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א
וַיֹּסֶף אִיּוֹב, שְׂאֵת מְשָׁלוֹ; וַיֹּאמַר.
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And Job again took up his parable, and said:
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ב
מִי-יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי-קֶדֶם; כִּימֵי, אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי.
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Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when Eloheem watched over me;
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ג
בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ, עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי; לְאוֹרוֹ, אֵלֶךְ חֹשֶׁךְ.
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When His lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;
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ד
כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיִיתִי, בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי; בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ, עֲלֵי אָהֳלִי.
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4
As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of Eloheem was upon my tent;
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ה
בְּעוֹד שַׁדַּי, עִמָּדִי; סְבִיבוֹתַי נְעָרָי.
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5
When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were about me;
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ו
בִּרְחֹץ הֲלִיכַי בְּחֵמָה; וְצוּר יָצוּק עִמָּדִי, פַּלְגֵי-שָׁמֶן.
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6
When my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
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ז
בְּצֵאתִי שַׁעַר עֲלֵי-קָרֶת; בָּרְחוֹב, אָכִין מוֹשָׁבִי.
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When I went forth to the gate unto the city, when I prepared my seat in the broad place,
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ח
רָאוּנִי נְעָרִים וְנֶחְבָּאוּ; וִישִׁישִׁים, קָמוּ עָמָדוּ.
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8
The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;
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ט
שָׂרִים, עָצְרוּ בְמִלִּים; וְכַף, יָשִׂימוּ לְפִיהֶם.
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The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth;
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י
קוֹל-נְגִידִים נֶחְבָּאוּ; וּלְשׁוֹנָם, לְחִכָּם דָּבֵקָה.
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10
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
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יא
כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה, וַתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי; וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה, וַתְּעִידֵנִי.
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For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;
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יב
כִּי-אֲמַלֵּט, עָנִי מְשַׁוֵּעַ; וְיָתוֹם, וְלֹא-עֹזֵר לוֹ.
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Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
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יג
בִּרְכַּת אֹבֵד, עָלַי תָּבֹא; וְלֵב אַלְמָנָה אַרְנִן.
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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יד
צֶדֶק לָבַשְׁתִּי, וַיִּלְבָּשֵׁנִי; כִּמְעִיל וְצָנִיף, מִשְׁפָּטִי.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; my justice was as a robe and a diadem.
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טו
עֵינַיִם הָיִיתִי, לַעִוֵּר; וְרַגְלַיִם לַפִּסֵּחַ אָנִי.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
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טז
אָב אָנֹכִי, לָאֶבְיוֹנִים; וְרִב לֹא-יָדַעְתִּי אֶחְקְרֵהוּ.
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I was a father to the needy; and the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
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יז
וָאֲשַׁבְּרָה, מְתַלְּעוֹת עַוָּל; וּמִשִּׁנָּיו, אַשְׁלִיךְ טָרֶף.
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And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
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יח
וָאֹמַר, עִם-קִנִּי אֶגְוָע; וְכַחוֹל, אַרְבֶּה יָמִים.
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Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
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יט
שָׁרְשִׁי פָתוּחַ אֱלֵי-מָיִם; וְטַל, יָלִין בִּקְצִירִי.
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My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;
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כ
כְּבוֹדִי, חָדָשׁ עִמָּדִי; וְקַשְׁתִּי, בְּיָדִי תַחֲלִיף.
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My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow shall be renewed in my hand.'
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כא
לִי-שָׁמְעוּ וְיִחֵלּוּ; וְיִדְּמוּ, לְמוֹ עֲצָתִי.
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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כב
אַחֲרֵי דְבָרִי, לֹא יִשְׁנוּ; וְעָלֵימוֹ, תִּטֹּף מִלָּתִי.
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After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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כג
וְיִחֲלוּ כַמָּטָר לִי; וּפִיהֶם, פָּעֲרוּ לְמַלְקוֹשׁ.
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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כד
אֶשְׂחַק אֲלֵהֶם, לֹא יַאֲמִינוּ; וְאוֹר פָּנַי, לֹא יַפִּילוּן.
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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כה
אֶבְחַר דַּרְכָּם, וְאֵשֵׁב רֹאשׁ:
וְאֶשְׁכּוֹן, כְּמֶלֶךְ בַּגְּדוּד; כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲבֵלִים יְנַחֵם.
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I chose out their way, and sat as chief,
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and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
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