1Many a timeרַ֭בַּתRa.batH7227they have persecuted meצְרָר֣וּנִיtze.ra.Ru.niH6887from my youthמִנְּעוּרַ֑יmi.ne.'u.RaiH5271—let Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478nowנָ֝אna'H4994declareיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559—
2many a timeרַ֭בַּתRa.batH7227they have persecuted meצְרָר֣וּנִיtze.ra.Ru.niH6887from my youthמִנְּעוּרָ֑יmi.ne.'u.RaiH5271,butגַּ֝םgamH1571they have notלֹא־lo'-H3808prevailedיָ֥כְלוּYa.khe.luH3201against me.
3The plowmenחָרְשׁ֣וּcha.re.ShuH2790plowedחֹרְשִׁ֑יםcho.re.ShimH2790overעַל־'al-H5921my backגַּ֭בִּיGa.biH1354;they made their furrowsלְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃le.ma.'a.no.tamH4618longהֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּhe.'e.Ri.khuH748.
4The LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068is righteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662;He has cut meקִ֝צֵּ֗ץki.TzetzH7112from the cordsעֲב֣וֹתa.VotH5688of the wickedרְשָׁעִֽים׃re.sha.'ImH7563.
6May they beיִ֭הְיוּYih.yuH1961like grassכַּחֲצִ֣ירka.cha.TzirH2682on the rooftopsגַּגּ֑וֹתga.GotH1406,which withersיָבֵֽשׁ׃ya.VeshH3001beforeשֶׁקַּדְמַ֖תshe.kad.MatH6927it can growשָׁלַ֣ףsha.LafH8025,
7unableשֶׁלֹּ֤אshe.Lo'H3808to fillמִלֵּ֖אmi.Le'H4390the handsכַפּ֥וֹkha.PoH3709of the reaperקוֹצֵ֗רko.TzerH7114,or the armsוְחִצְנ֥וֹve.chitz.NoH2683of the binder of sheavesמְעַמֵּֽר׃me.'a.MerH6014.
8May noneוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808who pass byהָעֹבְרִ֗יםha.'oe.RimH5674sayאָֽמְר֨וּ׀'a.me.RuH559to them, “The blessingבִּרְכַּֽת־bir.kat-H1293of the LORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068be on youאֲלֵיכֶ֑ם'a.lei.KhemH413;we blessבֵּרַ֥כְנוּbe.Rakh.nuH1288youאֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם'et.KhemH853in the nameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of the LORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.”
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