Revised Literal Translation

Job 7:19-21

19How longכַּ֭מָּהKa.mahH4100wilt thou not departתִשְׁעֶ֣הtish.'EhH8159from me, nor let me aloneתַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִיtar.Pe.niH7503till I swallow downבִּלְעִ֥יbil.'IH1104my spittleרֻקִּֽי׃ru.KiH7536?

20I have sinnedחָטָ֡אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398;what shall I doאֶפְעַ֨ל׀'ef.'AlH6466unto thee, O thou preserverנֹצֵ֪רno.TzerH5341of menהָאָ֫דָ֥םha.'A.DamH120?why hast thou setשַׂמְתַּ֣נִיsam.Ta.niH7760me as a markלְמִפְגָּ֣עle.mif.Ga'H4645against thee, so that I am a burdenלְמַשָּֽׂא׃le.ma.Sa'H4853to myself?

21And why dost thou not pardonתִשָּׂ֣אti.Sa'H5375my transgressionפִשְׁעִי֮fish.'IH6588,and take awayוְתַעֲבִ֪ירve.ta.'a.VirH5674mine iniquityעֲוֹ֫נִ֥י'a.Vo.NiH5771?for now shall I sleepאֶשְׁכָּ֑ב'esh.KavH7901in the dustלֶעָפָ֣רle.'a.FarH6083;and thou shalt seek me in the morningוְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִיve.Shi.char.Ta.niH7836, but I shall not be.

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