5:1

קְרָא־נָא הֲיֵשׁ עוֹנֶךָּ וְאֶל־מִי מִקְּדֹשִׁים תִּפְנֶה׃

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

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5:2

כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה׃

For anger killeth the foolish man, And envy slayeth the silly one.

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5:3

אֲ‍נִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם׃

I have seen the foolish taking root; But suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.

5:4

יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל׃

His children are far from safety, And are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.

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5:5

אֲשֶׁר קְצִירוֹ רָעֵב יֹאכֵל וְאֶל־מִצִּנִּים יִקָּחֵהוּ וְשָׁאַף צַמִּים חֵילָם׃

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapeth for their substance.

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5:6

כִּי לֹא־יֵצֵא מֵעָפָר אָוֶן וּמֵאֲדָמָה לֹא־יִצְמַח עָמָל׃

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

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5:7

כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף׃

But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

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5:8

אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי׃

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

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5:9

עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר׃

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number;

5:10

הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצוֹת׃

Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

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5:11

לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמָרוֹם וְקֹדְרִים שָׂגְבוּ יֶשַׁע׃

So that He setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

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5:12

מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה׃

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can perform nothing substantial.

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5:13

לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה׃

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

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5:14

יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם׃

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night. .

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5:15

וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיוֹן׃

But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

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5:16

וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ׃

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

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5:17

הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס׃

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

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5:18

כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו [וְיָדָיו] תִּרְפֶּינָה׃

For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.

5:19

בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע׃

He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

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5:20

בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב׃

In famine He will redeem thee from death; And in war from the power of the sword.

5:21

בְּשׁוֹט לָשׁוֹן תֵּחָבֵא וְלֹא־תִירָא מִשֹּׁד כִּי יָבוֹא׃

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

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5:22

לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן תִּשְׂחָק וּמֵחַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אַל־תִּירָא׃

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

5:23

כִּי עִם־אַבְנֵי הַשָּׂדֶה בְרִיתֶךָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה הָשְׁלְמָה־לָךְ׃

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; And the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

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5:24

וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶךָ וּפָקַדְתָּ נָוְךָ וְלֹא תֶחֱטָא׃

And thou shalt know that thy tent is in peace; And thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt miss nothing.

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5:25

וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּי־רַב זַרְעֶךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֶיךָ כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ׃

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, And thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

5:26

תָּבוֹא בְכֶלַח אֱלֵי־קָבֶר כַּעֲלוֹת גָּדִישׁ בְּעִתּוֹ׃

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a ripe age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season.

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5:27

הִנֵּה־זֹאת חֲקַרְנוּהָ כֶּן־הִיא שְׁמָעֶנָּה וְאַתָּה דַע־לָךְ׃

Lo this, we have searched it, So it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.