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Isaiah 63:17-19

17O Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,why hast thou made us to errתַתְעֵ֤נוּtat.'E.nuH8582from thy waysמִדְּרָכֶ֔יךָmi.de.ra.Khei.khaH1870, andhardenedתַּקְשִׁ֥יחַtak.Shi.achH7188our heartלִבֵּ֖נוּli.Be.nuH3820from thy fearמִיִּרְאָתֶ֑ךָmi.yir.'a.Te.khaH3374?Returnשׁ֚וּבShuvH7725for thy servants’עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaH5650sake, the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֖יshiv.TeiH7626of thine inheritanceנַחֲלָתֶֽךָ׃na.cha.la.Te.khaH5159.

18The peopleעַם־'am-H5971of thy holinessקָדְשֶׁ֑ךָkod.She.chaH6944have possessedיָרְשׁ֖וּya.re.ShuH3423itbut a little whileלַמִּצְעָ֕רla.mitz.'ArH4705:our adversariesצָרֵ֕ינוּtza.Rei.nuH6862have trodden downבּוֹסְס֖וּbo.SuH947thy sanctuaryמִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ׃mik.da.She.chaH4720.

19We are thine:thou neverמֵֽעוֹלָם֙me.'o.LamH5769barest ruleמָשַׁ֣לְתָּma.Shal.taH4910over them; they were not calledנִקְרָ֥אnik.Ra'H7121by thy nameשִׁמְךָ֖shim.KhaH8034.

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