Revised Version 1895

Job 9:25-35

25NowH3117mydaysוְיָמַ֣יve.ya.MaiH3117areswifterקַ֭לּוּKa.luH7043thanמִנִּי־mi.ni-H4480a post: theyfleeH1272awayH1272, theyseeרָא֥וּra.'UH7200noלֹא־lo'-H3808goodטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896.

26They arepassedחָ֭לְפוּChal.fuH2498awayעִם־'im-H5973as the swiftshipsאֳנִיּ֣וֹת'o.ni.YotH591: as theeagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404that swoopeth on thepreyאֹֽכֶל׃'O.khelH400.

27Ifאִם־'im-H518Isayאָ֭מְרִי'A.me.riH559, I willforgetאֶשְׁכְּחָ֣ה'esh.ke.ChahH7911mycomplaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879, I will put off my sadcountenanceפָנַ֣יfa.NaiH6440, and be of goodcheerוְאַבְלִֽיגָה׃ve.'av.Li.gahH1082:

28I amafraidיָגֹ֥רְתִּיya.Go.re.tiH3025ofallכָל־khol-H3605mysorrowsעַצְּבֹתָ֑י'a.tze.vo.TaiH6094, Iknowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that thou wiltnotH3808holdmeH3808innocentתְנַקֵּֽנִי׃te.na.Ke.niH5352.

29I shall becondemnedאֶרְשָׁ֑ע'er.Sha'H7561;whyלָמָּה־la.mah-H4100thendoH4100I labour invainהֶ֣בֶלHe.velH1892?

30IfH518Iwashהִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּיhit.ra.Chatz.tiH7364myself withsnowשָׁ֑לֶגSha.legH7950water, and make myhandsכַּפָּֽי׃ka.PaiH3709neverH518so clean;

31Yet wilt thouplungeתִּטְבְּלֵ֑נִיtit.be.Le.niH2881meH8581in the ditch, and mine ownclothesשַׂלְמוֹתָֽי׃sal.mo.TaiH8008shallabhorוְ֝תִֽעֲב֗וּנִיve.ti.'a.Vu.niH8581meH8581.

32For he isnotלֹא־lo'-H3808amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376, as I am, that I shouldanswerאֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ'e.'e.Ne.nuH6030him, thatweכִּי־ki-H3588shouldcomeנָב֥וֹאna.Vo'H935togetherיַ֝חְדָּ֗וyach.DavH3162injudgmentבַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ba.mish.PatH4941.

33There is no daysman betwixtusH5921, that mightlayיָשֵׁ֖תya.ShetH7896hishandיָד֣וֹya.DoH3027uponH5921usH5921bothשְׁנֵֽינוּ׃she.Nei.nuH8147.

34LetH408himtakeH5493hisrodשִׁבְט֑וֹshiv.ToH7626awayH5493frommeH5921, andletH408notH408histerrorוְ֝אֵמָת֗וֹve.'e.ma.ToH367makemeH5921afraid:

35Then would Ispeakאַֽ֭דַבְּרָה'A.da.be.rahH1696, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808fearאִירָאֶ֑נּוּ'i.ra.'E.nuH3372him; for I amnotלֹא־lo'-H3808soכֵ֥ןkhenH3651inmyselfאָ֝נֹכִ֗י'a.no.KhiH595.

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