11“Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100did I not dieאָמ֑וּת'a.MutH4191at birthמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358,ComeH3318forthיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318from the wombמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990and expireוְאֶגְוָֽע׃ve.'eg.Va'H1478?
12Whyמַ֭דּוּעַMa.du.a'H4069did the kneesבִרְכָּ֑יִםvir.Ka.yimH1290receiveקִדְּמ֣וּנִיki.de.Mu.niH6923me,And whyוּמַה־u.ma.ho.Sha-H4100the breastsשָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםSha.Da.yimH7699,that I should suckאִינָֽק׃'i.NakH3243?
13For nowעַ֭תָּה'A.tahH6258Iwould have lainH7901downשָׁכַ֣בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901and beenH8252quietH8252;I would have sleptיָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּיya.Shan.tiH3462thenאָ֤ז׀'azH227,I would have beenH5117at restיָנ֬וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117,
14Withkingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428and withcounselorsוְיֹ֣עֲצֵיve.Yo.'a.tzeiH3289of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,Who rebuiltהַבֹּנִ֖יםha.bo.NimH1129ruinsחֳרָב֣וֹתcho.ra.VotH2723for themselves;
15Orא֣וֹ'oH176withprincesשָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimH8269who had goldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091,Who were fillingהַֽמְמַלְאִ֖יםha.mal.'ImH4390their housesבָּתֵּיהֶ֣םba.tei.HemH1004withsilverכָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefH3701.
16Orא֤וֹ'oH176like a miscarriageכְנֵ֣פֶלkhe.Ne.felH5309which isdiscardedטָ֭מוּןTa.munH2934, I would not be,As infantsכְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗יםke.'o.le.LimH5768that neverH3808sawרָ֥אוּRa.'uH7200lightאֽוֹר׃'orH216.
18The prisonersאֲסִירִ֣ים'a.si.RimH615are at easeשַׁאֲנָ֑נוּsha.'a.Na.nuH7599togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162;They do not hearשָׁ֝מְע֗וּSham.'UH8085the voiceק֣וֹלKolH6963of the taskmasterנֹגֵֽשׂ׃no.GesH5065.
19The smallקָטֹ֣ןka.TonH6996and the greatוְ֭גָדוֹלVe.ga.dolH1419are thereשָׁ֣םshamH8033,And the slaveוְ֝עֶ֗בֶדve.'E.vedH5650is freeחָפְשִׁ֥יcha.fe.ShiH2670from his masterמֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃me.'a.do.NavH113.
20“Whyלָ֤מָּהLa.mahH4100islightא֑וֹר'orH216givenיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414to him whoH6001suffersH6001,And lifeH2425to the bitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751of soulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315,
21Wholongהַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.KimH2442for deathלַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetH4194,but thereH369is noneH369,And digוַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huH2658for it moreH4480thanH4480forhiddenH4301treasuresH4301,
23Why is light givento a manלְ֭גֶבֶרLe.ge.verH1397whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834wayדַּרְכּ֣וֹdar.KoH1870is hiddenנִסְתָּ֑רָהnis.Ta.rahH5641, And whomGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433has hedgedH5480in?
24Formy groaningאַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.TiH585comesתָבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935at the sightלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440of my foodלַ֭חְמִיLach.miH3899, Andmy criesשַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃sha.'a.go.TaiH7581pourוַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.KhuH5413out like waterכַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325.
26Iam not at easeשָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀sha.Lav.tiH7951,norH3808am I quietשָׁקַ֥טְתִּיsha.Ka.tiH8252,And I am not at restנָ֗חְתִּיNa.che.tiH5117,but turmoilרֹֽגֶז׃ פRo.gezH7267comesוַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935.”
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