3Let the dayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6wherein I was bornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205,and the nightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915in whichit was saidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559,There is a man childגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.
4Let that dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117be darknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822;let not Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875it from aboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605,neither let the lightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon it.
5Let darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow of deathוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757stainיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it; let a cloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931upon it; let the blacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of the dayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.
6As forthat nightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,let darknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947upon it; let it not be joinedיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302unto the daysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of the yearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141,let it not comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into the numberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of the monthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.
7Lo, let that nightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915be solitaryגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565,let no joyful voiceרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445comeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935therein.
8Let them curseH5344it that curseאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779the dayי֑וֹםYomH3117,who are readyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264to raise upעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782their mourningלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.
9Let the starsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of the twilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399thereof be darkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821;let it lookיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960for lightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but havenone; neither let it seeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200the dawningבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of the dayשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:
10Because it shut not upסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462the doorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990,nor hidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641sorrowעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from mine eyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.
11Why diedאָמ֑וּת'a.MutH4191I not from the wombמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358? why did I notgive up the ghostוְאֶגְוָֽע׃ve.'eg.Va'H1478when I came outיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318of the bellyמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990?
12Why did the kneesבִרְכָּ֑יִםvir.Ka.yimH1290preventקִדְּמ֣וּנִיki.de.Mu.niH6923me? or why the breastsשָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםSha.Da.yimH7699that I should suckאִינָֽק׃'i.NakH3243?
13For now should I have lain stillשָׁכַ֣בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901and been quietוְאֶשְׁק֑וֹטve.'esh.KotH8252,I should have sleptיָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּיya.Shan.tiH3462:then had I been at restיָנ֬וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117,
14With kingsמְ֭לָכִיםMe.la.khimH4428and counsellorsוְיֹ֣עֲצֵיve.Yo.'a.tzeiH3289of the earthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,which builtהַבֹּנִ֖יםha.bo.NimH1129desolate placesחֳרָב֣וֹתcho.ra.VotH2723for themselves;
15Or with princesשָׂ֭רִיםSa.rimH8269that had goldזָהָ֣בza.HavH2091,who filledהַֽמְמַלְאִ֖יםha.mal.'ImH4390their housesבָּתֵּיהֶ֣םba.tei.HemH1004with silverכָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sefH3701:
16Or as an hiddenטָ֭מוּןTa.munH2934untimely birthכְנֵ֣פֶלkhe.Ne.felH5309I had not been; as infantsכְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗יםke.'o.le.LimH5768whichnever sawרָ֥אוּRa.'uH7200lightאֽוֹר׃'orH216.
17There the wickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563ceaseחָ֣דְלוּCha.de.luH2308fromtroublingרֹ֑גֶזRo.gezH7267;and there the wearyיְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃ye.Gi.'ei Kho.achH3581H3019be at restיָ֝נ֗וּחוּya.Nu.chuH5117.
18Therethe prisonersאֲסִירִ֣ים'a.si.RimH615restשַׁאֲנָ֑נוּsha.'a.Na.nuH7599togetherיַ֭חַדYa.chadH3162;they hearשָׁ֝מְע֗וּSham.'UH8085not the voiceק֣וֹלKolH6963of the oppressorנֹגֵֽשׂ׃no.GesH5065.
19The smallקָטֹ֣ןka.TonH6996and greatוְ֭גָדוֹלVe.ga.dolH1419are there; and the servantוְ֝עֶ֗בֶדve.'E.vedH5650isfreeחָפְשִׁ֥יcha.fe.ShiH2670from his masterמֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃me.'a.do.NavH113.
20Wherefore is lightא֑וֹר'orH216givenיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414to him that is in miseryלְעָמֵ֣לle.'a.MelH6001,and lifeוְ֝חַיִּ֗יםve.chai.YimH2416unto the bitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751insoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315;
21Which longהַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.KimH2442for deathלַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetH4194, but it comethnot; and digוַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huH2658for it more than for hid treasuresמִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃mi.mat.mo.NimH4301;
22Which rejoiceהַשְּׂמֵחִ֥יםha.se.me.ChimH8056exceedinglyגִ֑ילGilH1524, andare gladיָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּya.Si.suH7797,when they can findיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672the graveקָֽבֶר׃Ka.verH6913?
23Why is light givento a manלְ֭גֶבֶרLe.ge.verH1397whose wayדַּרְכּ֣וֹdar.KoH1870is hidנִסְתָּ֑רָהnis.Ta.rahH5641,and whom Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433hath hedged inוַיָּ֖סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526?
24For my sighingאַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.TiH585comethתָבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440I eatלַ֭חְמִיLach.miH3899,and my roaringsשַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃sha.'a.go.TaiH7581are poured outוַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.KhuH5413like the watersכַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325.
25For the thing which I greatlyפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343fearedפָּ֭חַדְתִּיPa.chad.tiH6342is comeוַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִיvai.ye.'e.ta.Ye.niH857upon me, and that which I was afraidיָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּיya.Go.re.tiH3025of is comeיָ֣בֹאYa.vo'H935unto me.
26I was not in safetyשָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀sha.Lav.tiH7951,neither had I restשָׁקַ֥טְתִּיsha.Ka.tiH8252,neither was I quietנָ֗חְתִּיNa.che.tiH5117;yet troubleרֹֽגֶז׃ פRo.gezH7267cameוַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935.
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