11The wicked sayוְֽאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559, “Howאֵיכָ֥ה'ei.KhahH349can Godאֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ'El ve.YeshH410H3426knowיָדַֽע־ya.da'-H3045?Does the Most Highבְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ve.'el.YonH5945have knowledgeדֵּעָ֣הde.'AhH1844?”
12Beholdהִנֵּה־hi.neh-H2009,theseאֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehH428arethe wickedרְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'ImH7563—alwaysע֝וֹלָ֗םo.LamH5769carefreeוְשַׁלְוֵ֥יve.shal.VeiH7961as they increaseהִשְׂגּוּ־his.gu-H7685their wealthחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428.
13Surelyאַךְ־'akh-H389in vainרִ֭יקrikH7385I have kept my heart pureזִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑יzi.Ki.ti le.va.ViH2135H3824;in innocenceבְּנִקָּי֣וֹןbe.ni.ka.YonH5356I have washedוָאֶרְחַ֖ץva.'er.ChatzH7364my handsכַּפָּֽי׃ka.PaiH3709.
14For I amוָאֱהִ֣יva.'e.HiH1961afflictedנָ֭גוּעַNa.gu.a'H5060all day longכָּל־ הַיּ֑וֹםkol- hai.YomH3605H3117and punished every morningוְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃ve.to.khach.Ti la.be.ka.RimH8433H1242.
15Ifאִם־'im-H518I had saidאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559, “I will speakאֲסַפְּרָ֥ה'a.sa.pe.RahH5608this wayכְמ֑וֹkhe.MoH3644,”thenהִנֵּ֤הhi.NehH2009I would have betrayedבָגָֽדְתִּי׃va.Ga.de.tiH898Your childrenד֭וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָDor ba.Nei.khaH1755H1121.
16When I triedוָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָהVa.'a.cha.she.vahH2803to understandלָדַ֣עַתla.Da.'atH3045all thisזֹ֑אתZotH2063,itה֣וּאHu'H1931was troublesomeעָמָ֖ל'a.MalH5999in my sightבְעֵינָֽי׃ve.'ei.NaiH5869
17untilעַד־'ad-H5704I enteredאָ֭בוֹא אֶל־'A.Vo' 'el-H935H413God’sאֵ֑ל'ElH410sanctuaryמִקְדְּשֵׁי־mik.de.shei-H4720;then I discernedאָ֝בִ֗ינָה'a.Vi.nahH995their endלְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃le.'a.cha.ri.TamH319.
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