1My breathרוּחִ֣יru.ChiH7307is corruptחֻ֭בָּלָהChu.ba.lahH2254,my daysיָמַ֥יya.MaiH3117are extinctנִזְעָ֗כוּniz.'A.khuH2193,the gravesקְבָרִ֥יםke.va.RimH6913are ready for me.
2Are therenot mockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםHa.tu.limH2049with me? and doth not mine eyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869continueתָּלַ֥ןta.LanH3885in their provocationוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םu.ve.ha.me.ro.TamH4784?
3Lay downשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760now, put me in a suretyעָרְבֵ֣נִי'a.re.Ve.niH6148with thee; who is he thatwill strikeיִתָּקֵֽעַ׃yi.ta.Ke.a'H8628handsלְיָדִ֥יle.ya.DiH3027with me?
4For thou hast hidצָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.taH6845their heartלִ֭בָּםLi.bomH3820from understandingמִּשָּׂ֑כֶלmi.Sa.khelH7922:therefore shalt thou not exaltתְרֹמֵֽם׃te.ro.MemH7311them.
5He that speakethיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046flatteryלְ֭חֵלֶקLe.che.lekH2506to hisfriendsרֵעִ֑יםre.'ImH7453,even the eyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of his childrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121shall failתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tikh.Le.nahH3615.
6He hath madeוְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיVe.hi.tzi.ga.niH3322me also a bywordלִמְשֹׁ֣לlim.SholH4914of the peopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971;and aforetimeלְפָנִ֣יםle.fa.NimH6440I was as a tabretוְתֹ֖פֶתve.To.fetH8611.
7Mine eyeעֵינִ֑י'ei.NiH5869also is dimוַתֵּ֣כַהּva.Te.khahH3543by reason of sorrowמִכַּ֣עַשׂmi.Ka.'asH3708,and all my membersוִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi.tzu.RaiH3338areas a shadowכַּצֵּ֣לka.TzelH6738.
8Uprightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477menshall be astoniedיָשֹׁ֣מּוּya.Sho.muH8074at this, and the innocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355shall stir upיִתְעֹרָֽר׃yit.'o.RarH5782himself against the hypocriteחָנֵ֥ףcha.NefH2611.
9The righteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662also shall holdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270on his wayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870,and he that hath cleanH2890handsיָ֝דַ֗יִםya.Da.yimH3027shall beיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254stronger and strongerאֹֽמֶץ׃'O.metzH555.
10Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199as for you all, do ye returnתָּ֭שֻׁבוּTa.shu.vuH7725,and come nowוּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uH935:for I cannot findאֶמְצָ֖א'em.Tza'H4672onewiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450man among you.
11My daysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117are pastעָ֭בְרוּ'A.ve.ruH5674,my purposesזִמֹּתַ֣יzi.mo.TaiH2154are broken offנִתְּק֑וּni.te.KuH5423, eventhe thoughtsמ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmo.ra.SheiH4180of my heartלְבָבִֽי׃le.va.ViH3824.
13If I waitאֲ֭קַוֶּה'A.ka.vehH6960,the graveשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585ismine houseבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004:I have madeרִפַּ֥דְתִּיri.Pad.tiH7502my bedיְצוּעָֽי׃ye.tzu.'AiH3326in the darknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822.
14I have saidקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121to corruptionלַשַּׁ֣חַתla.Sha.chatH7845, Thou artmy fatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1:to the wormלָֽרִמָּֽה׃La.ri.MahH7415, Thou artmy motherאִמִּ֥י'i.MiH517,and my sisterוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יva.'a.cho.TiH269.
15And where isnowאֵפ֣וֹ'e.FoH645my hopeתִקְוָתִ֑יtik.va.TiH8615?as for my hopeוְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve.tik.va.TiH8615,who shall seeיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it?
16They shall go downתֵּרַ֑דְנָהte.Rad.nahH3381to the barsבַּדֵּ֣יba.DeiH905of the pitשְׁאֹ֣לshe.'OlH7585, when ourrestH5183togetherיַ֖חַדYa.chadH3162isin the dustעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083.
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