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Isaiah 38:14-19

14Like a craneכְּס֤וּסke.SusH5483ora swallowעָגוּר֙'a.GurH5693,so did I chatterאֲצַפְצֵ֔ף'a.tzaf.TzefH6850:I did mournאֶהְגֶּ֖ה'eh.GehH1897as a doveכַּיּוֹנָ֑הkai.yo.NahH3123:mine eyesעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869failדַּלּ֤וּda.LuH1809with lookingupwardלַמָּר֔וֹםla.ma.RomH4791:O LordH3068,I am oppressedעָֽשְׁקָה־'a.she.kah-H6234;undertakeעָרְבֵֽנִי׃'a.re.Ve.niH6148for me.

15What shall I sayאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696?he hath both spokenוְאָֽמַר־ve.'a.mar-H559unto me, and himself hath doneעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213it:I shall go softlyאֶדַּדֶּ֥ה'ed.da.DehH1718all my yearsשְׁנוֹתַ֖יshe.no.TaiH8141in the bitternessמַ֥רmarH4751of my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

16O Lordאֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiH136, by these things menliveיִֽחְי֑וּyich.YuH2421, and in all these things isthe lifeחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416of my spiritרוּחִ֔יru.ChiH7307:so wilt thou recoverוְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִיve.ta.cha.li.Me.niH2492me, and make me to liveוְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃ve.ha.cha.Ye.niH2421.

17Behold, for peaceלְשָׁל֖וֹםle.sha.LomH7965I had great bitternessמַר־ מָ֑רmar- MarH4843 H4751:but thou hast in loveחָשַׁ֤קְתָּcha.Shak.taH2836to my soulנַפְשִׁי֙naf.ShiH5315delivered itfrom the pitמִשַּׁ֣חַתmi.Sha.chatH7845of corruptionבְּלִ֔יbe.LiH1097:for thou hast castהִשְׁלַ֛כְתָּhish.Lakh.taH7993all my sinsחֲטָאָֽי׃cha.ta.'AiH2399behindאַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiH310thy backגֵוְךָ֖ge.ve.KhaH1460.

18For the graveשְׁא֛וֹלshe.'olH7585cannot praiseתּוֹדֶ֖ךָּto.De.kaH3034thee, deathמָ֣וֶתMa.vetH4194can notcelebrateיְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּye.ha.Le.kaH1984thee: they that go downיֽוֹרְדֵי־yor.dei-H3381into the pitב֖וֹרVorH953cannot hopeיְשַׂבְּר֥וּye.sa.be.RuH7663for thy truthאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃'a.mi.Te.khaH571.

19The livingחַ֥יchaiH2416,the livingחַ֛יchaiH2416,he shall praiseיוֹדֶ֖ךָyo.De.khaH3034thee, as I dothis dayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117:the fatherאָ֣ב'avH1to the childrenלְבָנִ֔יםle.va.NimH1121shall make knownיוֹדִ֖יעַyo.Di.a'H3045thy truthאֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃'a.mi.Te.khaH571.

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