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1. Behold, mine eye has seen these things, and mine ear has heard them.
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1. Lo H2005 , mine eye H5869 hath seen H7200 all H3605 this , mine ear H241 hath heard H8085 and understood H995 it.
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2. And I know all that ye too know; and I have not less understanding than you.
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2. What ye know H1847 , the same do I H589 know H3045 also H1571 : I H595 am not H3808 inferior H5307 unto H4480 you.
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3. Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.
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3. Surely H199 I H589 would speak H1696 to H413 the Almighty H7706 , and I desire H2654 to reason H3198 with H413 God H410 .
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4. But ye are all bad physicians, and healers of diseases.
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4. But H199 ye H859 are forgers H2950 of lies H8267 , ye are all H3605 physicians H7495 of no value H457 .
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5. But would that ye were silent, and it would be wisdom to you in the end.
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5. O that H4130 ye would H5414 altogether hold your peace H2790 H2790 ! and it should be H1961 your wisdom H2451 .
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6. But hear ye the reasoning of my mouth, and attend to the judgement of my lips.
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6. Hear H8085 now H4994 my reasoning H8433 , and hearken H7181 to the pleadings H7379 of my lips H8193 .
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7. Do ye not speak before the Lord, and utter deceit before him?
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7. Will ye speak H1696 wickedly H5766 for God H410 ? and talk H1696 deceitfully H7423 for him?
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8. Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges.
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8. Will ye accept H5375 his person H6440 ? will ye contend H7378 for God H410 ?
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9. For it were well if he would thoroughly search you: for though doing all things in your power ye should attach yourselves to him,
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9. Is it good H2896 that H3588 he should search you out H2713 H853 ? or H518 as one man H582 mocketh H2048 another , do ye so mock H2048 him?
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10. he will not reprove you at all the less: but if moreover ye should secretly respect persons,
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10. He will surely reprove H3198 H3198 you, if H518 ye do secretly H5643 accept H5375 persons H6440 .
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11. shall not his whirlpool sweep you round, and terror from him fall upon you?
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11. Shall not H3808 his excellency H7613 make you afraid H1204 ? and his dread H6343 fall H5307 upon H5921 you?
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12. And your glorying shall prove in the end to you like ashes, and your body like a body of clay.
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12. Your remembrances H2146 are like H4912 unto ashes H665 , your bodies H1354 to bodies H1354 of clay H2563 .
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13. Be silent, that I may speak, and cease from mine anger,
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13. Hold your peace H2790 , let me alone H4480 , that I H589 may speak H1696 , and let come H5674 on H5921 me what H4100 will .
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14. Gr. having taken while I may take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.
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14. Wherefore H5921 H4100 do I take H5375 my flesh H1320 in my teeth H8127 , and put H7760 my life H5315 in mine hand H3709 ?
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15. Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before him.
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15. Though H2005 he slay H6991 me , yet will I trust H3176 in him: but H389 I will maintain H3198 mine own ways H1870 before H413 H6440 him.
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16. And this shall turn to me for salvation; for fraud shall have no entrance before him.
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16. He H1931 also H1571 shall be my salvation H3444 : for H3588 a hypocrite H2611 shall not H3808 come H935 before H6440 him.
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17. Hear, hear ye my words, for I will declare in your hearing.
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17. Hear diligently H8085 H8085 my speech H4405 , and my declaration H262 with your ears H241 .
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18. Behold, I am near my judgement: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
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18. Behold H2009 now H4994 , I have ordered H6186 my cause H4941 ; I know H3045 that H3588 I H589 shall be justified H6663 .
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19. For who is he that shall plead with me, that I should now be silent, and Gr. faint, etc. expire?
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19. Who H4310 is he H1931 that will plead H7378 with H5978 me? for H3588 now H6258 , if I hold my tongue H2790 , I shall give up the ghost H1478 .
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20. But grant me two things: then I will not hide myself from thy face.
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20. Only H389 do H6213 not H408 two H8147 things unto H5978 me: then H227 will I not H3808 hide myself H5641 from H4480 H6440 thee.
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21. Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.
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21. Withdraw H7368 thine hand H3709 far from H4480 H5921 me : and let not H408 thy dread H367 make me afraid H1204 .
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22. Then shalt thou call, and I will hearken to thee: or thou shalt speak, and I will give thee an answer.
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22. Then call H7121 thou , and I H595 will answer H6030 : or H176 let me speak H1696 , and answer H7725 thou me.
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23. How many are my sins and my transgressions? teach me what they are.
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23. How H4100 many are mine iniquities H5771 and sins H2403 ? make me to know H3045 my transgression H6588 and my sin H2403 .
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24. Wherefore hidest thou thyself from me, and deemest me thine enemy?
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24. Wherefore H4100 hidest H5641 thou thy face H6440 , and holdest H2803 me for thine enemy H341 ?
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25. Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?
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25. Wilt thou break H6206 a leaf H5929 driven to and fro H5086 ? and wilt thou pursue H7291 the dry H3002 stubble H7179 ?
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26. for thou hast written evil things against me, and thou hast compassed me with the sins of my youth.
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26. For H3588 thou writest H3789 bitter things H4846 against H5921 me , and makest me to possess H3423 the iniquities H5771 of my youth H5271 .
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27. And thou hast placed my foot in the stocks; and thou hast watched all my works, and hast penetrated my heels.
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27. Thou puttest H7760 my feet H7272 also in the stocks H5465 , and lookest narrowly H8104 unto all H3605 my paths H734 ; thou settest a print H2707 upon H5921 the heels H8328 of my feet H7272 .
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28. I am as that which waxes old like a Or, bladder bottle, or like a moth-eaten garment.
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28. And he H1931 , as a rotten thing H7538 , consumeth H1086 , as a garment H899 that is moth H6211 eaten H398 .
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