2“Howאָ֤נָה׀'A.nahH575longעַד־'ad-H5704will you huntתְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣יte.si.Mun kin.TzeiH7760H7078for wordsלְמִלִּ֑יןle.mi.LinH4405?ShowH995understandingH995,and thenוְאַחַ֥רve.'a.CharH310we can talkנְדַבֵּֽר׃ne.da.BerH1696.
3Whyמַ֭דּוּעַMa.du.a'H4069are weregardedנֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּnech.Shav.nuH2803as animalsכַבְּהֵמָ֑הkha.be.he.MahH929,As stupidנִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּnit.Mi.nuH2933in your eyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃be.'ei.nei.KhemH5869?
4You who tearטֹֽרֵ֥ףto.RefH2963yourselfנַפְשׁ֗וֹnaf.ShoH5315in your angerבְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹbe.'A.PoH639--Should the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776be abandonedתֵּעָ֣זַבte.'A.zavH5800for your sakeהַ֭לְמַעַנְךָHal.ma.'an.khaH4616,Or the rockצ֝֗וּרTzurH6697movedוְיֶעְתַּק־ve.ye'.tak-H6275from its placeמִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mi.me.ko.MoH4725?
5“Indeedגַּ֤םgamH1571, thelightא֣וֹר'orH216of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563goesH1846outH1846,And the sparkשְׁבִ֣יבshe.VivH7632from his fireאִשּֽׁוֹ׃'i.ShoH784does not shineיִ֝גַּ֗הּyi.GahH5050.
6The lightא֭וֹר'orH216in his tentבְּאָהֳל֑וֹbe.'o.ho.LoH168isdarkenedחָשַׁ֣ךְcha.ShakhH2821,And his lampוְ֝נֵר֗וֹve.ne.RoH5216goesH1846outH1846aboveעָלָ֥יו'a.LavH5921him.
7Hisvigorousאוֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202strideצַעֲדֵ֣יtza.'a.DeiH6806is shortenedH6887, And hisown planעֲצָתֽוֹ׃a.tza.ToH6098bringsH7993him downוְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּve.tash.li.Khe.huH7993.
8For he isthrownשֻׁלַּ֣חshu.LachH7971into the netבְּרֶ֣שֶׁתbe.Re.shetH7568by his own feetבְּרַגְלָ֑יוbe.rag.LavH7272,And he stepsיִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃yit.ha.LakhH1980on the webbingשְׂ֝בָכָ֗הSe.va.KhahH7639.
9A snareפָּ֑חPachH6341seizesיֹאחֵ֣זyo.ChezH270himby the heelבְּעָקֵ֣בbe.'a.KevH6119, Anda trapצַמִּֽים׃tza.MimH6782snapsH2388shutH2388on him.
10A nooseחַבְל֑וֹchav.LoH2256for him is hiddenטָמ֣וּןta.MunH2934in the groundבָּאָ֣רֶץba.'A.retzH776,And a trapוּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹu.mal.kud.ToH4434for him on the pathwayנָתִֽיב׃na.TivH5410.
11AllH5439aroundH5439suddenבַלָּה֑וֹתva.la.HotH1091terrorsH1091frightenבִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּbi.'a.Tu.huH1204him, Andharassוֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּve.he.fi.Tzu.huH6327him at every stepלְרַגְלָֽיו׃le.rag.LavH7272.
12His strengthאֹנ֑וֹ'o.NoH202isfamishedרָעֵ֥בra.'EvH7457,And disasterוְ֝אֵ֗ידve.'EidH343is readyנָכ֥וֹןna.KhonH3559at his sideH6763.
13It devoursיֹ֭אכַלYo.khalH398partsבַּדֵּ֣יba.DeiH905of his skinעוֹר֑וֹo.RoH5785,The firstbornבְּכ֣וֹרbe.KhorH1060of deathמָֽוֶת׃Ma.vetH4194devoursיֹאכַ֥לyo.KhalH398hislimbsבַּ֝דָּ֗יוba.DavH905.
14He istornיִנָּתֵ֣קyi.na.TekH5423fromthe securityמִבְטַח֑וֹmiv.ta.ChoH4009of his tentמֵ֭אָהֳלוֹme.'o.ho.loH168, Andthey marchוְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּve.tatz.'i.De.huH6805him before the kingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428ofterrorsבַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ba.la.HotH1091.
15Nothingמִבְּלִיmi.be.li-H1097of his dwellsתִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןtish.KonH7931in his tentבְּ֭אָהֳלוֹbe.'o.ho.loH168;Brimstoneגָפְרִֽית׃ga.fe.RitH1614is scatteredיְזֹרֶ֖הye.zo.RehH2219on his homeנָוֵ֣הוּna.Ve.huH5116.
16Hisrootsשָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוsha.ra.ShavH8328are driedיִבָ֑שׁוּyi.Va.shuH3001belowמִ֭תַּחַתMi.ta.chatH4480H8478, And hisbranchקְצִירֽוֹ׃ke.tzi.RoH7105withersH4448aboveוּ֝מִמַּ֗עַלu.mi.Ma.'alH4480H4605.
17The memoryזִֽכְרוֹ־zikh.rov-H2143of him perishesאָ֭בַד'A.vadH6from the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,And he has noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808nameשֵׁ֥םshemH8034abroadעַל־ פְּנֵי־ חֽוּץ׃'al- pe.nei- ChutzH5921H6440H2351.
18He is drivenיֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּYeh.de.fu.huH1920from lightמֵא֣וֹרme.'orH216into darknessחֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822, Andchasedיְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ye.ni.Du.huH5074from the inhabitedH8398worldוּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥לu.mi.te.VelH8398.
19He has noH3808offspringנִ֤יןninH5209or descendantsנֶ֣כֶדNe.khedH5220among his peopleבְּעַמּ֑וֹbe.'a.MoH5971,Norוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369any survivorשָׂ֝רִ֗ידSa.RidH8300whereH4033he residedH4033.
20Those in the westאַחֲרֹנִ֑ים'a.cha.ro.NimH314areH8074appalledH8074at hisfateי֭וֹמוֹyo.moH3117,And those in the eastוְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗יםve.kad.mo.NimH6931are seizedאָ֣חֲזוּ'A.cha.zuH270with horrorשָֽׂעַר׃Sa.'arH8178.
21Certainlyאַךְ־'akh-H389theseאֵ֭לֶּה'E.lehH428are thedwellingsמִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹתmish.ke.NotH4908of the wickedעַוָּ֑ל'a.ValH5767,And thisוְ֝זֶ֗הve.ZehH2088is the placeמְק֣וֹםme.KomH4725of him who does not knowיָדַֽע־ya.da'-H3045Godאֵֽל׃ ס'ElH410.”
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