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!
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