H9002–/וְ–v

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears.

וְ֝אַֽחֲוָתִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

וּ֭קְרָא (וּ֭) U. “and”וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ (וַ) va. “and”

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

וְחַטָּא֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֝חַטָּאתִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

וְתָ֘שֵׂ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר (וְ) ve. “so”

Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

וְ֭הוּא (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

וְאֹ֘תִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל (וְ) ve. “so”

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

וְע֣וֹד (וְ) ve. “and”וְ֝יֹֽנַקְתּ֗וֹ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (וּ֝) u. “and”

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

וְגֶ֣בֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַיּֽוֹ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

[supplied: As] the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

וְ֝נָהָ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee: Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thy hands.

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

וְ֭אוּלָם (וְ֭) Ve. “and”וְ֝צ֗וּר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

וְתִקְוַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”