1Do ye indeedהַֽאֻמְנָ֗םha.'um.NamH552speakתְּדַבֵּר֑וּןte.da.be.RunH1696righteousnessצֶ֭דֶקTze.dekH6664,O congregationאֵ֣לֶם'E.lemH482?do ye judgeתִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּtish.pe.TuH8199uprightlyמֵישָׁרִ֥יםmei.sha.RimH4339,O ye sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of menאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120?
2Yea, in heartבְּלֵב֮be.LevH3820ye workתִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּןtif.'A.LunH6466wickednessעוֹלֹ֪תo.LotH5766;ye weighתְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃te.fa.Le.SunH6424the violenceחֲמַ֥סcha.MasH2555of your handsיְ֝דֵיכֶ֗םye.dei.KhemH3027in the earthבָּאָ֡רֶץba.'A.retzH776.
3The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are estrangedזֹ֣רוּZo.ruH2114from the wombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358:they go astrayתָּע֥וּta.'UH8582as soon as they be bornמִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenH990,speakingדֹּבְרֵ֥יdoe.ReiH1696liesכָזָֽב׃kha.ZavH3577.
4Their poisonחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534islikeכִּדְמ֥וּתkid.MutH1823the poisonחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534of a serpentנָחָ֑שׁna.ChashH5175: they arelike the deafחֵ֝רֵ֗שׁche.ReshH2795adderפֶ֥תֶןFe.tenH6620thatstoppethיַאְטֵ֥םya'.TemH331her earאָזְנֽוֹ׃'a.ze.NoH241;
5Which will not hearkenיִ֭שְׁמַעYish.ma'H8085to the voiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963of charmersמְלַחֲשִׁ֑יםme.la.cha.ShimH3907,charmingחוֹבֵ֖ר חֲבָרִ֣יםcho.Ver cha.va.RimH2267H2266never so wiselyמְחֻכָּֽם׃me.chu.KamH2449.
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