| 1. Now Job replied and said, |
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א. |
| 2. "Even today my speech is bitter; my wound is heavier than my sigh. |
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ב. |
| 3. Would that I knew and I would find Him; I would come to the place prepared for Him. |
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ג. |
| 4. I would set out [my] case before Him, and I would fill my mouth with arguments. |
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ד. |
| 5. I would know the words that He would answer me, and I would understand what He would say to me. |
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ה. |
| 6. Will He contend with me with much power? He will not place coercion upon me. |
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ו. |
| 7. There [my] integrity will be proven with Him, and I will extricate [myself] forever from my Judge. |
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ז. |
| 8. Behold, I go to the east and He is not here, and to the west and I perceive Him not. |
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ח. |
| 9. In the north, when He made it I do not see; He wraps up the south and I cannot see. |
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ט. |
| 10. Because He knows the way that is with me; He has tested me that I will emerge like gold. |
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י. |
| 11. My foot has held to His path; I have kept His way and do not turn away. |
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יא. |
| 12. [I kept] the commandment of His lips and I do not remove [it]; more than my daily bread I kept the words of His mouth. |
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יב. |
| 13. But He is One, and who will answer Him? [Therefore,] whatever His soul desires He does. |
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יג. |
| 14. For He will complete my sentence, and there are many such things with Him. |
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יד. |
| 15. Therefore, I am startled by Him; I ponder and am frightened of Him. |
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טו. |
| 16. Yea, God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has startled me. |
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טז. |
| 17. Because I was not cut off from before the darkness, and [because He did not] cover the thick darkness from before me. |
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יז. |
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