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Job 5:6-11

6Although afflictionאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205cometh not forthיֵצֵ֣אye.Tze'H3318of the dustמֵעָפָ֣רme.'a.FarH6083,neither doth troubleעָמָֽל׃'a.MalH5999spring outיִצְמַ֥חyitz.MachH6779of the groundוּ֝מֵאֲדָמָ֗הu.me.'a.da.MahH127;

7Yet manאָ֭דָם'A.domH120is bornיוּלָּ֑דyu.LadH3205unto troubleלְעָמָ֣לle.'a.MalH5999,as the sparksוּבְנֵי־ רֶ֝֗שֶׁףu.ve.nei- Re.shefH7565 H1121flyעֽוּף׃'UfH5774upwardיַגְבִּ֥יהוּyag.Bi.huH1361.

8I would seekאוּלָ֗ם אֶדְרֹ֣שׁ'u.Lam 'ed.RoshH1875 H199unto Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410,and unto Godאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430would I commitאָשִׂ֥ים'a.SimH7760my causeדִּבְרָתִֽי׃div.ra.TiH1700:

9Which doethעֹשֶׂ֣ה'o.SehH6213great thingsגְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotH1419and unsearchableחֵ֑קֶרChe.kerH2714 H369;marvellous thingsנִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otH6381without numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557:

10Who givethהַנֹּתֵ֣ןha.no.TenH5414rainמָ֭טָרMa.torH4306uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,and sendethוְשֹׁ֥לֵֽחַve.Sho.le.achH7971watersמַ֝יִםMa.yimH4325uponפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440the fieldsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351:

11To set upלָשׂ֣וּםla.SumH7760on highלְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.RomH4791those that be lowשְׁפָלִ֣יםshe.fa.LimH8217;that those which mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.RimH6937may be exaltedשָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuH7682to safetyיֶֽשַׁע׃Ye.sha'H3468.

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