7Behold, I cry outאֶצְעַ֣ק'etz.'AkH6817of wrongחָ֭מָסCha.mosH2555,but I am not heardאֵעָנֶ֑ה'e.'a.NehH6030:I cry aloudאֲ֝שַׁוַּ֗ע'a.sha.Va'H7768, but there isno judgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.
8He hath fenced upגָ֭דַרGa.darH1443my wayאָרְחִ֣י'a.re.ChiH734that I cannot passאֶעֱב֑וֹר'e.'e.VorH5674,and he hath setיָשִֽׂים׃ya.SimH7760darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822in my pathsנְ֝תִיבוֹתַ֗יne.ti.vo.TaiH5410.
9He hath strippedהִפְשִׁ֑יטhif.ShitH6584me of my gloryכְּ֭בוֹדִיKe.vo.diH3519,and takenוַ֝יָּ֗סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493the crownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850frommy headרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218.
10He hath destroyedיִתְּצֵ֣נִיyi.te.Tze.niH5422me on every sideסָ֭בִיבSa.vivH5439,and I am goneH3212:and mine hopeתִּקְוָתִֽי׃tik.va.TiH8615hath he removedוַיַּסַּ֥עvai.ya.Sa'H5265like a treeכָּ֝עֵ֗ץka.'EtzH6086.
11He hath also kindledוַיַּ֣חַרvai.Ya.charH2734his wrathאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639against me, and he countethוַיַּחְשְׁבֵ֖נִיvai.yach.she.Ve.niH2803me unto him as one ofhis enemiesכְצָרָֽיו׃khe.tza.RavH6862.
12His troopsגְדוּדָ֗יוge.du.DavH1416comeיָ֘בֹ֤אוּya.Vo.'uH935togetherיַ֤חַד׀Ya.chadH3162,and raise upוַיָּסֹ֣לּוּvai.ya.So.luH5549their wayדַּרְכָּ֑םdar.KamH1870against me, and encampוַיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583round aboutסָבִ֣יבsa.VivH5439my tabernacleלְאָהֳלִֽי׃le.'o.ho.LiH168.
14My kinsfolkקְרוֹבָ֑יke.ro.VaiH7138have failedחָדְל֥וּcha.de.LuH2308,and my familiar friendsוּֽמְיֻדָּעַ֥יu.me.yu.da.'AiH3045have forgottenשְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃she.khe.Chu.niH7911me.
15They that dwellגָּ֘רֵ֤יga.ReiH1481in mine houseבֵיתִ֣יvei.TiH1004,and my maidsוְ֭אַמְהֹתַיVe.'am.ho.taiH519,countתַּחְשְׁבֻ֑נִיtach.she.Vu.niH2803me for a strangerלְזָ֣רle.ZarH2114:I am an alienנָ֝כְרִ֗יna.khe.RiH5237in their sightבְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ve.'ei.nei.HemH5869.
16I calledקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121my servantלְעַבְדִּ֣יle.'av.DiH5650, and he gave meno answerיַעֲנֶ֑הya.'a.NehH6030;I intreatedאֶתְחַנֶּן־'et.cha.nen-H2603him withבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119my mouthפִ֝֗יFiH6310.
17My breathר֭וּחִֽיRu.chiH7307is strangeזָ֣רָהZa.rahH2114to my wifeלְאִשְׁתִּ֑יle.'ish.TiH802,though I intreatedH2589for the children’sלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121sakeof mine own bodyבִטְנִֽי׃vit.NiH990.
18Yea, young childrenעֲ֭וִילִים'A.vi.limH5759despisedמָ֣אֲסוּMa.'a.suH3988me; I aroseאָ֝ק֗וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965,and they spakeוַיְדַבְּרוּ־vay.da.be.ru-H1696against me.
19All my inwardסוֹדִ֑יso.DiH5475friendsמְתֵ֣יme.TeiH4962abhorredתִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיTi.'a.vu.niH8581me: and they whom I lovedאָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי'a.Hav.tiH157are turnedנֶהְפְּכוּ־neh.pe.khu-H2015against me.
20My boneעַצְמִ֑י'atz.MiH6106cleavethדָּבְקָ֣הda.ve.KahH1692to my skinבְּעוֹרִ֣יbe.'o.RiH5785and to my fleshוּ֭בִבְשָׂרִיU.viv.sa.riH1320,and I am escapedוָ֝אֶתְמַלְּטָ֗הva.'et.ma.le.TahH4422with the skinבְּע֣וֹרbe.'orH5785of my teethשִׁנָּֽי׃shi.NaiH8127.
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