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1 Samuel 12:19-23

19And all the peopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050,Prayהִתְפַּלֵּ֧לhit.pa.LelH6419for thy servantsעֲבָדֶ֛יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650unto the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,that we dieנָמ֑וּתna.MutH4191not: for we have addedיָסַ֤פְנוּya.Saf.nuH3254unto all our sinsחַטֹּאתֵ֙ינוּ֙cha.to.Tei.nuH2403thisevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451,to askלִשְׁאֹ֥לlish.'OlH7592us a kingמֶֽלֶךְ׃ סMe.lekhH4428.

20And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֤לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto the peopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971,Fearתִּירָ֔אוּti.Ra.'uH3372not: ye have doneעֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם'a.si.TemH6213all this wickednessהָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'AhH7451:yet turn not asideתָּס֙וּרוּ֙ta.Su.ruH5493from followingמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,but serveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥םva.'a.vad.TemH5647the Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068with all your heartלְבַבְכֶֽם׃le.vav.KhemH3824;

21And turn ye not asideתָּס֑וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493: for then should ye goafterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310vainהַתֹּ֗הוּha.To.huH8414things,which cannot profitיוֹעִ֛ילוּyo.'I.luH3276nor deliverיַצִּ֖ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337; for they arevainתֹ֥הוּTo.huH8414.

22For the Lordיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068will not forsakeיִטֹּ֤שׁyi.ToshH5203his peopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971for his greatהַגָּד֑וֹלha.ga.DolH1419name’sשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034sake: because it hath pleasedהוֹאִ֣ילho.'IlH2974the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068to makeלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213you his peopleלְעָֽם׃le.'AmH5971.

23Moreover as for meאָנֹכִ֗י'a.no.KhiH595,God forbidחָלִ֤ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I should sinמֵחֲטֹ֣אme.cha.To'H2398against the Lordלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068in ceasingמֵחֲדֹ֖לme.cha.DolH2308to prayלְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣לle.hit.pa.LelH6419for you: but I will teachוְהוֹרֵיתִ֣יve.ho.rei.TiH3384you the goodהַטּוֹבָ֖הha.to.VahH2896and the rightוְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃ve.hay.sha.RahH3477wayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870:

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