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Psalms 38:10-14

10My heartלִבִּ֣יli.BiH3820throbsסְ֭חַרְחַרSe.char.charH5503,my strengthכֹחִ֑יkho.ChiH3581failsעֲזָבַ֣נִי'a.za.Va.niH5800me; And thelightוְֽאוֹר־ve.'or-H216of my eyesעֵינַ֥י'ei.NaiH5869,evenגַּם־gam-H1571thathasH369goneH369from me.

11Mylovedאֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀'o.ha.VaiH157ones and my friendsוְרֵעַ֗יve.re.'AiH7453standיַעֲמֹ֑דוּya.'a.Mo.duH5975aloofמִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedH4480 H5048from my plagueנִגְעִ֣יnig.'IH5061;And my kinsmenוּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗יuk.ro.VaiH7138standעָמָֽדוּ׃'a.Ma.duH5975farמֵרָחֹ֥קme.ra.ChokH7350awayH4480.

12Those whoseekמְבַקְשֵׁ֬יme.vak.SheiH1245my lifeנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315layH5367snaresH5367for me; And those whoseekוְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יve.do.re.SheiH1875to injureH7463me havethreatenedדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696destructionהַוּ֑וֹתha.VotH1942, And theyplotיֶהְגּֽוּ׃yeh.GuH1897deceptionוּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתu.mir.MotH4820allכָּל־kol-H3605dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117long.

13But I, like a personכְ֭חֵרֵשׁKhe.che.reshH2795who is deafH2795,do not hearאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085; And I am like apersonוּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םu.khe.'i.LemH483whoH483cannotH483speakH483, whodoes not openיִפְתַּח־yif.tach-H6605his mouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310.

14Yes, I am like a personכְּ֭אִישׁKe.'ishH376whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834does not hearH8085,And in whose mouthH6310are noוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369argumentsתּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃to.kha.ChotH8433.

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