5He has besiegedבָּנָ֥הba.NahH1129meעָלַ֛י'a.LaiH5921and surrounded meוַיַּקַּ֖ףvai.ya.KafH5362with bitternessרֹ֥אשׁroshH7219and hardshipוּתְלָאָֽה׃u.te.la.'AhH8513.
6He has made me dwellהוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִיho.shi.Va.niH3427in darknessבְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥יםbe.ma.cha.sha.KimH4285like those deadכְּמֵתֵ֥יke.me.TeiH4191for agesעוֹלָֽם׃ סo.LamH5769.
7He has walled me inגָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛יga.Dar ba.'a.DiH1443H1157so I cannotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808escapeאֵצֵ֖א'e.Tze'H3318;He has weighed me downהִכְבִּ֥ידhikh.BidH3513with chainsנְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ne.cha.she.TiH5178.
8Evenגַּ֣םgamH1571whenכִּ֤יkiH3588I cry outאֶזְעַק֙'ez.'AkH2199and plead for helpוַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַva.'a.sha.Ve.a'H7768,He shuts outשָׂתַ֖םsa.TamH5640my prayerתְּפִלָּתִֽי׃te.fi.la.TiH8605.
9He has barredגָּדַ֤רga.DarH1443my waysדְּרָכַי֙de.ra.KhaiH1870with cut stonesבְּגָזִ֔יתbe.ga.ZitH1496;He has made my pathsנְתִיבֹתַ֖יne.ti.vo.TaiH5410crookedעִוָּֽה׃ ס'i.VahH5753.
10Heהוּא֙hu'H1931is a bearדֹּ֣בdoH1677lying in waitאֹרֵ֥ב'o.RevH693,a lionאֲרִ֖י'ar.yehH738hiding in ambushבְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃be.mis.ta.RimH4565.
11He forced me offסוֹרֵ֛רso.RerH5493my pathדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870and tore me to piecesוַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִיvay.fa.she.Che.niH6582;He left meשָׂמַ֥נִיsa.Ma.niH7760without helpשֹׁמֵֽם׃sho.MemH8076.
12He bentדָּרַ֤ךְda.RakhH1869His bowקַשְׁתוֹ֙kash.ToH7198and set meוַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִיvai.ya.tzi.Ve.niH5324as the targetכַּמַּטָּרָ֖אka.ma.ta.Ra'H4307for His arrowלַחֵֽץ׃ סla.ChetzH2671.
13He piercedהֵבִיא֙he.Vi'H935my kidneysבְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔יbe.khil.yo.TaiH3629with His arrowsבְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃be.Nei 'ash.pa.ToH1121H827.
14I amהָיִ֤יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961a laughingstockשְּׂחֹק֙se.ChokH7814to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605my peopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971;they mock me in songנְגִינָתָ֖םne.gi.na.TamH5058all day longכָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃kol- hai.YomH3605H3117.
15He has filled meהִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִיhis.bi.'A.niH7646with bitternessבַמְּרוֹרִ֖יםva.me.ro.RimH4844;He has intoxicated meהִרְוַ֥נִיhir.Va.niH7301with wormwoodלַעֲנָֽה׃ סla.'a.NahH3939.
16He has groundוַיַּגְרֵ֤סvai.yag.ResH1638my teethשִׁנָּ֔יshi.NaiH8127with gravelבֶּֽחָצָץ֙be.cha.TzatzH2687and trampled meהִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִיhikh.pi.Sha.niH3728in the dustבָּאֵֽפֶר׃ba.'E.ferH665.
17My soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315has been deprivedוַתִּזְנַ֧חva.tiz.NachH2186of peaceמִשָּׁל֛וֹםmi.sha.LomH7965;I have forgottenנָשִׁ֥יתִיna.Shi.tiH5382what prosperity isטוֹבָֽה׃to.VahH2896.
18So I sayוָאֹמַר֙va.'o.MarH559, “My strengthנִצְחִ֔יnitz.ChiH5331has perishedאָבַ֣ד'a.VadH6,along with my hopeוְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖יve.to.chal.TiH8431from the LORDמֵיְהוָֽה׃ סme.Yah.wehH3068.”
19Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142my afflictionעָנְיִ֥י'a.ne.YiH6040and wanderingוּמְרוּדִ֖יu.me.ru.DiH4788,the wormwoodלַעֲנָ֥הla.'a.NahH3939and the gallוָרֹֽאשׁ׃va.RoshH7219.
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