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Lamentations 3:59-66

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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