H0518H–אִם–im

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient?

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

אִם־ 'im- “if”אִם־ 'im- “if”

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

אִם־ 'im- “<if>?”

Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [ergänzt: and] mighty?-

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

Shall it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?

אִֽם־ 'im- “or?”

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up, And maketh her nest on high?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:

אִֽם־ 'im- “if”

Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;

אִם־ 'im- “if”אִם־ 'im- “if”

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

אִם־ 'im- “if”

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [ergänzt: my] love, Until he please.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְֽאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [ergänzt: my] love, Until he please.

אִם־ 'im- “if”וְֽאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

And Jehovah of hosts revealed himself in mine ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you till ye die, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

אִם־ 'im- “if”

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

אִם־ 'im- “<if>?”

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”

Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “or?”

Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

וְאִם־ (אִם) 'im- “if”

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

אִם־ 'im- “or?”