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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?
Ἐπικαλέσαι δὲ εἴ τις σοι ὑπακούσεται, ἢ εἴ τινα ἀγγέλων ἁγίων ὄψῃ·
But call, if anyone will hearken to thee, Or if thou shalt see any of the holy angels.
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כִּי־לֶאֱוִיל יַהֲרָג־כָּעַשׂ וּפֹתֶה תָּמִית קִנְאָה
For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Καὶ γὰρ ἄφρονα ἀναιρεῖ ὀργὴ, πεπλανημένον δὲ θανατοῖ ζῆλος.
For wrath destroys the foolish one, And envy slays him that has gone astray.
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אֲנִי־רָאִיתִי אֱוִיל מַשְׁרִישׁ וָאֶקּוֹב נָוֵהוּ פִתְאֹם
I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I beheld his habitation cursed.
Ἐγὼ δὲ ἑώρακα ἄφρονας ῥίζαν βάλλοντας, ἀλλʼ εὐθέως ἐβρώθη αὐτῶν ἡ δίαιτα.
And I have seen foolish ones taking root: But suddenly their habitation was devoured.
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יִרְחֲקוּ בָנָיו מִיֶּשַׁע וְיִדַּכְּאוּ בַשַּׁעַר וְאֵין מַצִּיל
His children are far from safety, and are crushed in the gate, with none to deliver them.
Πόῤῥω γένοιντο οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν ἀπὸ σωτηρίας, κολαβρισθείησαν δὲ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡσσόνων, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἐξαιρούμενος.
Let their children be far from safety, And let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.
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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.
Ἃ γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι συνήγαγον, δίκαιοι ἔδονται, αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐκ κακῶν οὐκ ἐξαίρετοι ἔσονται· ἐκσιφωνισθείη αὐτῶν ἡ ἰσχύς.
For what they have collected, the just shall eat; But they shall not be delivered out of calamities: Let their strength be utterly exhausted.
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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;
Οὐ γὰρ μὴ ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῆς γῆς κόπος, οὐδὲ ἐξ ὀρέων ἀναβλαστήσει πόνος.
For labor cannot by any means come out of the earth, Nor shall trouble spring out of the mountains:
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כִּי־אָדָם לְעָמָל יוּלָּד וּבְנֵי־רֶשֶׁף יַגְבִּיהוּ עוּף
But man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος γεννᾶται κόπῳ, νεοσσοὶ δὲ γυπὸς τὰ ὑψηλὰ πέτονται.
Yet man is born to labor, And [even so] the vulture’s young seek the high places.
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אוּלָם אֲנִי אֶדְרֹשׁ אֶל־אֵל וְאֶל־אֱלֹהִים אָשִׂים דִּבְרָתִי
But as for me, I would seek unto G-d, and unto G-d would I commit my cause;
Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ ἐγὼ δεηθήσομαι Κυρίου, Κύριον δὲ τὸν πάντων δεσπότην ἐπικαλέσομαι,
Nevertheless I will beseech the Lord, And will call upon the Lord, the sovereign of all;
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עֹשֶׂה גְדֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר נִפְלָאוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר
Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
τὸν ποιοῦντα μεγάλα καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστα, ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια, ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμὸς,
Who does great things and untraceable, Glorious things also, and marvelous, of which there is no number:
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הַנֹּתֵן מָטָר עַל־פְּנֵי־אָרֶץ וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל־פְּנֵי חוּצוֹת
Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields;
τὸν διδόντα ὑετὸν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἀποστέλλοντα ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπʼ οὐρανὸν,
Who gives rain upon the earth, Sending water on the earth:
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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.
τὸν ποιοῦντα ταπεινοὺς εἰς ὕψος, καὶ ἀπολωλότας ἐξεγείροντα,
Who exalts the lowly, And raises up them that are lost:
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מֵפֵר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים וְלֹא־תַעֲשֶׂינָה יְדֵיהֶם תּוּשִׁיָּה
He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands can perform nothing substantial.
διαλλάσσοντα βουλὰς πανούργων, καὶ οὐ μὴ ποιήσουσιν αἱ χεῖρες αὐτῶν ἀληθές·
Frustrating the counsels of the crafty, And their hands shall not perform the truth:
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לֹכֵד חֲכָמִים בְּעָרְמָם וַעֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים נִמְהָרָה
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.
ὁ καταλαμβάνων σοφοὺς ἐν τῇ φρονήσει, βουλὴν δὲ πολυπλόκων ἐξέστησεν.
Who takes the wise in their wisdom, And subverts the counsel of the crafty.
