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Isaiah 38:13-16

13I reckonedשִׁוִּ֤יתִיshi.Vi.tiH7737till morningבֹּ֙קֶר֙bo.kerH1242, that,as a lionכָּֽאֲרִ֔יka.'a.RiH738,so will he breakיְשַׁבֵּ֖רye.sha.BerH7665all my bonesעַצְמוֹתָ֑יatz.mo.TaiH6106:from dayמִיּ֥וֹםmi.YomH3117evento nightלַ֖יְלָהLay.lahH3915wilt thou make an endתַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃tash.li.Me.niH7999of me.

14Like a craneכְּס֤וּסke.SusH5483ora swallowעָגוּר֙'a.GurH5693,so did I chatterאֲצַפְצֵ֔ף'a.tzaf.TzefH6850:I did mournאֶהְגֶּ֖ה'eh.GehH1897as a doveכַּיּוֹנָ֑הkai.yo.NahH3123:mine eyesעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869failדַּלּ֤וּda.LuH1809with lookingupwardלַמָּר֔וֹםla.ma.RomH4791:O YhwhH3068,I am oppressedעָֽשְׁקָה־'a.she.kah-H6234;undertakeעָרְבֵֽנִי׃'a.re.Ve.niH6148for me.

15What shall I sayאֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerH1696?he hath both spokenוְאָֽמַר־ve.'a.mar-H559unto me, and himself hath doneעָשָׂ֑ה'a.SahH6213it:I shall go softlyאֶדַּדֶּ֥ה'ed.da.DehH1718all my yearsשְׁנוֹתַ֖יshe.no.TaiH8141in the bitternessמַ֥רmarH4751of my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

16O Lordאֲדֹנָ֖י'a.do.NaiH136, by these things menliveיִֽחְי֑וּyich.YuH2421, and in all these things isthe lifeחַיֵּ֣יchai.YeiH2416of my spiritרוּחִ֔יru.ChiH7307:so wilt thou recoverוְתַחֲלִימֵ֖נִיve.ta.cha.li.Me.niH2492me, and make me to liveוְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃ve.ha.cha.Ye.niH2421.

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