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Ecclesiastes 7:7-10

7Surelyoppressionהָעֹ֖שֶׁקha.'O.shekH6233maketh a wisemanחָכָ֑םcha.KhamH2450madיְהוֹלֵ֣לye.ho.LelH1984; and agiftמַתָּנָֽה׃ma.ta.NahH4979destroyethוִֽיאַבֵּ֥דvi.'a.BedH6theheartלֵ֖בlevH3820.

8Betterט֛וֹבTovH2896is theendאַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.RitH319of athingדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697than itsbeginningמֵֽרֵאשִׁית֑וֹme.re.shi.ToH7225: and thepatientאֶֽרֶךְ־'e.rekh-H750inspiritר֖וּחַRu.achH7307isbetterט֥וֹבTovH2896than theproudH1362inspiritרֽוּחַ׃Ru.achH7307.

9Be nothastyתְּבַהֵ֥לte.va.HelH926in thyspiritבְּרֽוּחֲךָ֖be.ru.cha.KhaH7307to beangryלִכְע֑וֹסlikh.'osH3707: forangerכַ֔עַסKha.'asH3708restethיָנֽוּחַ׃ya.Nu.achH5117in thebosomבְּחֵ֥יקbe.CheikH2436offoolsכְּסִילִ֖יםke.si.LimH3684.

10Sayתֹּאמַר֙to.MarH559not thou, What is the cause that theformerהָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔יםha.Ri.sho.NimH7223daysשֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙she.hai.ya.mimH3117werebetterטוֹבִ֖יםto.VimH2896than these? for thou dost notenquireשָׁאַ֥לְתָּsha.'Al.taH7592wiselyמֵחָכְמָ֖הme.cha.khe.MahH2451concerning this.

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