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Psalms 38:16-20

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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