1Manאָ֭דָם'A.domH120that isbornיְל֣וּדye.LudH3205of awomanאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802is of fewdaysיָ֝מִ֗יםya.MimH3117, andfullH3117of trouble.
2He comethforthיָ֭צָאYa.tza'H3318like aflowerכְּצִ֣יץke.TzitzH6731, and is cut down: he fleeth also as ashadowכַּ֝צֵּ֗לka.TzelH6738, and continuethnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808.
3And dost thouopenפָּקַ֣חְתָּpa.Kach.taH6491thineeyesעֵינֶ֑ךָ'ei.Ne.khaH5869uponH5921suchזֶ֭הzehH2088an one, and bringestmeH5921intoתָבִ֖יאta.Vi'H935judgmentבְמִשְׁפָּ֣טve.mish.PatH4941with thee?
4Whocanמִֽי־mi-H4310bringיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414acleanטָ֭הוֹרTa.horH2889thingאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259out of anuncleanמִטָּמֵ֗אmi.ta.Me'H2931?notלֹ֣אlo'H3808one.
5Seeing hisdaysיָמָ֗יוya.MavH3117aredeterminedחֲרוּצִ֨ים׀cha.ru.TzimH2782, thenumberמִֽסְפַּר־mis.par-H4557of hismonthsחֳדָשָׁ֥יוcho.da.ShavH2320is with thee, and thou hastappointedחֻקָּ֥יוchu.kovH2706his bounds that hecannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808passיַעֲבֽוֹר׃ya.'a.VorH5674;
6Lookשְׁעֵ֣הshe.'EhH8159awayH8159from him, that he mayrestוְיֶחְדָּ֑לve.yech.DalH2308,tillעַד־'ad-H5704he shall accomplish, as an hireling, hisdayיוֹמֽוֹ׃yo.MoH3117.
7For there ishopeתִּ֫קְוָ֥הtik.VahH8615of atreeלָעֵ֗ץla.'EtzH6086,ifאִֽם־'im-H518it becutיִ֭כָּרֵתYi.ka.retH3772downH3772, that it willsproutיַחֲלִ֑יףya.cha.LifH2498againוְע֣וֹדve.'odH5750, and that the tenderbranchH6086thereof willnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808ceaseתֶחְדָּֽל׃tech.DalH2308.
8Thoughאִם־'im-H518therootשָׁרְשׁ֑וֹsha.re.ShoH8328thereof waxoldיַזְקִ֣יןyaz.KinH2204in theearthH776, and thestockגִּזְעֽוֹ׃giz.'OH1503thereofdieיָמ֥וּתya.MutH4191in thegroundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776;
9Yet through the scent ofwaterמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325it willbudיַפְרִ֑חַyaf.Ri.achH6524, and put forth boughs like aplantנָֽטַע׃Na.ta'H5194.
10ButmanH120dieth, and wasteth away: yea,manH120giveth up the ghost, andwhereH346is he?
11As thewatersמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325fail from theseaיָ֑םYamH3220, and theriverוְ֝נָהָ֗רve.na.HarH5104decayeth and driethupוְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ve.ya.VeshH3001;
15Thou shouldestcallתִּ֭קְרָאTik.ra'H7121, and I wouldanswerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ'e.'e.Ne.kaH6030thee: thou wouldest have a desire to theworkלְֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖הle.ma.'a.SehH4639of thinehandsיָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khaH3027.
16Butnowעַ֭תָּה'A.tahH6258thou numberest mystepsצְעָדַ֣יtze.'a.DaiH6806: dost thounotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808watchתִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹרtish.MorH8104over mysinחַטָּאתִֽי׃cha.ta.TiH2403?
17Mytransgressionפִּשְׁעִ֑יpish.'IH6588issealedחָתֻ֣םcha.TumH2856upH5921in abagבִּצְר֣וֹרbitz.RorH6872, and thou fastenestupH5921mineiniquityעֲוֹנִֽי׃'a.vo.NiH5771.
18AndsurelyH5307themountainהַר־har-H2022fallingנוֹפֵ֣לno.FelH5307cometh to nought, and therockוְ֝צ֗וּרve.TzurH6697is removedoutH4725of itsplaceמִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725;
19Thewatersמַ֗יִםMa.yimH4325wear thestonesאֲבָנִ֤ים׀'a.va.NimH68; the overflowings thereofwashH7857awayH7857thedustעֲפַר־'a.far-H6083of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776: and thou destroyest thehopeוְתִקְוַ֖תve.tik.VatH8615ofmanאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582.
20Thou prevailest foreverלָ֭נֶצַחLa.ne.tzachH5331againstH6440him, and he passeth; thou changest hiscountenanceH6440, and sendest himawayוַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽהוּ׃Va.te.sha.le.Che.huH7971.
21Hissonsבָ֭נָיוVa.navH1121come to honour, and he knoweth itnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth itnotוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808of them.
22But hisfleshבְּ֭שָׂרוֹbe.sa.roH1320uponעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921him hathpainיִכְאָ֑בyikh.'AvH3510, and hissoulוְ֝נַפְשׁ֗וֹve.naf.ShoH5315withinעָלָ֥יו'a.LavH5921him mourneth.
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