H9002–/וְ–v

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what doth it reprove?

וּמַה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ (וּ֝) u. “and”

Yea, ye would cast [ergänzt: lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

וְ֝תִכְר֗וּ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

וְ֭עַתָּה (וְ֭) Ve. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice; Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

וְשׁ֥וּבוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

וְכִימֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר (וּ֝) u. “and”

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

וְלֵיל֥וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

וְג֣וּשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת (וּֽ) u. “and”

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

וְכִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

וּמֶ֤ה׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְתַעֲבִ֪יר (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

How long wilt thou speak these things? And [ergänzt: how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [ergänzt: like] a mighty wind?

וְר֥וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

וְיָשָׁ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

וְ֝אַחֲרִיתְךָ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

וְ֝כוֹנֵ֗ן (וְ֝) ve. “and”

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם (וּ֝) u. “and”

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [ergänzt: and] not cut down, It withereth before any [ergänzt: other] herb.

וְלִפְנֵ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”

So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

וְתִקְוַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”

Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

וּבֵ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”