14How much less shall I answerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ'e.'e.Ne.nuH6030him, andchoose outאֶבְחֲרָ֖ה'ev.cha.RahH977my wordsדְבָרַ֣יde.va.RaiH1697to reason with him?
15Whom, though I were righteousצָ֭דַקְתִּיTza.dak.tiH6663, yetwould I not answerאֶעֱנֶ֑ה'e.'e.NehH6030, butI would make supplicationאֶתְחַנָּֽן׃'et.cha.NanH2603to my judgeלִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗יlim.sho.fe.TiH8199.
16If I had calledקָרָ֥אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121,and he had answeredוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me; yetwould I not believeאַ֝אֲמִ֗ין'a.'a.MinH539that he had hearkenedיַאֲזִ֥יןya.'a.ZinH238unto my voiceקוֹלִֽי׃ko.LiH6963.
17For he breakethיְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.niH7779me with a tempestבִּשְׂעָרָ֥הbis.'a.RahH8183,and multipliethוְהִרְבָּ֖הve.hir.BahH7235my woundsפְצָעַ֣יfe.tza.'AiH6482without causeחִנָּֽם׃chi.NamH2600.
18He will not sufferיִ֭תְּנֵנִיYi.te.ne.niH5414me to takeהָשֵׁ֣בha.ShevH7725my breathרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307,but fillethיַ֝שְׂבִּעַ֗נִיyas.bi.'A.niH7646me with bitternessמַמְּרֹרִֽים׃ma.me.ro.RimH4472.
19If I speakof strengthלְכֹ֣חַle.Kho.achH3581, lo, he isstrongאַמִּ֣יץ'a.MitzH533:and if of judgmentלְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗טle.mish.PatH4941,who shall setיוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃yo.'i.De.niH3259me a time to plead?
20If I justifyאֶ֭צְדָּק'Etz.dokH6663myself, mine own mouthפִּ֣יpiH6310shall condemnיַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיyar.shi.'E.niH7561me: if I say, I amperfectתָּֽם־tam-H8535,it shall also prove me perverseוַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃Vai.ya'.ke.She.niH6140.
Commentaries