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יוֹמָם יְפַגְּשׁוּ־חֹשֶׁךְ וְכַלַּיְלָה יְמַשְׁשׁוּ בַצָּהֳרָיִם
They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Ἡμέρας συναντήσεται αὐτοῖς σκότος, τὸ δὲ μεσημβρινὸν ψηλαφήσαισαν ἶσα νυκτὶ,
In the day darkness shall come upon them, And let them grope in the noonday even as in the night:
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וַיֹּשַׁע מֵחֶרֶב מִפִּיהֶם וּמִיַּד חָזָק אֶבְיוֹן
But He saveth from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
ἀπόλοιντο δὲ ἐν πολέμῳ· ἀδύνατος δὲ ἐξέλθοι ἐκ χειρὸς δυνάστου.
And let them perish in war, And let the weak escape from the hand of the mighty.
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וַתְּהִי לַדַּל תִּקְוָה וְעֹלָתָה קָפְצָה פִּיהָ
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Εἴη δὲ ἀδυνάτῳ ἐλπὶς, ἀδίκου δὲ στόμα ἐμφραχθείη.
And let the weak have hope, But the mouth of the unjust be stopped.
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הִנֵּה אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יוֹכִחֶנּוּ אֱלוֹהַּ וּמוּסַר שַׁדַּי אַל־תִּמְאָס
Behold, happy is the man whom G-d correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
Μακάριος δὲ ἄνθρωπος ὃν ἤλεγξεν ὁ Κύριος, νουθέτημα δὲ παντοκράτορος μὴ ἀπαναίνου.
But blessed [is] the man whom the Lord has reproved; And reject not thou the chastening of the Almighty.
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כִּי הוּא יַכְאִיב וְיֶחְבָּשׁ יִמְחַץ וידו וְיָדָיו תִּרְפֶּינָה
For He maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and His hands make whole.
Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἀλγεῖν ποιεῖ, καὶ πάλιν ἀποκαθίστησιν· ἔπαισε, καὶ αἱ χεῖρες αὐτοῦ ἰάσαντο.
For he causes [a man] to be in pain, and restores [him] again: He smites, and his hands heal.
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בְּשֵׁשׁ צָרוֹת יַצִּילֶךָּ וּבְשֶׁבַע לֹא־יִגַּע בְּךָ רָע
He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Ἑξάκις ἐξ ἀναγκῶν σε ἐξελεῖται, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ οὐ μὴ ἅψηταί σου κακόν.
Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: And in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.
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בְּרָעָב פָּדְךָ מִמָּוֶת וּבְמִלְחָמָה מִידֵי חָרֶב
In famine He will redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.
Ἐν λιμῷ ῥύσεταί σε ἐκ θανάτου, ἐν πολέμῳ δὲ ἐκ χειρὸς σιδήρου λύσει σε.
In famine he shall deliver thee from death: And in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.
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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.
Ἀπὸ μάστιγος γλώσσης σε κρύψει, καὶ οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς ἀπὸ κακῶν ἐρχομένων.
He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: And thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils.
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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.
Ἀδίκων καὶ ἀνόμων καταγελάσῃ· ἀπὸ δὲ θηρίων ἀγρίων οὐ μὴ φοβηθῇς·
Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: And thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts.
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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.
Θῆρες γὰρ ἄγριοι εἰρηνεύσουσί σοι.
For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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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.
Εἶτα γνώσῃ ὅτι εἰρηνεύσει σου ὁ οἶκος· ἡ δὲ δίαιτα τῆς σκηνῆς σου οὐ μὴ ἁμάρτῃ.
Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, And the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail.
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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.
Γνώσῃ δὲ ὅτι πολὺ τὸ σπέρμα σου, τὰ δὲ τέκνα σου ἔσται ὥσπερ τὸ παμβότανον τοῦ ἀγροῦ.
And thou shalt know that thy seed [shall be] abundant; And thy children shall be like the herbage of the field.
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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.
Ἐλεύσῃ δὲ ἐν τάφῳ ὥσπερ σῖτος ὥριμος κατὰ καιρὸν θεριζόμενος, ἢ ὥσπερ θιμωνία ἅλωνος καθʼ ὥραν συγκομισθεῖσα.
And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, Or as a heap of the corn flour collected in proper time.
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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.
Ἰδοὺ ταῦτα οὕτως ἐξιχνιάσαμεν· ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἀκηκόαμεν· σὺ δὲ γνῶθι σεαυτῷ, εἴ τι ἔπραξας.
Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; These are what we have heard: But do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything [wrong].