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Ecclesiastes 5:4-8

4When thouvowestH5087avowנֶ֜דֶרNe.derH5088toGodלֵֽאלֹהִ֗יםle.lo.HimH430,deferתְּאַחֵר֙te.'a.CherH309not topayH7999it; for he hath nopleasureחֵ֖פֶץChe.fetzH2656infoolsבַּכְּסִילִ֑יםba.ke.si.LimH3684:payH7999that which thou hastvowedH5087.

5Betterט֖וֹבTovH2896is it that thou shouldest notvowתִדֹּ֑רti.DorH5087, than that thou shouldestvowמִשֶׁתִּדּ֖וֹרmi.shet.ti.DorH5087and notpayתְשַׁלֵּֽם׃te.sha.LemH7999.

6Permitתִּתֵּ֤ןti.TenH5414not thymouthפִּ֙יךָ֙pi.khaH6310to cause thyfleshבְּשָׂרֶ֔ךָbe.sa.Re.khaH1320tosinלַחֲטִ֣יאla.cha.Ti'H2398; neithersayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559thoubeforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440theangelהַמַּלְאָ֔ךְha.mal.'AkhH4397, that it was anerrorשְׁגָגָ֖הshe.ga.GahH7684: why shouldGodH430beangryיִקְצֹ֤ףyik.TzofH7107at thyvoiceקוֹלֶ֔ךָko.Le.chaH6963, anddestroyוְחִבֵּ֖לve.chi.BelH2254theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of thyhandsיָדֶֽיךָ׃ya.Dei.khaH3027?

7For in themultitudeבְרֹ֤בve.RoH7230ofdreamsחֲלֹמוֹת֙cha.lo.mOtH2472andmanyהַרְבֵּ֑הhar.BehH7235wordsוּדְבָרִ֖יםu.de.va.RimH1697there are also manyvanitiesוַהֲבָלִ֔יםva.ha.va.LimH1892: butfearיְרָֽא׃ye.Ra'H3372thouGodהָאֱלֹהִ֖יםha.'E.lo.HimH430.

8If thouseestתִּרְאֶ֣הtir.'EhH7200theoppressionעֹ֣שֶׁק'O.shekH6233of thepoorרָ֠שׁrashH7326, andviolentH1499perverting ofjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֤טmish.PatH4941andjusticeוָצֶ֙דֶק֙va.Tze.dekH6664in aprovinceבַמְּדִינָ֔הva.me.di.NahH4082,wonderתִּתְמַ֖הּtit.MahH8539not at thematterהַחֵ֑פֶץha.Che.fetzH2656: for he that ishigherגָבֹ֜הַּga.Vo.ahH1364than thehighestגָּבֹ֙הַּ֙ga.Vo.ahH1364regardethשֹׁמֵ֔רsho.MerH8104; and there arehigherוּגְבֹהִ֖יםu.ge.vo.HimH1364thantheyH5921.

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