H9002–/וְ–v

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

וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Hear diligently my speech. Let my declaration be in your ears.

וְ֝אַֽחֲוָתִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Withdraw your hand far from me; And don't let your terror make me afraid.

וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

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

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

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.

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

Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy?

וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For you write bitter things against me, And make me inherit the iniquities of my youth:

וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

You also put my feet in the stocks, And mark all my paths. You set a bound to the soles of my feet:

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

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

וְ֭הוּא (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

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

וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?

וְאֹ֘תִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with you, And you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל (וְ) ve. “so”

"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, That the tender branch of it will not cease.

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

Though the root of it grows old in the earth, And the stock of it dies in the ground;

וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (וּ֝) u. “and”

But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

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

As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wastes and dries up,

וְ֝נָהָ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

So man lies down and doesn't rise; Until the heavens are 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 you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

You would call, and I would answer you. You would have a desire to the work of your hands.

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

"But the mountain falling comes to nothing; The rock is removed out of its place;

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

The waters wear the stones; The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth: So you destroy the hope of man.

וְתִקְוַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”