2But as for meוַאֲנִ֗יva.'a.NiH589,my feetרַגְלָ֑יrag.LaiH7272had almostכִּ֭מְעַטKim.'atH4592stumbledנָטָ֣יוּna.Ta.yuH5186;my stepsאֲשֻׁרָֽי׃'a.shu.RaiH838had nearlyכְּ֝אַ֗יִןke.'A.yinH369slippedשֻׁפְּכ֥וּshu.pe.KhuH8210.
3Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588I enviedקִ֭נֵּאתִיKi.ne.tiH7065the arrogantבַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑יםba.ho.LimH1984whenI sawאֶרְאֶֽה׃'er.'EhH7200the prosperityשְׁל֖וֹםshe.LomH7965of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563.
4כִּ֤יkiH3588They have noאֵ֖ין'einH369struggleחַרְצֻבּ֥וֹתchar.tzu.BotH2784in their deathלְמוֹתָ֗םle.mo.TamH4194;their bodiesאוּלָֽם׃'u.LamH193are well-fedוּבָרִ֥יאu.va.Ri'H1277.
5They are freeאֵינֵ֑מוֹ'ei.Ne.movH369of the burdensבַּעֲמַ֣לba.'a.MalH5999others carryאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582;they are notלֹ֣אlo'H3808afflictedיְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ye.nu.Ga.'uH5060likeוְעִם־ve.'im-H5973othermenאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.
6Thereforeלָ֭כֵןLa.khenH3651prideגַאֲוָ֑הga.'a.VahH1346is their necklaceעֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ'a.na.Kat.movH6059;a garmentשִׁ֝֗יתShitH7897of violenceחָמָ֥סcha.MasH2555coversיַעֲטָף־ya.'a.ta.fo-H5848them.
7From their prosperityמֵחֵ֣לֶבme.Che.levH2459proceedsיָ֭צָאYa.tza'H3318iniquityעֵינֵ֑מוֹ'ei.Ne.movH5869;the imaginationsמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmas.ki.YotH4906of their heartsלֵבָֽב׃le.VavH3824run wildעָ֝בְר֗וּ'a.ve.RuH5674.
9They setשַׁתּ֣וּsha.TuH8371their mouthsפִּיהֶ֑םpi.HemH6310against the heavensבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and their tonguesוּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םu.le.sho.NamH3956strutתִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְti.ha.LakhH1980across the earthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.
10Soלָכֵ֤ן׀la.KhenH3651their peopleעַמּ֣וֹa.MoH5971returnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725to this placeהֲלֹ֑םha.LomH1988and drink upיִמָּ֥צוּyi.Ma.tzuH4680watersוּמֵ֥יu.MeiH4325in abundanceמָ֝לֵ֗אma.Le'H4392.
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.
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