2Ifwe assayהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254to communeדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with thee, wilt thou be grievedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811?but who canיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201withholdוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113himself from speakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?
4Thy wordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405have upholdenיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965him that was fallingכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782,and thou hast strengthenedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553the feebleכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.
5But now it is comeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon thee, and thou faintestוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811;it touchethתִּגַּ֥עti.Ga'H5060thee, and thou art troubledוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.
6Is not thisthy fearיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374,thy confidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690,thy hopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615,and the uprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of thy waysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870?
7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, I pray thee, who everperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6,being innocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355?or whereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were the righteousיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cut offנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?
8Even as I have seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200,they that plowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205,and sowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232wickednessעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999,reapיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114the same.
9By the blastמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397of Godאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433they perishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6,and by the breathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of his nostrilsאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639are they consumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.
10The roaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of the lionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738,and the voiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fierce lionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826,and the teethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the young lionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715,are brokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.
11The old lionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishethאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6for lackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097of preyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964,and the stout lion’sלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833whelpsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121are scattered abroadיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.
12Now a thingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697was secretly broughtיְגֻנָּ֑בye.gu.NavH1589to me, and mine earאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241receivedוַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.KachH3947a littleשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102thereof.
13In thoughtsבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםBis.'i.pimH5587from the visionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384of the nightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915,when deep sleepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639fallethבִּנְפֹ֥לbin.FolH5307on menאֲנָשִֽׁים׃'a.na.ShimH582,
14Fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343cameקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122upon me, and tremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461,which made allוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230my bonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106to shakeהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.
15Then a spiritוְ֭רוּחַVe.Ru.achH7307passedיַחֲלֹ֑ףya.cha.LofH2498before my faceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440;the hairשַֽׂעֲרַ֥תsa.'a.RatH8185of my fleshבְּשָׂרִֽי׃be.sa.RiH1320stood upתְּ֝סַמֵּ֗רte.sa.MerH5568:
16It stood stillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975,but I could not discernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234the formמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758thereof: an imageתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544wasbefore mine eyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869, there wassilenceדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827,and I heardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085a voiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963, saying,
17Shall mortal manהַֽ֭אֱנוֹשׁHa.'e.no.oshH582be more justיִצְדָּ֑קyitz.DakH6663than Godמֵאֱל֣וֹהַme.'e.Lo.haH433?shall a manגָּֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397be more pureיִטְהַר־yit.har-H2891than his makerמֵ֝עֹשֵׂ֗הוּme.'o.Se.huH6213?
18Behold, he put no trustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539in his servantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650;and his angelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397he chargedיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760with follyתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417:
19How much lessאַ֤ף׀'afH637inthem that dwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931in housesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004of clayחֹ֗מֶרCho.merH2563,whose foundationיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247isin the dustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083, whichare crushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםye.da.ke.'UmH1792beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440the mothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211?
20They are destroyedיֻכַּ֑תּוּyu.Ka.tuH3807from morningמִבֹּ֣קֶרmi.Bo.kerH1242to eveningלָעֶ֣רֶבla.'E.revH6153:they perishיֹאבֵֽדוּ׃yo.Ve.duH6for everלָנֶ֥צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331without any regardingמֵ֝שִׂ֗יםme.SimH7760it.
21Doth not their excellencyיִתְרָ֣םyit.RamH3499which isin them go awayנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265?they dieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191,even without wisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451.
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