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I made a covenant with mine eyes, and I will not think upon a virgin.

¹

Завњтъ положихъ ѓ^чи'ма мои^ма, и^ не помы'шлю на дв~цю”

²

Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

²

И$ е^ще же раꙁдњли б~ъ сᲆвы'ше, и прича'стїе пости'жно эT вы'шнихъ”

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Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

³

Лю'та па'гђба неправди'вомђ, и^ ѓ^сђже'нїе творя'щимъ безако'нїя”

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Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

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Не самъ ли ё^зритъ пђть мои, и^ вся` стопы` моя` и^счете'тъ”

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But if I had gone with scorners, and if too my foot has hasted to deceit:

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А$ще ли ходихъ съ смњшники, а^ще ли потщася нога моя на ле'сть”

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(for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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Ста'хъ б^о на мњ'рилњ пра'веDнњ, ви'дњ же г~ь неѕло'бїе мое”

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if my foot has turned aside out of the way, or if mine heart has followed mine eye, and if too I have touched gifts with my hands;

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А$ще ё^клони'тся нога моа эT пђти`, а^ще и^ въ слDњ ѓ%ка мое^го и^де срDце мое” Аще ли рђка моя прикоснђся мзDы,

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then let me sow, and let others eat; and let me be uprooted on the earth.

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да всњ'ю ё^бо а^ и'нїи поја^дя'тъ, бес ко'рене же быX на ꙁемли`”

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If my heart has gone forth after another man's wife, and if I laid wait at her doors;

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А$ще ли же въ слњдъ жены` мђжа'ты и^де мое срDце, а^ще ли же присњдя быX при две'рехъ е^я`”

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then let my wife also please another, and let my children be brought low.

¹⁰

Го'дњ ё^бо бђ'ди и^ жена` моя и^номђ мђ'жђ, младе'нцы же мои смире'ни да бђ'дђтъ”

¹¹

For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.

¹¹

ЈА/росᲄь б^о гнњ'ва не ё^держа'нна, е^же ѓ^сквръни'ти мђжа'тницђ,

¹²

For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.

¹²

ѓ%гнь б^о е^сть горя ѓ^ вся стра'ны и^дњже на'идетъ и^с ко'ренїа погђбитъ”

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And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

¹³

А$ще ли же и^ похђлихъ прю` раба` мое^го и^ рабы`, прящемся предо мно'ю”

¹⁴

what then shall I do if the Lord should try me? and if also he should at all visit me, can I make an answer?

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Чт^о бо сътворю` а^ще пыта'нїе м^и сътво'ритъ г~ь, а^ще ли же и^ посњще'нїе кїи эTвњтъ сътворю`”

¹⁵

Were not they too formed as I also was formed in the womb? yea, we were formed in the same womb.

¹⁵

Тњмже ё^бо не ја%коже л^и аZ бњхъ въ чре'вњ и^ ѓ^ни бы'ша, бњхоM же въ семъ чре'вњ.

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But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

¹⁶

немощнїи же а^ще чт^о и^мъ б^њ тре'бњ не погрњши'ша, вдови'ча же ѓ%ка не пре'ꙁрњх#”

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And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;

¹⁷

А$ще ли же и^ хлњ'бъ свои ја^до'хъ е^ді'нъ, а^ си'ромђ не пода'хъ ли эT него”

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(for I nourished them as a father from my youth, and guided them from my mother's womb.)

¹⁸

ЈА/ко эT ю%ности мое^я кормњхъ ја%ко эTц~ъ, і^ и^ꙁ чрева мт~ре моея наста'вихъ”

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And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him;

¹⁹

А$ще ли же поꙁряхъ нага ги'блюща и не ѓ^клеко'хъ,

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and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

²⁰

немощнњи же а^ще не блsвиша м^я, эT стрига же а^гнець мои^хъ съгрњшася пле'щи и^хъ”

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if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

²¹

А$ще въздви'гъ на сиротђ рђ'кђ, надњюся ја%ко мно'га по'мощь ѓ^ мнњ еs”

²²

let then my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow.

