Revised Version 1895

Job 5:8-20

8But as formeH413, I wouldseekאֶדְרֹ֣שׁ'ed.RoshH1875untoGodאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430, and untoGodH430would I commit mycauseדִּבְרָתִֽי׃div.ra.TiH1700:

9Which doethgreatגְ֭דֹלוֹתGe.do.lotH1419things and unsearchable;marvelousנִ֝פְלָא֗וֹתnif.la.'otH6381thingswithoutH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557:

10Who givethrainמָ֭טָרMa.torH4306uponעַל־'al-H5921theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776, and sendethwatersמַ֝יִםMa.yimH4325uponעַל־'al-H5921thefieldsחוּצֽוֹת׃chu.TzotH2351:

11SoH7760that he settethupH7760onhighלְמָר֑וֹםle.ma.RomH4791those that belowH8217; and thosewhichH8217mournוְ֝קֹדְרִ֗יםve.ko.de.RimH6937areexaltedשָׂ֣גְבוּSa.ge.vuH7682tosafetyיֶֽשַׁע׃Ye.sha'H3468.

12He frustrateth the devices of thecraftyעֲרוּמִ֑ים'a.ru.MimH6175,soH6213that theirhandsיְ֝דֵיהֶ֗םye.dei.HemH3027cannotוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808performH6213their enterprise.

13He taketh thewiseחֲכָמִ֣יםcha.kha.MimH2450in their own craftiness: and thecounselוַעֲצַ֖תva.'a.TzatH6098of the froward is carried headlong.

14Theymeetיְפַגְּשׁוּ־ye.fa.ge.shu-H6298withdarknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in thedaytimeיוֹמָ֥םyo.MamH3119, andgropeיְֽמַשְׁשׁ֥וּye.mash.ShuH4959at noonday as in thenightוְ֝כַלַּ֗יְלָהve.kha.Lay.lahH3915.

15But he saveth from theswordמֵ֭חֶרֶבMe.che.revH2719of theirmouthמִפִּיהֶ֑םmi.pi.HemH6310,evenH34theneedyאֶבְיֽוֹן׃'ev.YonH34from thehandוּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.YadH3027of themightyחָזָ֣קcha.ZakH2389.

16SoH1961thepoorלַדַּ֣לla.DalH1800hathhopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615, andiniquityוְ֝עֹלָ֗תָהve.'o.La.tahH5766stoppethherH1961mouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310.

17Beholdהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009,happyאַשְׁרֵ֣י'ash.ReiH835is themanH582whomH582Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433correcteth: thereforedespiseתִּמְאָֽס׃tim.'AsH3988notאַל־'al-H408thou thechasteningוּמוּסַ֥רu.mu.SarH4148of theAlmightyשַׁ֝דַּ֗יSha.DaiH7706.

18For he maketh sore, and bindethupוְיֶחְבָּ֑שׁve.yech.BashH2280; he woundeth, and hishandsוְיָדָ֥יוve.ya.dovH3027makeכִּ֤יkiH3588whole.

19He shalldeliverיַצִּילֶ֑ךָּya.tzi.Le.kaH5337thee insixבְּשֵׁ֣שׁbe.SheshH8337troubles; yea, insevenוּבְשֶׁ֓בַע׀u.ve.She.va'H7651there shallnoלֹא־lo'-H3808evilרָֽע׃Ra'H7451touchיִגַּ֖עyi.Ga'H5060thee.

20Infamineבְּ֭רָעָבbe.ra.'oH7458he shallredeemפָּֽדְךָ֣pa.de.KhaH6299thee fromdeathמִמָּ֑וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194; and inwarוּ֝בְמִלְחָמָ֗הu.ve.mil.cha.MahH4421from thepowerמִ֣ידֵיMi.deiH3027of theswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

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