1Do you indeedהַֽאֻמְנָ֗םha.'um.NamH552speakתְּדַבֵּר֑וּןte.da.be.RunH1696justlyצֶ֭דֶקTze.dekH6664,O rulersאֵ֣לֶם'E.lemH482?Do you judgeתִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּtish.pe.TuH8199uprightlyמֵישָׁרִ֥יםmei.sha.RimH4339,O sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of menאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120?
2Noאַף־'af-H637,in your heartsבְּלֵב֮be.LevH3820you deviseתִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּןtif.'A.LunH6466injusticeעוֹלֹ֪תo.LotH5766;with your handsיְ֝דֵיכֶ֗םye.dei.KhemH3027you mete outתְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃te.fa.Le.SunH6424violenceחֲמַ֥סcha.MasH2555on the earthבָּאָ֡רֶץba.'A.retzH776.
3The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are estrangedזֹ֣רוּZo.ruH2114from the wombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358;the liarsדֹּבְרֵ֥י כָזָֽב׃doe.Rei kha.ZavH1696H3577go astrayתָּע֥וּta.'UH8582from birthמִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.
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5refusingאֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־'a.Sher lo'-H834H3808to hearיִ֭שְׁמַעYish.ma'H8085the tuneלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of the charmerמְלַחֲשִׁ֑יםme.la.cha.ShimH3907who skillfullyמְחֻכָּֽם׃me.chu.KamH2449weaves his spellחוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣יםcho.Ver cha.va.RimH2266H2267.
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