not seeתְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּte.shu.Re.nuH7789him, yetjudgmentדִּ֥יןdinH1779isbeforeלְ֝פָנָ֗יוle.fa.NavH6440him; therefore trustוּתְח֥וֹלֵֽלu.te.Cho.lelH2342thou in him.
15But now, because it is not so,he hath visitedפָּקַ֣דpa.KadH6485in his angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639;yet he knowethיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045itnot in greatמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966extremityבַּפַּ֣שׁba.PashH6580:
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