2Thinkestחָשַׁ֣בְתָּcha.Shav.taH2803thou this to berightלְמִשְׁפָּ֑טle.mish.PatH4941, that thousaidstאָ֝מַ֗רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559, Myrighteousnessצִדְקִ֥יtzid.KiH6664is more thanGod’sמֵאֵֽל׃me.'ElH410?
3For thousaidstתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559, Whatadvantageיִּסְכָּן־yis.kon-H5532will it be to thee? and, Whatprofitאֹ֝עִ֗יל'o.'IlH3276shall I have, if I be cleansed from mysinמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403?
4I willanswerאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣ מִלִּ֑ין'a.shi.ve.Kha mi.LinH7725H4405thee, and thycompanionsרֵעֶ֥יךָre.'Ei.khaH7453with thee.
6If thousinnestחָ֭טָאתָCha.ta.taH2398, whatdoestתִּפְעָל־tif.'ol-H6466thou against him? or if thytransgressionsפְ֝שָׁעֶ֗יךָfe.sha.'Ei.khaH6588aremultipliedוְרַבּ֥וּve.ra.BuH7231, whatdoestתַּעֲשֶׂה־ta.'a.seh-H6213thou to him?
7If thou artrighteousצָ֭דַקְתָּTza.dak.taH6663, whatgivestתִּתֶּן־ti.ten-H5414thou to him? or whatreceivethיִקָּֽח׃yi.KachH3947he from thyhandמִיָּדְךָ֥mi.ya.de.KhaH3027?
8Thywickednessרִשְׁעֶ֑ךָrish.'E.khaH7562may hurt amanלְאִישׁ־le.'ish-H376as thou art ; and thyrighteousnessצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃tzid.ka.Te.chaH6666may profit thesonוּלְבֶן־u.le.ven-H1121ofmanאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.
9By reason of themultitudeמֵ֭רֹבme.roH7230ofoppressionsעֲשׁוּקִ֣ים'a.shu.KimH6217they make the oppressed tocryיַזְעִ֑יקוּyaz.'I.kuH2199: they cryoutיְשַׁוְּע֖וּye.sha.ve.'UH7768by reason of thearmמִזְּר֣וֹעַmi.ze.Ro.a'H2220of themightyרַבִּֽים׃ra.BimH7227.
10But nonesaithאָמַ֗ר'a.MarH559, Where isGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433mymakerעֹשָׂ֑י'o.SaiH6213, whogivethנֹתֵ֖ןno.TenH5414songsזְמִר֣וֹתze.mi.RotH2158in thenightבַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ba.La.ye.lahH3915;
11Whoteachethמַ֭לְּפֵנוּMa.le.fe.nuH502us more than thebeastsמִבַּהֲמ֣וֹתmi.ba.ha.MotH929of theearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776, and maketh uswiserיְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ye.cha.ke.Me.nuH2449than thefowlsוּמֵע֖וֹףu.me.'ofH5775ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064?
12There theycryיִ֭צְעֲקוּYitz.'a.kuH6817, but none givethanswerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030,becauseמִ֝פְּנֵ֗יmi.pe.NeiH6440of theprideגְּא֣וֹןge.'onH1347of evilmenרָעִֽים׃ra.'ImH7451.
13SurelyGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410will nothearיִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yish.Ma'H8085vanityשָׁ֭וְאSha.v'H7723, neither will theAlmightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.DaiH7706regardיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it.
14Althoughאַ֣ף'afH637thousayestתֹ֭אמַרTo.marH559thou shalt notseeתְשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּte.shu.Re.nuH7789him, yetjudgmentדִּ֥יןdinH1779isbeforeלְ֝פָנָ֗יוle.fa.NavH6440him; thereforetrustוּתְח֥וֹלֵֽלu.te.Cho.lelH2342thou in him.
15But now, because it is not so, he hathvisitedפָּקַ֣דpa.KadH6485in hisangerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639; yet heknowethיָדַ֖עya.Da'H3045it not ingreatמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966extremityבַּפַּ֣שׁba.PashH6580:
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