3Thou compassestזֵרִ֑יתָze.Ri.taH2219my pathH734and my lying downוְרִבְעִ֣יve.riv.'IH7252,and art acquaintedהִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃his.Kan.tahH5532withall my waysדְּרָכַ֥יde.ra.KhaiH1870.
4For there isnot a wordמִ֭לָּהMi.lahH4405in my tongueבִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑יbil.sho.NiH3956, but,lo, O Lordיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,thou knowestיָדַ֥עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045it altogether.
6Suchknowledgeדַ֣עַתDa.'atH1847istoo wonderfulפְּלִ֣יאָֽהpil.'i.yahH6383for me; it is highנִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗הnis.ge.VahH7682,I cannotא֥וּכַֽל'U.khalH3201attain unto it.
7Whither shall I goH3212from thy spiritמֵרוּחֶ֑ךָme.ru.Che.khaH7307?or whither shall I fleeאֶבְרָֽח׃'ev.RachH1272from thy presenceמִפָּנֶ֥יךָmi.pa.Nei.khaH6440?
8If I ascend upאֶסַּ֣ק'e.SakH5266into heavenשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064, thou artthere: if I make my bedוְאַצִּ֖יעָהve.'a.Tzi.'ahH3331in hellשְּׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585, behold, thou art there.
9IfI takeאֶשָּׂ֥א'e.Sa'H5375the wingsכַנְפֵי־khan.fei-H3671of the morningשָׁ֑חַרSha.charH7837, anddwellאֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה'esh.ke.NahH7931in the uttermost partsבְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.RitH319of the seaיָֽם׃YamH3220;
10Even there shall thy handיָדְךָ֣ya.de.KhaH3027leadתַנְחֵ֑נִיtan.Che.niH5148me, and thy right handיְמִינֶֽךָ׃ye.mi.Ne.khaH3225shall holdוְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִיve.to.cha.Ze.niH270me.
11If I sayוָ֭אֹמַרVa.'o.marH559,Surely the darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822shall coverיְשׁוּפֵ֑נִיye.shu.Fe.niH7779me; even the nightוְ֝לַ֗יְלָהve.Lay.lahH3915shall be lightא֣וֹר'orH216about meבַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃ba.'a.De.niH1157.
12Yea, the darknessחֹשֶׁךְ֮cho.sheKhH2822hidethיַחְשִׁ֪יךְyach.ShikhH2821not from thee; but the nightוְ֭לַיְלָהVe.lay.lahH3915shinethיָאִ֑ירya.'IrH215as the dayכַּיּ֣וֹםkai.YomH3117:the darknessכַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗הka.cha.shei.KhahH2825and the lightכָּאוֹרָֽה׃ka.'o.RahH219are both alike to thee.
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