1When thou sittestתֵ֭שֵׁבTe.shevH3427to eatלִלְח֣וֹםlil.ChomH3898with a rulerמוֹשֵׁ֑לmo.ShelH4910,considerבִּ֥יןbinH995diligentlyתָּ֝בִ֗יןta.VinH995what isbeforeלְפָנֶֽיךָ׃le.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee:
2And putוְשַׂמְתָּ֣ve.sam.TaH7760a knifeשַׂכִּ֣יןsa.KinH7915to thy throatבְּלֹעֶ֑ךָbe.lo.'E.khaH3930, if thou bea man givenבַּ֖עַלBa.'alH1167to appetiteנֶ֣פֶשׁNe.feshH5315.
3Be not desirousתִּ֭תְאָיוtit.'oH183of his daintiesלְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יוle.mat.'a.mo.TavH4303: for they aredeceitfulכְּזָבִֽים׃ke.za.VimH3577meatלֶ֣חֶםLe.chemH3899.
4Labourתִּיגַ֥עti.Ga'H3021not to be richלְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑ירle.ha.'a.ShirH6238:ceaseחֲדָֽל׃cha.DalH2308from thine own wisdomמִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥mi.bi.na.te.KhaH998.
5Wilt thou setהֲתָ֤עִיףha.ta.'ufH5774thine eyesעֵינֶ֥יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869upon that which is not? for richescertainlyעָשֹׂ֣ה'a.SohH6213makeיַעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213themselves wingsכְנָפַ֑יִםkhe.na.Fa.yimH3671;they fly awayיָע֥וּףve.'a.yefH5774as an eagleכְּ֝נֶ֗שֶׁרke.Ne.sherH5404toward heavenהַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ פha.sha.Ma.yimH8064.
6Eatתִּלְחַ֗םtil.ChamH3898thou not the breadלֶ֭חֶםLe.chemH3899of him that hathan evilרַ֣עra'H7451eyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869,neither desireתִּ֝תְאָ֗יוtit.'avH183thou his dainty meatsלְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃le.mat.'a.mo.TavH4303:
7For as he thinkethשָׁעַ֥רsha.'ArH8176in his heartבְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹbe.naf.ShoH5315, so ishe: Eatאֱכֹ֣ל'e.KholH398and drinkוּ֭שְׁתֵהU.she.tehH8354,saithיֹ֣אמַרYo.marH559he to thee; but his heartוְ֝לִבּ֗וֹve.li.BoH3820is not with thee.
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