1My soulנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315is wearyנָֽקְטָ֥הna.ke.TahH5354of my lifeבְּחַ֫יָּ֥יbe.Chai.YaiH2416;I will leaveאֶֽעֶזְבָ֣ה'e.'ez.VahH5800my complaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879upon myself; I will speakאֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗'a.da.be.rahH1696in the bitternessבְּמַ֣רbe.MarH4751of my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.
2I will sayאֹמַ֣ר'o.MarH559unto Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433,Do not condemnתַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִיtar.shi.'E.niH7561me; shewהֽ֝וֹדִיעֵ֗נִיho.di.'E.niH3045me wherefore thou contendestתְּרִיבֵֽנִי׃te.ri.Ve.niH7378with me.
3Is itgoodH2895unto thee that thou shouldest oppressתַעֲשֹׁ֗קta.'a.ShokH6231,that thou shouldest despiseתִ֭מְאַסTim.'asH3988the workיְגִ֣יעַye.Gi.a'H3018of thine handsכַּפֶּ֑יךָka.Pei.khaH3709,and shineהוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ho.Fa.'e.taH3313upon the counselעֲצַ֖ת'a.TzatH6098of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563?
4Hast thou eyesהַעֵינֵ֣יha.'ei.NeiH5869of fleshבָשָׂ֣רva.SarH1320?or seestכִּרְא֖וֹתkir.'otH7200thou as manאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582seethתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200?
5Arethy daysהֲכִימֵ֣יha.khi.MeiH3117as the daysיָמֶ֑יךָya.Mei.khaH3117of manאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582? arethy yearsשְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָShe.no.Tei.khaH8141as man’sגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397daysכִּ֣ימֵיKi.meiH3117,
6That thou enquirestתְבַקֵּ֥שׁte.va.KeshH1245after mine iniquityלַעֲוֹנִ֑יla.'a.vo.NiH5771,and searchestתִדְרֽוֹשׁ׃tid.Ro.oshH1875after my sinוּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥יu.le.cha.ta.TiH2403?
7Thou knowestדַּ֭עְתְּךָDa'.te.khaH1847that I am not wickedאֶרְשָׁ֑ע'er.Sha'H7561; and there isnone that can deliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337out of thine handמִיָּדְךָ֣mi.ya.de.KhaH3027.
8Thine handsיָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khaH3027have madeעִ֭צְּבוּנִי'I.tze.vu.niH6087me and fashionedוַֽיַּעֲשׂ֑וּנִיvai.ya.'a.Su.niH6213me togetherיַ֥חַדYa.chadH3162round aboutסָ֝בִ֗יבsa.VivH5439;yet thou dost destroyוַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃Va.te.va.le.'E.niH1104me.
9Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142,I beseech thee, that thou hast madeעֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי'a.si.Ta.niH6213me as the clayכַחֹ֣מֶרkha.Cho.merH2563;and wilt thou bringH7725me into dustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083againH7725?
10Hast thou not poured me outתַּתִּיכֵ֑נִיta.ti.Khe.niH5413as milkכֶ֭חָלָבkhe.cha.loH2461,and curdledתַּקְפִּיאֵֽנִי׃tak.pi.'E.niH7087me like cheeseוְ֝כַגְּבִנָּ֗הve.khag.ge.vi.NahH1385?
11Thou hast clothedתַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִיtal.bi.She.niH3847me with skinע֣וֹרorH5785and fleshוּ֭בָשָׂרU.va.sorH1320,and hast fencedH7753me with bonesוּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹתu.va.'a.tza.MotH6106and sinewsוְ֝גִידִ֗יםve.gi.DimH1517.
13And these thingshast thou hidצָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.taH6845in thine heartבִלְבָבֶ֑ךָvil.va.Ve.khaH3824:I knowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that this is with thee.
14If I sinחָטָ֥אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398,then thou markestוּשְׁמַרְתָּ֑נִיu.she.mar.Ta.niH8104me, and thou wilt not acquitתְנַקֵּֽנִי׃te.na.Ke.niH5352me from mine iniquityוּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗יu.me.'a.vo.NiH5771.
15If I be wickedרָשַׁ֡עְתִּיra.Sha'.tiH7561,woeאַלְלַ֬י'a.LaiH480unto me; and ifI be righteousוְ֭צָדַקְתִּיVe.tza.dak.tiH6663, yetwill I not lift upאֶשָּׂ֣א'e.Sa'H5375my headרֹאשִׁ֑יro.ShiH7218. I amfullשְׂבַ֥עse.Va'H7649of confusionקָ֝ל֗וֹןka.LonH7036;therefore seeוּרְאֵ֥הu.re.'EhH7200H7202thou mine afflictionעָנְיִֽי׃'a.ne.YiH6040;
16For it increasethוְ֭יִגְאֶהVe.yig.'ehH1342.Thou huntestתְּצוּדֵ֑נִיte.tzu.De.niH6679me as a fierce lionכַּשַּׁ֣חַלka.Sha.chalH7826:and againוְ֝תָשֹׁ֗בve.ta.ShoH7725thou shewest thyself marvellousתִּתְפַּלָּא־tit.pa.la'-H6381upon me.
17Thou renewestתְּחַדֵּ֬שׁte.cha.DeshH2318thy witnessesעֵדֶ֨יךָ׀'e.Dei.khaH5707against me, and increasestוְתֶ֣רֶבve.Te.revH7235thine indignationכַּֽ֭עַשְׂךָKa.'as.khaH3708upon meעִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.DiH5978;changesחֲלִיפ֖וֹתcha.li.FotH2487and warוְצָבָ֣אve.tza.Va'H6635are against me.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forthהֹצֵאתָ֑נִיho.tze.Ta.niH3318out of the wombמֵ֭רֶחֶםMe.re.chemH7358?Oh that I had given up the ghostאֶ֝גְוַ֗ע'eg.Va'H1478,and no eyeוְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinH5869had seenתִרְאֵֽנִי׃tir.'E.niH7200me!
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carriedאוּבָֽל׃'u.ValH2986from the wombמִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenH990to the graveלַקֶּ֥בֶרla.Ke.verH6913.
20Arenot my daysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117fewמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592?ceaseוַחֲדָ֑לve.che.DalH2308then, andlet me aloneוְשִׁ֥יתya.shitH7896,that I may take comfortוְאַבְלִ֥יגָהve.'av.Li.gahH1082a littleמְּעָֽט׃me.'AtH4592,
21Before I goH3212whenceI shall not returnאָשׁ֑וּב'a.ShuvH7725, evento the landאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776of darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow of deathוְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ve.tzal.Ma.vetH6757;
22A landאֶ֤רֶץ'E.retzH776of darknessעֵיפָ֨תָה׀'ei.Fa.tahH5890,as darknessאֹ֗פֶל'O.felH652itself; andof the shadow of deathצַ֭לְמָוֶתTzal.ma.vetH6757,without any orderסְדָרִ֗יםse.da.RimH5468, and wherethe lightוַתֹּ֥פַעva.To.fa'H3313isas darknessאֹֽפֶל׃ פ'O.felH652.
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