12They also that seekמְבַקְשֵׁ֬יme.vak.SheiH1245after my lifeנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315lay snaresוַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀vay.nak.ShuH5367for me:and they that seekוְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יve.do.re.SheiH1875my hurtרָ֭עָתִיRa.'a.tiH7451speakדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696mischievous thingsהַוּ֑וֹתha.VotH1942,and imagineיֶהְגּֽוּ׃yeh.GuH1897deceitsוּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתu.mir.MotH4820all the dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117long.
13But I, as a deafכְ֭חֵרֵשׁKhe.che.reshH2795man,heardאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085not; and I wasas a dumb manוּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םu.khe.'i.LemH483thatopenethיִפְתַּח־yif.tach-H6605not his mouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310.
14Thus I was as a manכְּ֭אִישׁKe.'ishH376that hearethH8085not, and in whose mouthH6310areno reproofsתּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃to.kha.ChotH8433.
15For in thee, O Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068,do I hopeהוֹחָ֑לְתִּיho.Chal.tiH3176:thou wilt hearתַ֝עֲנֶ֗הta.'a.NehH6030,O Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136my Godאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430.
16For I saidאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559, Hear me, lest otherwisethey should rejoiceיִשְׂמְחוּ־yis.me.chu-H8055over me: when my footרַ֝גְלִ֗יrag.LiH7272slippethבְּמ֥וֹטbe.MotH4131,they magnifyהִגְדִּֽילוּ׃hig.Di.luH1431themselves against me.
17For I amreadyנָכ֑וֹןna.KhonH3559to haltלְצֶ֣לַעle.Tze.la'H6761,and my sorrowוּמַכְאוֹבִ֖יu.makh.'o.ViH4341iscontinuallyתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548before me.
18For I will declareאַגִּ֑יד'a.GidH5046mine iniquityעֲוֹנִ֥י'a.vo.NiH5771;I will be sorryאֶ֝דְאַ֗ג'ed.'AgH1672for my sinמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403.
19But mine enemiesוְֽ֭אֹיְבַיVe.'o.ye.vaiH341arelivelyחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416, andthey are strongעָצֵ֑מוּ'a.Tze.muH6105:and they that hateשֹׂנְאַ֣יso.ne.'AiH8130me wrongfullyשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267are multipliedוְרַבּ֖וּve.ra.BuH7231.
20They also that renderוּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יu.me.sha.le.MeiH7999evilרָ֭עָהRa.'ahH7451for goodטוֹבָ֑הto.VahH2896are mine adversariesיִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִיyis.te.Nu.niH7853;because I followרָֽדְפִיra.de.fiH7291the thing thatgoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896is.
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