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Psalms 116:3-8

3The sorrowsחֶבְלֵי־chev.lei-H2256of deathמָ֗וֶתMa.vetH4194compassedאֲפָפ֤וּנִי׀'a.fa.Fu.niH661me, and the painsוּמְצָרֵ֣יu.me.tza.ReiH4712of hellשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585gat holdמְצָא֑וּנִיme.tza.'U.niH4672upon me: I foundאֶמְצָֽא׃'em.Tza'H4672troubleצָרָ֖הtza.RahH6869and sorrowוְיָג֣וֹןve.ya.GonH3015.

4Then calledאֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'H7121I upon the nameוּבְשֵֽׁם־u.ve.shem-H8034of the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068;O Lordיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,I beseechאָנָּ֥ה'a.NahH577thee, deliverמַלְּטָ֥הma.le.TahH4422my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

5Graciousחַנּ֣וּןcha.NunH2587isthe Lordיְהֹוָ֣הYah.wehH3068,and righteousוְצַדִּ֑יקve.tza.DikH6662;yea, our Godוֵ֖אלֹהֵ֣ינוּve.lo.Hei.nuH430ismercifulמְרַחֵֽם׃me.ra.ChemH7355.

6The Lordיְהֹוָ֑הYah.wehH3068preservethשֹׁמֵ֣רsho.MerH8104the simpleפְּתָאיִ֣םpe.ta.YimH6612:I was brought lowדַּ֝לּוֹתִ֗יda.lo.TiH1809,and he helpedיְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ye.ho.Shi.a'H3467me.

7Returnשׁוּבִ֣יshu.ViH7725unto thy restH4494,O my soulנַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shiH5315;for the Lordיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068hath dealt bountifullyגָּמַ֥לga.MalH1580with thee.

8For thou hast deliveredחִלַּ֥צְתָּchi.Latz.taH2502my soulנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315from deathמִ֫מָּ֥וֶתmi.Ma.vetH4194,mine eyesעֵינִ֥י'ei.NiH5869from tearsדִּמְעָ֑הdim.'AhH1832, andmy feetרַגְלִ֥יrag.LiH7272from fallingמִדֶּֽחִי׃mi.De.chiH1762.

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