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Lamentations 3:22-26

22It is ofYhwh'sיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068merciesחַֽסְדֵ֤יchas.DeiH2617that we are not consumedתָ֔מְנוּTa.me.nuH8552,because his compassionsרַחֲמָֽיו׃ra.cha.MavH7356failכָל֖וּkha.LuH3615not.

23They arenewחֲדָשִׁים֙cha.da.ShimH2319every morningלַבְּקָרִ֔יםla.be.ka.RimH1242:greatרַבָּ֖הra.BahH7227isthy faithfulnessאֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃'e.mu.na.Te.khaH530.

24Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068ismy portionחֶלְקִ֤יchel.KiH2506,saithאָמְרָ֣ה'a.me.RahH559my soulנַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.ShiH5315;therefore will I hopeאוֹחִ֥יל'o.ChilH3176in him.

25Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068isgoodט֤וֹבTovH2896unto them that waitלְקוָֹ֔יוle.ko.VavH6960for him, to the soulלְנֶ֖פֶשׁle.Ne.feshH5315thatseekethתִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃tid.re.She.nuH1875him.

26It isgoodט֤וֹבTovH2896that a manshould both hopeוְיָחִיל֙ve.ya.ChilH2342 H3175and quietly waitוְדוּמָ֔םve.du.MamH1748for the salvationלִתְשׁוּעַ֖תlit.shu.'AtH8668of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

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