24He that saithאֹ֤מֵ֨ר׀'o.MerH559unto the wickedלְרָשָׁע֮le.ra.Sha'H7563, Thou artrighteousצַדִּ֪יקtza.DikH6662;him shall the peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971curseH5344,nationsלְאֻמִּֽים׃le.'u.MimH3816shall abhorיִזְעָמ֥וּהוּyiz.'a.Mu.huH2194him:
25But to them that rebukeוְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםve.la.mo.khi.ChimH3198himshall be delightיִנְעָ֑םyin.'AmH5276,and a goodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896blessingבִרְכַּת־vir.kat-H1293shall comeתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935upon them.
27Prepareהָ֘כֵ֤ןha.KhenH3559thy workמְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָme.lakh.Te.khaH4399withoutבַּח֨וּץ׀ba.ChutzH2351,and make it fitוְעַתְּדָ֣הּve.'a.te.DahH6257for thyself in the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֣הba.sa.DehH7704;and afterwardsאַ֝חַ֗ר'a.CharH310buildוּבָנִ֥יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129thine houseבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פvei.Te.khaH1004.
28Be not a witnessעֵד־'ed-H5707against thy neighbourבְּרֵעֶ֑ךָbe.re.'E.khaH7453without causeחִנָּ֣םchi.NamH2600;and deceiveוַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָva.ha.fi.Ti.taH6601notwith thy lipsבִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃bis.fa.Tei.khaH8193.
29Sayתֹּאמַ֗רto.MarH559not, I will doעָֽשָׂה־'a.sah-H6213so to him as he hath doneאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213to me: I will renderאָשִׁ֖יב'a.ShivH7725to the manלָאִ֣ישׁla.'IshH376according to his workכְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ke.fo.'o.LoH6467.
30I wentעָבַ֑רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674by the fieldשְׂדֵ֣הse.DehH7704of the slothfulאִישׁ־ עָצֵ֣ל'ish- 'a.TzelH6102H376,and by the vineyardכֶּ֝֗רֶםKe.remH3754of the manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120voidחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638of understandingלֵֽב׃LevH3820;
31And, lo, it was all grown overעָ֘לָ֤ה'a.LahH5927with thornsקִמְּשֹׂנִ֗יםki.me.so.NimH7063, andnettlesחֲרֻלִּ֑יםcha.ru.LimH2738had coveredכָּסּ֣וּka.SuH3680the faceפָנָ֣יוfa.NavH6440thereof, and the stoneאֲבָנָ֣יו'a.va.NavH68wallוְגֶ֖דֶרve.Ge.derH1444thereof was broken downנֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ne.he.Ra.sahH2040.
32Then I sawוָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣הva.'e.che.ZehH2372, and considered itwellאָשִׁ֣ית לִבִּ֑י'a.Shit li.BiH3820H7896:I lookedרָ֝אִ֗יתִיra.'I.tiH7200upon it, andreceivedלָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947instructionמוּסָֽר׃mu.SarH4148.
33Yeta littleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592sleepשֵׁ֭נוֹתShe.notH8142,a littleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592slumberתְּנוּמ֑וֹתte.nu.MotH8572,a littleמְעַ֓ט׀me.'AtH4592foldingחִבֻּ֖קchi.BukH2264of the handsיָדַ֣יִםya.Da.yimH3027to sleepלִשְׁכָּֽב׃lish.KavH7901:
34So shall thy povertyרֵישֶׁ֑ךָrei.She.khaH7389comeוּבָֽא־u.va'-H935asone that travellethמִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְmit.ha.LekhH1980;and thy wantוּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָu.mach.so.Rei.khaH4270as an armedמָגֵֽן׃ פma.GenH4043manכְּאִ֣ישׁke.'IshH376.
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