²²

да эTстђпитъ ё^бо ра'мо мое эT вы'я, мы'шца же моя эT ла'кти да съкрђшиTся”

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For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

²³

Стра'хъ б^о гн~ь ѓ^бъя м^я, и^ эT мђ'дрости е^го не сътерплю`”

²⁴

If I made gold my treasure, and if too I trusted the precious stone;

²⁴

А$ще ё^чини'хъ зла'то въ крњпость себњ, а^ще ли на ка'менїя мно'гоцњнная надњяхся”

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and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:

²⁵

А$ще же и^ въꙁвеселиXся” мно'гђ м^и бога'тьствђ сђщђ, а^ще и^ на бесчисленњ положихъ рђ'кђ мою”

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(do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, and the moon waning? for they have not power to continue:)

²⁶

И$ли не ви'димъ слн~ца въсїявша и^ ꙁаходяща, лђны же маляющися не на нихъ б^о е^сть,

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and if my heart was secretly deceived, and if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it:

²⁷

а^ще прельсти'ся таи срDце мое” А$ще же и^ рђкђ мою поло'жъ на ё^стњхъ моиX и^ лобꙁаX,

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let this also then be reckoned to me as the greatest iniquity: for I should have lied against the Lord Most High.

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и^ сїе м^и ё^бо беꙁаконїе да вмњниTся” ја%ко сълга'хъ преD бм~ъ вы'шнимъ”

²⁹

And if too I was glad at the fall of mine enemies, and mine heart said, Aha!

²⁹

А$ще ли же ѓ^брадоваXся ѓ^ паде'нїи вра'гᲆ мои^хъ, и^ рече срDце мое бла'ѕњ”

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let then mine ear hear my curse, and let me be a by-word among my people in my affliction.

³⁰

да ё^слы'шитъ ё^бо ё%хо мое клятвђ мою, шепта'нїемъ ё^бо бђ'дђ эT людїи мои^хъ ꙁазо'ренъ”

³¹

And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

³¹

А$ще и^ многажды рњша рабы'ня моа, кт^о ё^бо бы далъ намъ эT плоти е^го насыᲄитися ѕњло мнњ` бл~гђ сђщђ.

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for the stranger did not lodge without, and my door was opened to every one that came:)

³²

въ не'же не ё^селяшеся стра'нникъ, две'рь же моя всякомђ пришеlцђ эTврьста б^њ”

³³

or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;

³³

А$ще же ли и^ съгрњша'ю во'лею сᲆкры'хъ грњхъ мои,

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(for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

³⁴

не посрамихъ бо ся мое^го наро'да мно'жества не и^сповњда'тися преD ни'ми” А$ще же ли и^ ѓ^ста'виX ма'ломо'щь, и^ꙁлњсти эT две'рїи моиX тщемъ нњдромъ, а^ще не ё^сђмнXњся

³⁵

(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,

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кт^о да'сть слы'шащаго на' мя рђка же моя гн~я. а^ще не боя'хся. писа'нїе же ли и^мњхъ на кого,

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I would place it as a chaplet on my shoulders, and read it.

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аще въꙁложи'лъ быхъ вњнецъ четъ иX.

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And if I did not read it and return it, having taken nothing from the debtor:

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и^ а^ще не раꙁдравъ е^го и^ эTда'хъ, ничтоже въꙁе'мъ эT сђдлъжника”

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If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

³⁸

А$ще на' мя ꙁемля постеня, а^ще и^ бразды ея въсплакашася въкђпњ”

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and if I ate its strength alone without price, and if too I grieved the heart of the owner of the soil, by taking aught from him:

³⁹

А$ще ли и^ си'лђ ея ја^до'хъ самъ беZ цњны, а^ще ли и^ дш~ђ господи'на ꙁемля пояхъ и^ ѓ^скорби'хъ.

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then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

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въ пшеницы мњсто да вꙁы'идетᲆ м^и кропи'ви, и^ въ ја^чмене мњсто ё^бо кђпинее”