H9005–/ל–l

They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן (לִ) li “to”

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

לָהֶ֣ם (לָ) la. “for”לְמִלָּֽה׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

לְהַוָּתִ֥י (לְ) le. “to”לָֽמוֹ׃ (לָֽ) la. “[belongs] to”

Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

לַחֹ֑מֶר (לַ) la. “to the”

You have become cruel to me; the strength of your hand is hard on me.

לְאַכְזָ֣ר (לְ) le. “into”לִ֑י (לִ֑) L “to”

For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

Has not my hand been stretched out in help to the poor? have I not been a saviour to him in his trouble?

לָהֶ֥ן (לָ) la. “to”

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

לִקְשֵׁה־ (לִ) li “for”לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ (לָ) la. “for the”

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

לְ֝א֗וֹר (לְ֝) le. “for”

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

לְתַנִּ֑ים (לְ) le. “of”לִבְנ֥וֹת (לִ) li “of”

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

לְ֭אֵבֶל (לְ֭) Le. “<into>”לְק֣וֹל (לְ) le. “<into>”

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

לְעֵינָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

לְעַוָּ֑ל (לְ) le. “[belong] to”לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי (לְ) le. “to”

Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

לְאַחֵ֣ר (לְ) le. “for”

If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

לְבַדִּ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃ (לָ) la. “[belonged] to the”

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם (לַ) la. “to <the>”

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

לְפִֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

That would have been another sin to be rewarded with punishment by the judges; for I would have been false to God on high.

לָאֵ֣ל (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

(For I did not let my mouth give way to sin, in putting a curse on his life;)

לַחֲטֹ֣א (לַ) la. “to”לִשְׁאֹ֖ל (לִ) li “by”

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

לָאֹ֥רַח (לָ) la. “to the”

If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,

לִטְמ֖וֹן (לִ) li “by”

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

לִ֨י׀ (לִ֨) l “[will belong] to”לִ֗י (לִ֗) L “to”

Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to”

Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

לְיָמִֽים׃ (לְ) le. “to”