2“How longעַד־ אָ֭נָה'ad- 'A.nahH5704H575will you tormentתּוֹגְי֣וּןtog.YunH3013meנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315and crush meוּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִיu.te.da.ke.'u.Na.niH1792with your wordsבְמִלִּֽים׃ve.mi.LimH4405?
3Tenעֶ֣שֶׂר'E.serH6235timesפְּ֭עָמִיםPe.'a.mimH6471nowזֶ֤הzehH2088you have reproached meתַּכְלִימ֑וּנִיtakh.li.Mu.niH3637;you shamelesslyלֹֽא־ תֵ֝בֹ֗שׁוּlo'- te.Vo.shuH3808H954mistreatתַּהְכְּרוּ־tah.ke.ru-H1970me.
4Even ifוְאַף־ve.'af-H637I have truly gone astrayאָמְנָ֥ם שָׁגִ֑יתִי'a.me.Nam sha.Gi.tiH551H7686,my errorמְשׁוּגָתִֽי׃me.shu.ga.TiH4879concerns meתָּלִ֥יןta.LinH3885aloneאִ֝תִּ֗י'i.TiH854.
5Ifאִם־'im-H518indeedאָ֭מְנָם'A.me.nomH551you would exaltתַּגְדִּ֑ילוּtag.Di.luH1431yourselvesabove meעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921and use my disgraceוְתוֹכִ֥יחוּ חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃ve.to.Khi.chu cher.pa.TiH2781H3198against meעָ֝לַ֗י'a.LaiH5921,
6thenאֵ֭פוֹ'e.foH645understandדְּֽעוּ־de.'u-H3045thatכִּי־ki-H3588it is Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433who has wronged meעִוְּתָ֑נִי'i.ve.Ta.niH5791and drawn His netוּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹu.me.tzu.DoH4685aroundהִקִּֽיף׃hi.KifH5362meעָלַ֥י'a.LaiH5921.
7Thoughהֵ֤ןhenH2005I cry outאֶצְעַ֣ק'etz.'AkH6817, ‘Violenceחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555!’I get noוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808responseאֵעָנֶ֑ה'e.'a.NehH6030;though I call for helpאֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע'a.sha.Va'H7768,there is noוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369justiceמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.
8He has blockedגָ֭דַרGa.darH1443my wayאָרְחִ֣י'a.re.ChiH734so I cannotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808passאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e.'e.VorH5674;He has veiledוְעַ֥ל יָשִֽׂים׃ve.'Al ya.SimH5921H7760my pathsנְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗יne.ti.vo.TaiH5410with darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822.
9He has stripped meהִפְשִׁ֑יטhif.ShitH6584of my honorכְּ֭בוֹדִי מֵעָלַ֣יKe.vo.di me.'a.LaiH3519H5921and removedוַ֝יָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493the crownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850from my headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.
10He tears me downיִתְּצֵ֣נִיyi.te.Tze.niH5422on every sideסָ֭בִיבSa.vivH5439until I am goneוָאֵלַ֑ךְva.'e.LakhH1980;He uprootsוַיַּסַּ֥עvai.ya.Sa'H5265my hopeתִּקְוָתִֽי׃tik.va.TiH8615like a treeכָּ֝עֵ֗ץka.'EtzH6086.
11His angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639burnsוַיַּ֣חַרvai.Ya.charH2734against meעָלַ֣י'a.LaiH5921,and He counts meוַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִיvai.yach.she.Ve.niH2803among His enemiesכְצָרָֽיו׃khe.tza.RavH6862.
13He has removedהִרְחִ֑יקhir.ChikH7368my brothersאַ֭חַי'A.chaiH251from meמֵעָלַ֣יme.'a.LaiH5921;my acquaintancesוְ֝יֹדְעַ֗י אַךְ־ve.yo.de.'Ai 'akh-H3045H389have abandonedזָ֥רוּZa.ruH2114meמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480.
14My kinsmenקְרוֹבָ֑יke.ro.VaiH7138have failed meחָדְל֥וּcha.de.LuH2308,and my friendsוּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥יu.me.yu.da.'AiH3045have forgotten meשְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃she.khe.Chu.niH7911.
15My guestsבֵיתִ֣יvei.TiH1004גָּ֘רֵ֤יga.ReiH1481and maidservantsוְ֭אַמְהֹתַיVe.'am.ho.taiH519count meתַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִיtach.she.Vu.niH2803as a strangerלְזָ֣רle.ZarH2114;I amהָיִ֥יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a foreignerנָ֝כְרִ֗יna.khe.RiH5237in their sightבְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ve.'ei.nei.HemH5869.
16I callקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121for my servantלְעַבְדִּ֣יle.'av.DiH5650,but he does notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030,though I imploreאֶתְחַנֶּן־'et.cha.nen-H2603himwithבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119my own mouthפִ֝֗יFiH6310.
