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

¹

Завѣ́тъ положи́хъ ѻ҆чи́ма мои́ма, да не помы́шлю на дѣви́цꙋ.

²

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

²

И҆ что̀ оу҆дѣлѝ бг҃ъ свы́ше, и҆ наслѣ́дїе всеси́льнагѡ ѿ вы́шнихъ;

³

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

³

Оу҆вы̀, па́гꙋба неправди́вомꙋ и҆ ѿчꙋжде́нїе творѧ́щымъ беззако́нїе.

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

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Не са́мъ ли оу҆́зритъ пꙋ́ть мо́й и҆ всѧ̑ стѡпы̀ моѧ̑ и҆зочте́тъ;

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

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А҆́ще ходи́хъ съ посмѣѧ́тєли, и҆ а҆́ще потща́сѧ нога̀ моѧ̀ на ле́сть,

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

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ста́хъ бо на мѣ́рилѣ пра́веднѣ, ви́дѣ же гдⷭ҇ь неѕло́бїе моѐ.

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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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А҆́ще оу҆клони́сѧ нога̀ моѧ̀ ѿ пꙋтѝ, а҆́ще и҆ в̾слѣ́дъ ѻ҆́ка моегѡ̀ и҆́де се́рдце моѐ, и҆ а҆́ще рꙋка́ма мои́ма прикоснꙋ́хсѧ дарѡ́въ,

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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 посѣ́ю оу҆́бѡ, а҆ и҆ні́и да поѧдѧ́тъ, без̾ ко́рене же да бы́хъ бы́лъ на землѝ.

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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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А҆́ще в̾слѣ́дъ и҆́де се́рдце моѐ жены̀ мꙋ́жа и҆на́гѡ, и҆ а҆́ще присѣдѧ́й бы́хъ при две́рехъ є҆ѧ̀,

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

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оу҆го́дна оу҆̀бо бꙋ́ди и҆ жена̀ моѧ̀ и҆но́мꙋ мꙋ́жꙋ, младе́нцы же моѝ смире́ни да бꙋ́дꙋтъ:

¹¹

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

¹¹

ꙗ҆́рость бо гнѣ́ва не оу҆держа́на, є҆́же ѡ҆скверни́ти мꙋ́жа и҆на́гѡ женꙋ̀:

¹²

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

¹²

ѻ҆́гнь бо є҆́сть горѧ́й на всѧ̑ страны̑, и҆дѣ́же на́йдетъ, и҆з̾ коре́нїѧ погꙋби́тъ.

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

¹³

А҆́ще же презрѣ́хъ сꙋ́дъ раба̀ моегѡ̀ и҆лѝ рабы́ни, прѧ́щымсѧ и҆̀мъ предо мно́ю:

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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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что́ бо сотворю̀, а҆́ще и҆спыта́нїе сотвори́тъ мѝ гдⷭ҇ь; а҆́ще же и҆ посѣще́нїе, кі́й ѿвѣ́тъ сотворю̀;

¹⁵

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

¹⁵

Є҆да̀ не ꙗ҆́коже и҆ а҆́зъ бѣ́хъ во чре́вѣ, и҆ ті́и бы́ша; бѣ́хомъ же въ то́мже чре́вѣ.

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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

Немощні́и же, а҆́ще когда̀ чесогѡ̀ тре́бовахꙋ, не не полꙋчи́ша, вдови́ча же ѻ҆́ка не презрѣ́хъ.

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

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А҆́ще же и҆ хлѣ́бъ мо́й ꙗ҆до́хъ є҆ди́нъ и҆ си́ромꙋ не препода́хъ ѿ негѡ̀:

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

¹⁸

поне́же ѿ ю҆́ности моеѧ̀ корми́хъ ꙗ҆́коже ѻ҆те́цъ, и҆ ѿ чре́ва ма́тере моеѧ̀ наставлѧ́хъ:

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

¹⁹

а҆́ще же презрѣ́хъ на́га погиба́юща и҆ не ѡ҆блеко́хъ є҆гѡ̀:

²⁰

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

²⁰

немощні́и же а҆́ще не благослови́ша мѧ̀, ѿ стриже́нїѧ же а҆́гнцєвъ мои́хъ согрѣ́шасѧ плещы̀ и҆́хъ:

²¹

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

²¹

а҆́ще воздвиго́хъ на сиротꙋ̀ рꙋ́кꙋ, надѣ́ѧсѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́га по́мощь мнѣ̀ є҆́сть:

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

²²

да ѿпаде́тъ оу҆̀бо ра́мо моѐ ѿ соста́ва, мы́шца же моѧ̀ ѿ ла́ктѧ да сокрꙋши́тсѧ:

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

²³

стра́хъ бо гдⷭ҇ень ѡ҆б̾ѧ́ мѧ, и҆ ѿ тѧ́гости є҆гѡ̀ не стерплю̀.

