H9002–/וְ–v

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Hear attentively my speech and my declaration with your ears.

וְ֝אַֽחֲוָתִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Who is he that contendeth with me? For if I were silent now, I should expire.

וְאֶגְוָֽע׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:

וְ֝אֵ֥מָתְךָ֗ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Then call, and I will answer; or I will speak, and answer thou me.

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

How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

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

Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?

וְתַחְשְׁבֵ֖נִי (וְ) ve. “and”

Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth;

וְ֝תוֹרִישֵׁ֗נִי (וְ֝) ve. “and”

And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; --

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

One who, as a rotten thing consumeth, as a garment that the moth eateth.

וְ֭הוּא (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

Man, born of woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

וּֽשְׂבַֽע־ (וּֽ) u. “and”

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; and he fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

וְאֹ֘תִ֤י (וְ) ve. “and”

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, [ergänzt: and] thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

וְיֶחְדָּ֑ל (וְ) ve. “so”

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

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

Though its root grow old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground,

וּ֝בֶעָפָ֗ר (וּ֝) u. “and”

But a man dieth, and is prostrate; yea, man expireth, and where is he?

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

The waters recede from the lake, and the river wasteth and drieth up:

וְ֝נָהָ֗ר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽלֹא־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

וְתִזְכְּרֵֽנִי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

וְאָנֹכִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And indeed a mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of its place;

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

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

וְתִקְוַ֖ת (וְ) ve. “and”