1“My spiritרוּחִ֣יru.ChiH7307is brokenחֻ֭בָּלָהChu.ba.lahH2254,my daysיָמַ֥יya.MaiH3117are extinguishedנִזְעָ֗כוּniz.'A.khuH2193, Thegraveקְבָרִ֥יםke.va.RimH6913is ready for me.
2Mockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםHa.tu.limH2049are certainlyאִם־ לֹ֣א'im- lo'H518H3808with me,And my eyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869gazesתָּלַ֥ןta.LanH3885on their provocationוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םu.ve.ha.me.ro.TamH4784.
3“Makeשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760a pledgeH6162for me with Yourself;WhoמִֽיmiH4310is there that willbeH8628my guarantorלְיָדִ֥יle.ya.DiH8628H3027?
4For You havekeptH6845their heartsלִ֭בָּםLi.bomH3820awayH6845from understandingמִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmi.Sa.khelH7922;Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֝֗ן'al- KenH5921H3651You will not exaltתְרֹמֵֽם׃te.ro.MemH7311them.
5He whoinformsיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046against friendsרֵעִ֑יםre.'ImH7453for a shareלְ֭חֵלֶקLe.che.lekH2506of the spoils, Theeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of his childrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121also will perishתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tikh.Le.nahH3615.
6“But He has madeוְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיVe.hi.tzi.ga.niH3322me aproverbH4912amongthe peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971,And I amאֶֽהְיֶֽה׃'Eh.YehH1961one at whom peoplespitוְתֹ֖פֶתve.To.fetH8611.
7My eyeעֵינִ֑י'ei.NiH5869has also becomeH3543inexpressiveH3543becauseH4480of griefמִכַּ֣עַשׂmi.Ka.'asH3708,And allכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605mybodyH3338partsH3338are like a shadowכַּצֵּ֣לka.TzelH6738.
8The uprightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477will beH8074appalledH8074at thisH2088, And theinnocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355will stirH5782himself upH5782againstH5921the godlessחָנֵ֥ףcha.NefH2611.
9Neverthelessthe righteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662will holdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270to his wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870, Andthe one who has cleanוּֽטֳהָר־u.to.hor-H2889handsיָ֝דַ֗יִםya.Da.yimH3027will growיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254strongerH555and strongerH555.
10But comeוּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uH935againתָּ֭שֻׁבוּTa.shu.vuH7725allכֻּלָּ֣םku.LamH3605ofyou nowנָ֑אNa'H4994, For Ido not findאֶמְצָ֖א'em.Tza'H4672a wiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450manH2450among you.
11Mydaysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117areH5674pastH5674,my plansזִמֹּתַ֣יzi.mo.TaiH2154are tornנִתְּק֑וּni.te.KuH5423apartH5423,The wishesמ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmo.ra.SheiH4180of my heartלְבָבִֽי׃le.va.ViH3824.
12They makeיָשִׂ֑ימוּya.Si.muH7760nightלַ֭יְלָהLay.lahH3915into dayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117, saying, ‘The lightא֝֗וֹר'orH216is nearקָר֥וֹבka.RovH7138,’in the presenceמִפְּנֵי־mi.pe.nei-H6440of darknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.
13Ifאִם־'im-H518I hopeאֲ֭קַוֶּה'A.ka.vehH6960forSheolשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585as my homeבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004, Imakeרִפַּ֥דְתִּיri.Pad.tiH7502my bedיְצוּעָֽי׃ye.tzu.'AiH3326in the darknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822;
14IfI callקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121to thegraveלַשַּׁ֣חַתla.Sha.chatH7845, ‘You are my fatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1’; To themaggotלָֽרִמָּֽה׃La.ri.MahH7415, ‘my motherאִמִּ֥י'i.MiH517and my sisterוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יva.'a.cho.TiH269’;
16Will it goתֵּרַ֑דְנָהte.Rad.nahH3381downH3381with me to Sheolשְׁאֹ֣לshe.'OlH7585?Shall we togetherיַ֖חַדYa.chadH3162goH5181downH5181into the dustעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083?”
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