H9005–/ל–l

To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:

לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן (לִ) li “to”

And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

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

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;

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

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

לַחֹ֑מֶר (לַ) la. “to the”

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

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

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”

Indeed, no prayer [supplied: availeth] when he stretcheth out [supplied: his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

לָהֶ֥ן (לָ) la. “to”

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

לְ֝א֗וֹר (לְ֝) le. “for”

I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

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

My harp also is [supplied: turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.

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

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

לְעֵינָ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity?

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

Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her.

לְאַחֵ֣ר (לְ) le. “for”

Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,

לְבַדִּ֑י (לְ) le. “to”

If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;

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

If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!

וְ֝לַכֶּ֗תֶם (לַ) la. “to <the>”

And my heart have been secretly enticed, so that my mouth kissed my hand:

לְפִֽי׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

This also would be an iniquity for the judge, for I should have denied the God who is above.

לָאֵ֣ל (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)

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

The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

לָאֹ֥רַח (לָ) la. “to the”

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

לִטְמ֖וֹן (לִ) li “by”

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!

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

Would I not take it upon my shoulder? I would bind it on to me [supplied: as] a crown;

לִֽי׃ (לִֽ) L “to”

But Elihu had waited till Job had finished speaking, because they were older than he.

לְיָמִֽים׃ (לְ) le. “to”