H9002–/וְ–v

I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

וְ֝אַֽחֲוָתִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

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

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

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

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Will you be hard on a leaf in flight before the wind? will you make a dry stem go more quickly on its way?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

And you put chains on my feet, watching all my ways, and making a limit for my steps;

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

Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

וְ֭הוּא (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

וְאֹ֘תִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל (וְ) ve. “so”

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

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

Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;

וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (וּ֝) u. “and”

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

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

The waters go from a pool, and a river becomes waste and dry;

וְ֝נָהָ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

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

If only you would keep me safe in the underworld, putting me in a secret place till your wrath is past, giving me a fixed time when I might come to your memory again!

וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

But truly a mountain falling comes to dust, and a rock is moved from its place;

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

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.

וְתִקְוַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”