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And
Job again took up his
discourse and
said,
r;ma{Y;w w{l'v.m tea.f bw{Yia @,s{Y;w
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"Oh * that I were as in
months gone by, As in the
days when
God watched over me;
;Hw{l/a yemyiK ~,d,q -yex.r;y.k yinen.TIy -yim ? yiner.m.vIy
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When His
lamp shone over my
head, And by His
light I
walked through
darkness;
.$,v{x .$,lea w{rw{a.l yiva{r yel][ w{ren w{Lih.B
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As I was in the
prime of my
days, When the
friendship of
God was
over my
tent;
;Hw{l/a dw{s.B yiP.r'x yemyiB yityIy'h r,v]a;K ? yil\h'a yel][
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When the
Almighty was
yet with me, And my
children were
around me;
y'r'[.n y;tw{byib.s yid'Mi[ y;D;v dw{[.B
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When my
steps were
bathed in
butter, And the
rock poured out for me
streams of
oil!
yid'Mi[ q.Wc'y r.Wc.w h'mex.B y;kyil]h #{x.riB ? !,m'v -yeg.l;P
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"When I
went out to the
gate of the
city, When I
took my
seat in the
square,
yib'vw{m !yik'a bw{x.r'B<07339!> t,r'q -yel][ r;[;v yitaec.B
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The
young men saw me and
hid themselves, And the
old men arose and
stood.
.Wm'q ~yivyivyiw .Wa'B.x,n.w ~yir'[.n yin.Wa'r ? .Wd'm'[
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"The
princes stopped talking And
put their
hands on their
mouths;
~,hyip.l .Wmyif'y @;k.w ~yiLim.b .Wr.c'[ ~yir'f
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The
voice of the
nobles was
hushed, And their
tongue stuck to their
palate.
h'qeb'D ~'Kix.l ~'nw{v.l.W .Wa'B.x,n ~yidyig.n -lw{q
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"For when the
ear heard, it
called me
blessed, And when the
eye saw, it
gave witness of me,
yinedyi[.T;w h't]a'r !Iy;[.w yiner.V;a.T;w h'[.m'v !,z{a yiK
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Because I
delivered the
poor who
cried for
help, And the
orphan who had
no helper.
rez{[ -a{l.w ~w{t'y.w ;[e.W;v.m yin'[ jeL;m]a -yiK ? w{l
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"The
blessing of the one ready to
perish came upon me, And I made the
widow's heart sing for
joy.
!in.r;a h'n'm.l;a bel.w a{b'T y;l'[ deb{a t;K.riB
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"I
put on
righteousness, and it
clothed me; My
justice was like a
robe and a
turban.
yij'P.vim @yin'c.w ]lyi[.miK yinev'B.liY;w yiT.v;b'l q,d,c
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"I was
eyes to the
blind And
feet to the
lame.
yin'a ;xeSiP;l ~Iy;l.g;r.w re.Wi[;l yityIy'h ~Iy;nye[
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"I was a
father to the
needy, And I
investigated the
case which I did not
know.
yiT.[;d'y -a{l bir.w ~yinw{y.b,a'l yik{n'a b'a ? .Wher.q.x,a
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"I
broke the
jaws of the
wicked And
snatched the
prey from his
teeth.
.$yil.v;a wy'NiVim.W l\W;[ tw{[.L;t.m h'r.B;v]a'w ? @,r'j
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"Then I
thought, 'I shall
die in my
nest, And I shall
multiply my
days as the
sand.
~yim'y h,B.r;a lw{x;k.w ['w.g,a yiNiq -mi[ r;m{a'w
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'My
root is
spread out to the
waters, And
dew lies all
night on my
branch.
yiryic.qiB !yil'y l;j.w ~Iy'm -yel/a ;x.Wt'p yiv.r'v
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'My
glory is ever
new with me, And my
bow is
renewed in my
hand.'
@yil]x;t yid'y.B yiT.v;q.w yid'Mi[ v'd'x yidw{b.K
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"To me they
listened and
waited, And
kept silent for my
counsel.
yit'c][ w{m.l .Wm.DIy.w .WLexIy.w .W[.m'v -yil
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"After my
words they did not
speak again, And my
speech dropped on them.
yit'Lim @{JiT w{myel'[.w .Wn.vIy a{l yir'b.d yer]x;a
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"They
waited for me as for the
rain, And
opened their
mouth as for the
spring rain.
vw{q.l;m.l .Wr]['P ~,hyip.W yil r'j'M;k .Wl]xIy.w
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"I
smiled on them when they did not
believe, And the
light of my
face they did not
cast down.
a{l y;n'P rw{a.w .Wnyim]a;y a{l ~,hel]a q;x.f,a ? !.WlyiP;y
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"I
chose a
way for them and
sat as
chief, And
dwelt as a
king among the
troops, As one
who comforted the
mourners.
.$,l,m.K !w{K.v,a.w va{r bevea.w ~'K.r;D r;x]b,a ? ~ex;n.y ~yileb]a r,v]a;K d.Wd.G;B