17My breathר֭וּחִֽיRu.chiH7307is repulsiveזָ֣רָהZa.rahH2114to my wifeלְאִשְׁתִּ֑יle.'ish.TiH802,and I am loathsomeוְ֝חַנֹּתִ֗יve.cha.no.TiH2603to my own familyלִבְנֵ֥י בִטְנִֽי׃liv.Nei vit.NiH1121H990.
18Evenגַּם־gam-H1571little boysעֲ֭וִילִים'A.vi.limH5759scornמָ֣אֲסוּMa.'a.suH3988me;when I appearאָ֝ק֗וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965,they derideוַיְדַבְּרוּ־vay.da.be.ru-H1696me.
19Allכָּל־kol-H3605my best friendsמְתֵ֣י סוֹדִ֑יme.Tei so.DiH4962H5475despise meתִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיTi.'a.vu.niH8581,and thoseוְזֶֽה־ve.zeh-H2088I loveאָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157have turnedנֶהְפְּכוּ־neh.pe.khu-H2015against me.
20My skinבְּעוֹרִ֣יbe.'o.RiH5785and fleshוּ֭בִבְשָׂרִיU.viv.sa.riH1320clingדָּבְקָ֣הda.ve.KahH1692to my bonesעַצְמִ֑י'atz.MiH6106;I have escapedוָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הva.'et.ma.le.TahH4422by the skinבְּע֣וֹרbe.'orH5785of my teethשִׁנָּֽי׃shi.NaiH8127.
22Whyלָ֭מָּהLa.mahH4100do you persecute meתִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִיtir.de.Fu.niH7291asכְמוֹ־khe.mov-H3644God doesאֵ֑ל'ElH410?Will you neverלֹ֣אlo'H3808get enoughתִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃tis.Ba.'uH7646of my fleshוּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗יu.mi.be.sa.RiH1320?
23I wishמִֽי־ יִתֵּ֣ן אֵ֭פוֹmi- yi.Ten 'e.foH4310H5414H645that my wordsמִלָּ֑י מִֽי־ יִתֵּ֖ןmi.Lai mi- yi.TenH4405H4310H5414were recordedוְיִכָּתְב֣וּןve.yi.ka.te.VunH3789and inscribedוְיֻחָֽקוּ׃ve.yu.Cha.kuH2710in a bookבַּסֵּ֣פֶרba.Se.ferH5612,
24by an ironבַּרְזֶ֥לbar.ZelH1270stylusבְּעֵט־be.'et-H5842on leadוְעֹפָ֑רֶתve.'o.Fa.retH5777,or chiseledיֵחָצְבֽוּן׃ye.cha.tze.VunH2672in stoneבַּצּ֥וּרba.TzurH6697foreverלָ֝עַ֗דla.'AdH5703.
25But Iוַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.NiH589knowיָ֭דַעְתִּיYa.da'.tiH3045that my Redeemerגֹּ֣אֲלִיGo.'a.liH1350livesחָ֑יChaiH2416,and in the endוְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹןve.'a.cha.RonH314He will standיָקֽוּם׃ya.KumH6965uponעַל־'al-H5921the earthעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083.
26Even afterוְאַחַ֣רve.'a.CharH310my skinע֭וֹרִֽיo.riH5785has been destroyedנִקְּפוּ־ זֹ֑אתni.ke.fu- ZotH5362H2063,yet in my fleshוּ֝מִבְּשָׂרִ֗יu.mi.be.sa.RiH1320I will seeאֶֽחֱזֶ֥ה'e.che.ZehH2372Godאֱלֽוֹהַּ׃'e.Lo.ahH433.
27Iאֲנִ֨י׀'a.NiH589will seeאֶֽחֱזֶה־'e.che.zeh-H2372Himאֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherH834for myself;my eyesוְעֵינַ֣יve.'ei.NaiH5869will behold Himרָא֣וּra.'UH7200,and notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808as a strangerזָ֑רZarH2114.How my heartכִלְיֹתַ֣יkhil.yo.TaiH3629yearnsכָּל֖וּka.LuH3615within meבְּחֵקִֽי׃be.che.KiH2436!
28Ifכִּ֣יkiH3588you sayתֹ֭אמְרוּTo.me.ruH559, ‘Let usמַה־mah-H4100persecuteנִּרְדָּף־nir.dof-H7291him,since the rootוְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of the matterדָּ֝בָ֗רda.VarH1697liesנִמְצָא־nim.tza'-H4672with him,’
29thenyou should fearגּ֤וּרוּ מִפְּנֵי־Gu.ru mi.pe.nei-H1481H6440the swordחֶ֗רֶבChe.revH2719yourselves,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588wrathחֵ֭מָהChe.mahH2534brings punishmentעֲוֹנ֣וֹתa.vo.NotH5771by the swordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719,so thatלְמַ֖עַןle.Ma.'anH4616you may knowתֵּדְע֣וּןte.de.'UnH3045there isa judgmentשַׁדּֽוּן׃ סsha.dinH1779.”
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