Revised Literal Translation

Lamentations 3:55-66

55I calledקָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121upon thy nameשִׁמְךָ֙shim.KhaH8034,O Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,out of the lowתַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃tach.ti.YotH8482dungeonמִבּ֖וֹרmi.BorH953.

56Thou hast heardשָׁמָ֑עְתָּsha.Ma.'e.taH8085my voiceקוֹלִ֖יko.LiH6963:hideתַּעְלֵ֧םta'.LemH5956not thine earאָזְנְךָ֛'a.ze.ne.KhaH241at my breathingלְרַוְחָתִ֖יle.rav.cha.TiH7309,at my cryלְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃le.shav.'a.TiH7775.

57Thou drewest nearקָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ka.Rav.taH7126in the dayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117thatI calledאֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ'ek.ra.'E.kaH7121upon thee: thou saidstאָמַ֖רְתָּ'a.Mar.taH559,Fearתִּירָֽא׃ סti.Ra'H3372not.

58O Lordאֲדֹנָ֛י'a.do.NaiH136,thou hast pleadedרַ֧בְתָּRav.taH7378the causesרִיבֵ֥יri.VeiH7379of my soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315;thou hast redeemedגָּאַ֥לְתָּga.'Al.taH1350my lifeחַיָּֽי׃chai.YaiH2416.

59O Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,thou hast seenרָאִ֤יתָהra.'I.tahH7200my wrongעַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י'a.Va.ta.TiH5792:judgeשָׁפְטָ֖הsha.fe.TahH8199thou my causeמִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃mish.pa.TiH4941.

60Thou hast seenרָאִ֙יתָה֙ra.'I.tahH7200all their vengeanceנִקְמָתָ֔םnik.ma.TamH5360andall their imaginationsמַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םmach.she.vo.TamH4284against me.

61Thou hast heardשָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.taH8085their reproachחֶרְפָּתָם֙cher.pa.TamH2781,O Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, andall their imaginationsמַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖םmach.she.vo.TamH4284against me;

62The lipsשִׂפְתֵ֤יsif.TeiH8193of those that rose upקָמַי֙ka.MaiH6965against me, and their deviceוְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔םve.heg.yo.NamH1902against me all the dayהַיּֽוֹם׃hai.YomH3117.

63Beholdהַבִּ֔יטָהha.Bi.tahH5027their sitting downH3427,and their rising upוְקִֽימָתָם֙ve.ki.ma.TamH7012; I amtheir musickמַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ סman.gi.na.TamH4485.

64Renderתָּשִׁ֨יבta.ShivH7725unto them a recompenceגְּמ֛וּלge.MulH1576,O Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,according to the workכְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥הke.ma.'a.SehH4639of their handsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃ye.dei.HemH3027.

65Giveתִּתֵּ֤ןti.TenH5414them sorrowמְגִנַּת־me.gi.nat-H4044of heartלֵ֔בLevH3820,thy curseתַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ta.'a.la.te.KhaH8381unto them.

66Persecuteתִּרְדֹּ֤ףtir.DofH7291and destroyוְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔םve.tash.mi.DemH8045them in angerבְּאַף֙be.'AfH639from under the heavensשְׁמֵ֥יshe.MeiH8064of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

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