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.
13For thou hast possessedקָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.taH7069my reinsכִלְיֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.TaiH3629:thou hast coveredתְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיte.su.Ke.niH5526me in my mother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990.
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