²⁴

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

²⁴

А҆́ще вчини́хъ зла́то въ крѣ́пость мою̀ и҆ а҆́ще на ка́мєнїѧ многоцѣ̑ннаѧ надѣ́ѧхсѧ,

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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

а҆́ще же и҆ возвесели́хсѧ, мно́гꙋ мѝ бога́тствꙋ сꙋ́щꙋ, а҆́ще же и҆ на безчи́сленныхъ положи́хъ рꙋ́кꙋ мою̀:

²⁶

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

²⁶

и҆лѝ не ви́димъ со́лнца возсїѧ́вшагѡ ѡ҆скꙋдѣва́юща, лꙋны́ же оу҆малѧ́ющїѧсѧ; не въ ни́хъ бо є҆́сть:

²⁷

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

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и҆ а҆́ще прельсти́сѧ ѡ҆́тай се́рдце моѐ, а҆́ще и҆ рꙋ́кꙋ мою̀ положи́въ на оу҆ста́хъ мои́хъ лобза́хъ:

²⁸

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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и҆ сїе́ ми оу҆̀бо въ беззако́нїе преве́лїе да вмѣни́тсѧ, ꙗ҆́кѡ солга́хъ пред̾ бг҃омъ вы́шнимъ.

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

²⁹

А҆́ще же ѡ҆бра́довахсѧ ѡ҆ паде́нїи вра̑гъ мои́хъ, и҆ речѐ се́рдце моѐ: бла́гоже, бла́гоже:

³⁰

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

³⁰

да оу҆слы́шитъ оу҆̀бо оу҆́хо моѐ клѧ́твꙋ мою̀, ѡ҆ѕлосла́вленъ же да бꙋ́дꙋ ѿ люді́й мои́хъ ѡ҆ѕлоблѧ́емь.

³¹

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

³¹

А҆́ще же и҆ мно́гажды рѣ́ша рабы̑ни моѧ̑: кто̀ оу҆́бѡ да́лъ бы на́мъ ѿ пло́тей є҆гѡ̀ насы́титисѧ, ѕѣлѡ̀ мнѣ̀ бла́гꙋ сꙋ́щꙋ;

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

³²

И҆ внѣ̀ не водворѧ́шесѧ стра́нникъ, две́рь же моѧ̀ всѧ́комꙋ приходѧ́щемꙋ ѿве́рста бѣ̀.

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

³³

А҆́ще же и҆ согрѣша́ѧ нево́лею, скры́хъ грѣ́хъ мо́й:

³⁴

(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 посрами́хсѧ бо наро́днагѡ мно́жества, є҆́же не повѣ́дати пред̾ ни́ми: а҆́ще же и҆ ѡ҆ста́вихъ маломо́щнаго и҆зы́ти и҆з̾ две́рїй мои́хъ тщи́мъ нѣ́дромъ: (а҆́ще бы не оу҆боѧ́лсѧ).

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,

³⁵

Кто̀ да́стъ слꙋ́шающаго менѐ; рꙋки́ же гдⷭ҇ни а҆́ще бы́хъ не оу҆боѧ́лсѧ, писа́нїе же, є҆́же и҆мѣ́хъ на кого̀,

³⁶

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

³⁶

на плеща́хъ возложи́въ а҆́ки вѣне́цъ, чита́хъ,

³⁷

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

³⁷

и҆ а҆́ще не раздра́въ є҆гѡ̀ ѿда́хъ, ничто́же взе́мъ ѿ должника̀:

³⁸

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

³⁸

а҆́ще на мѧ̀ когда̀ землѧ̀ возстена̀, а҆́ще и҆ бразды̑ є҆ѧ̀ воспла́кашасѧ вкꙋ́пѣ:

³⁹

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

а҆́ще и҆ си́лꙋ є҆ѧ̀ ꙗ҆до́хъ є҆ди́нъ без̾ цѣны̀, и҆лѝ а҆́ще и҆ дꙋ́шꙋ господи́на землѝ взе́мъ ѡ҆скорби́хъ:

⁴⁰

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

⁴⁰

вмѣ́стѡ пшени́цы да взы́детъ мѝ кропи́ва, а҆ вмѣ́стѡ ꙗ҆чме́нѧ те́рнїе.