2I have heardשָׁמַ֣עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085many such thingsרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227:miserableעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999comfortersמְנַחֲמֵ֖יme.na.cha.MeiH5162are ye all.
3Shall vainר֑וּחַRu.achH7307wordsלְדִבְרֵי־le.div.rei-H1697have an endהֲקֵ֥ץha.KetzH7093?or what emboldenethיַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗yam.ri.tze.khaH4834thee that thou answerestתַעֲנֶֽה׃ta.'a.NehH6030?
4I also could speakאֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה'a.Da.Be.rahH1696as ye do:ifל֤וּ־Lu-H3863your soulנַפְשְׁכֶ֡םnaf.she.KhemH5315wereיֵ֪שׁyeshH3426in my soul’sנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315stead, I could heap upאַחְבִּ֣ירָה'ach.Bi.rahH2266wordsבְּמִלִּ֑יםbe.mi.LimH4405against you, and shakeוְאָנִ֥יעָהve.'a.Ni.'ahH5128mine headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218atבְּמ֣וֹbe.MoH1119you.
5ButI would strengthenאֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם'a.'a.mitz.KhemH553you withבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119my mouthפִ֑יFiH6310,and the movingוְנִ֖ידve.NidH5205of my lipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193should asswageיַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃yach.SokhH2820your grief.
6Though I speakאֲ֭דַבְּרָה'A.da.be.rahH1696,my griefכְּאֵבִ֑יke.'e.ViH3511is not asswagedיֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְye.cha.SekhH2820: and thoughI forbearוְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗הve.'ach.de.LahH2308,what am I easedיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ya.ha.LokhH1980?
7But now he hath made me wearyהֶלְאָ֑נִיhel.'A.niH3811:thou hast made desolateהֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָha.shi.Mo.taH8074all my companyעֲדָתִֽי׃'a.da.TiH5712.
8And thou hast filled me with wrinklesוַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִיVa.tik.me.te.niH7059, whichis a witnessלְעֵ֣דle.'EdH5707against me:and my leannessכַ֝חֲשִׁ֗יkha.cha.ShiH3585rising upוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965in me beareth witnessיַעֲנֶֽה׃ya.'a.NehH6030to my faceבְּפָנַ֥יbe.fa.NaiH6440.
9He tearethטָרַ֨ף׀ta.RafH2963mein his wrathאַפּ֤וֹ'a.PoH639,who hatethוַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִיvai.yis.te.Me.niH7852me: he gnashethחָרַ֣קcha.RakH2786upon me with his teethבְּשִׁנָּ֑יוbe.shi.NavH8127;mine enemyצָרִ֓י׀tza.RiH6862sharpenethיִלְט֖וֹשׁyil.To.oshH3913his eyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869upon me.
10They have gapedפָּעֲר֬וּpa.'a.RuH6473upon me with their mouthבְּפִיהֶ֗םbe.fi.HemH6310;they have smittenהִכּ֣וּhi.KuH5221me upon the cheekלְחָיָ֑יle.cha.YaiH3895reproachfullyבְּ֭חֶרְפָּהBe.cher.pahH2781;they have gatheredיִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃yit.ma.la.'UnH4390themselves togetherיַ֝֗חַדYa.chadH3162against me.
11Godאֵ֭ל'elH410hath deliveredיַסְגִּירֵ֣נִיyas.gi.Re.niH5462me to the ungodlyעֲוִ֑יל'a.VilH5760,and turned me overיִרְטֵֽנִי׃yir.Te.niH3399into the handsיְדֵ֖יye.DeiH3027of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563.
12I was at easeשָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.LevH7961,but he hath broken me asunderוַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niH6565:he hath also takenוְאָחַ֣זve.'a.ChazH270meby my neckבְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.piH6203,and shaken me to piecesוַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niH6327,and set me upוַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niH6965for his markלְמַטָּרָֽה׃le.ma.ta.RahH4307.
13His archersרַבָּ֗יוra.BavH7228compass me round aboutיָ֘סֹ֤בּוּya.So.buH5437,he cleavethH6398my reinsכִּ֭לְיוֹתַיKil.yo.taiH3629asunderH6398,and doth not spareיַחְמ֑וֹלyach.MolH2550;he poureth outיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210my gallמְרֵרָֽתִי׃me.re.Ra.tiH4845upon the groundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776.
14He breakethיִפְרְצֵ֣נִיyif.re.Tze.niH6555me with breachפֶ֭רֶץFe.retzH6556uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440breachפָ֑רֶץFa.retzH6556,he runnethיָרֻ֖ץya.RutzH7323upon me like a giantכְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ke.gi.BorH1368.
15I have sewedתָּ֭פַרְתִּיTa.far.tiH8609sackclothשַׂ֣קsakH8242upon my skinגִלְדִּ֑יgil.DiH1539,and defiledוְעֹלַ֖לְתִּיve.'o.Lal.tiH5953my hornקַרְנִֽי׃kar.NiH7161in the dustבֶעָפָ֣רve.'a.FarH6083.
16My faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440is foulחֳ֭מַרְמְרוּcho.mar.me.rahH2560with weepingבֶ֑כִיVe.khiH1065,and on my eyelidsעַפְעַפַּ֣י'af.'a.PaiH6079isthe shadow of deathצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757;
17Not for anyinjusticeחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555in mine handsבְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.PaiH3709:also my prayerוּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605ispureזַכָּֽה׃za.KahH2134.
18O earthאֶ֭רֶץ'E.retzH776,coverתְּכַסִּ֣יte.kha.SiH3680not thou my bloodדָמִ֑יda.MiH1818,and let my cryלְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃le.za.'a.ka.TiH2201have no placeמָ֝ק֗וֹםma.KomH4725.
19Also now, behold, my witnessעֵדִ֑י'e.DiH5707isin heavenבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064,and my recordוְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗יve.sa.ha.DiH7717ison highבַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃ba.me.ro.MimH4791.
21O that one might pleadוְיוֹכַ֣חve.yo.KhachH3198for a manלְגֶ֣בֶרle.Ge.verH1397with Godאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433,as a manאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120pleadethfor his neighbourוּֽבֶן־ לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃u.ven- le.re.'E.huH7453H1121!
22When a fewמִסְפָּ֣רmis.ParH4557yearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141are comeיֶאֱתָ֑יוּye.'e.Ta.yuH857,then I shall goאֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃'e.he.LokhH1980the wayוְאֹ֖רַחve.'O.rachH734whenceI shall not returnאָשׁ֣וּב'a.ShuvH7725.
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