4I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, amanH6662thatcalledקֹרֵ֣אko.Re'H7121uponאֶֽהְיֶ֗ה'eh.YehH1961Godלֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּLe.'e.lo.ahH433, and heansweredוַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvai.ya.'a.Ne.huH6030him: thejustH6662, theperfectתָּמִֽים׃ta.MimH8549manH6662is a laughing-stock.
5In the thought of him that is ateaseשַׁאֲנָ֑ןsha.'a.NanH7600there iscontemptבּ֭וּזbuzH937for misfortune; it isreadyנָ֝כ֗וֹןna.KhonH3559for them whosefootרָֽגֶל׃Ra.gelH7272slippeth.
6Thetentsאֹֽהָלִ֨ים׀'o.ha.LimH168ofrobbersלְשֹׁ֥דְדִ֗יםle.Sho.de.DimH7703prosperיִשְׁלָ֤יוּyish.La.yuH7951, and they thatprovokeלְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵיle.mar.Gi.zeiH7264Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410aresecureוּֽ֭בַטֻּחוֹתU.va.tu.chotH987;intoהֵבִ֖יאhe.Vi'H935whoseלַאֲשֶׁ֤רla.'a.SherH834handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027GodH410bringeth abundantly.
7Butaskשְׁאַל־she.'al-H7592nowנָ֣אna'H4994thebeastsבְהֵמ֣וֹתve.he.MotH929, and they shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shalltellוְיַגֶּד־ve.ya.ged-H5046thee:
8Orspeakשִׂ֣יחַSi.achH7878to theearthלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776, and it shallteachוְתֹרֶ֑ךָּve.to.Re.kaH3384thee; and the fishes of theseaהַיָּֽם׃hai.YamH3220shalldeclareוִֽיסַפְּר֥וּvi.sa.pe.RuH5608unto thee.
9Who knowethnotלֹא־lo'-H3808inallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605theseאֵ֑לֶּה'E.lehH428, that thehandיַד־yad-H3027ofLORDיְ֝הוָהYah.wehH3068hath wrought this?
10Inwhoseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834handבְּ֭יָדוֹbe.ya.doH3027is thesoulנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315ofeveryH3605livingחָ֑יChaiH2416thingH3605, and thebreathוְ֝ר֗וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofallH3605mankindבְּשַׂר־be.sar-H1320.
12WithagedH3453menH3453iswisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and inlengthוְאֹ֖רֶךְve.'O.rekhH753ofdaysיָמִ֣יםya.MimH3117understandingתְּבוּנָֽה׃te.vu.NahH8394.
13With him iswisdomחָכְמָ֣הchokh.mahH2451and might; he hathcounselעֵצָ֥ה'e.TzahH6098andunderstandingוּתְבוּנָֽה׃u.te.vu.NahH8394.
14Beholdהֵ֣ןhenH2005, he breakethdownיַ֭הֲרוֹסYa.ha.rosH2040, and itcannotH3808bebuiltיִבָּנֶ֑הyi.ba.NehH1129again; he shuttethupעַל־'al-H5921amanאִ֝֗ישׁ'IshH376, and therecanH3808benoH3808opening.
15Beholdהֵ֤ןhenH2005, he withholdeth thewatersבַּמַּ֣יִםba.Ma.yimH4325, and theydryוְיִבָ֑שׁוּve.yi.Va.shuH3001upH3001;againH7971, he sendeth themoutH7971, and they overturn theearthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.
16With him isstrengthעֹ֣ז'ozH5797and effectual working; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, andjudgesוְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥יםve.sho.fe.TimH8199maketh he fools.
18He looseth the bond ofkingsמְלָכִ֣יםme.la.KhimH4428, and bindeth theirloinsבְּמָתְנֵיהֶֽם׃be.ma.te.nei.HemH4975with agirdleאֵ֝ז֗וֹר'e.ZorH232.
19He leadethpriestsכֹּהֲנִ֣יםko.ha.NimH3548away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
20He removeth thespeechשָׂ֭פָהSa.fahH8193of the trusty, and takethawayמֵסִ֣ירme.SirH5493the understanding of theeldersזְקֵנִ֣יםze.ke.NimH2205.
21He pourethcontemptבּ֭וּזbuzH937uponעַל־'al-H5921princesנְדִיבִ֑יםne.di.VimH5081, and looseth the belt of thestrongאֲפִיקִ֣ים'a.fi.KimH650.
22He discoverethdeepצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757thingsoutH3318ofdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, and bringethoutH3318tolightלָא֣וֹרla.'orH216theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757.
23He increaseth thenationsלַ֭גּוֹיִםLa.go.yimH1471, and destroyeth them: he spreadeth thenationsלַ֝גּוֹיִ֗םla.go.YimH1471abroad, and bringeth them in.
24He takethawayמֵסִ֗ירme.SirH5493theheartלֵ֭בlevH3820of thechiefsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of thepeopleעַם־'am-H5971of theearthהָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and causeth them towanderוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582in awildernessבְּתֹ֣הוּbe.To.huH8414whereH3808there isnoH3808wayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870.
25Theygropeיְמַֽשְׁשׁוּ־ye.mash.shu-H4959in thedarkחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822withoutוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808lightא֑וֹר'orH216, and he maketh them tostaggerוַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗םvai.yat.'EmH8582like adrunkenH7910manH7910.
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