3For my daysH3117are consumedכָל֣וּkha.LuH3615like smokeבְעָשָׁ֣ןve.'a.ShanH6227,and my bonesוְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗יve.'atz.mo.TaiH6106are burnedנִחָֽרוּ׃ni.Cha.ruH2787as an hearthקֵ֥דkedH4168.
4My heartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820is smittenהוּכָּֽה־hu.kah-H5221,and witheredוַיִּבַ֣שׁvai.yi.VashH3001like grassכָ֭עֵשֶׂבKha.'e.sevH6212;so that I forgetשָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּיSha.Khach.tiH7911to eatמֵאֲכֹ֥לme.'a.KholH398my breadלַחְמִֽי׃lach.MiH3899.
5By reason of the voiceמִקּ֥וֹלmi.KolH6963of my groaningאַנְחָתִ֑י'an.cha.TiH585my bonesעַ֝צְמִ֗י'atz.MiH6106cleaveדָּבְקָ֥הda.ve.KahH1692to my skinלִבְשָׂרִֽי׃liv.sa.RiH1320.
6I am likeדָּ֭מִיתִיDa.mi.tiH1819a pelicanלִקְאַ֣תlik.'AtH6893of the wildernessמִדְבָּ֑רmid.BarH4057:I am like an owlכְּכ֣וֹסke.KhosH3563of the desertחֳרָבֽוֹת׃cho.ra.VotH2723.
7I watchשָׁקַ֥דְתִּיsha.Kad.tiH8245,and am as a sparrowכְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹרke.tzi.PorH6833aloneבּוֹדֵ֥דbo.DedH909upon the house topגָּֽג׃GagH1406.
8Mine enemiesאוֹיְבָ֑י'oy.VaiH341reproachחֵרְפ֣וּנִיche.re.Fu.niH2778me all the dayהַ֭יּוֹםHai.yomH3117; andthey that are madמְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗יme.ho.la.LaiH1984against me are swornנִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃nish.Ba.'uH7650against me.
9For I have eatenאָכָ֑לְתִּי'a.Khal.tiH398ashesאֵ֭פֶר'E.ferH665like breadכַּלֶּ֣חֶםka.Le.chemH3899,and mingledמָסָֽכְתִּי׃ma.Sa.khe.tiH4537my drinkוְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗יve.shi.ku.VaiH8249with weepingבִּבְכִ֥יbiv.KhiH1065,
10Becauseמִפְּנֵֽי־mi.pe.nei-H6440of thine indignationזַֽעַמְךָ֥za.'am.KhaH2195and thy wrathוְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָve.kitz.Pe.chaH7110:for thou hast lifted me upנְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִיne.sa.Ta.niH5375,and cast me downוַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃va.tash.li.Khe.niH7993.
11My daysיָ֭מַיYa.maiH3117arelike a shadowכְּצֵ֣לke.TzelH6738that declinethנָט֑וּיna.TuiH5186;and I am witheredאִיבָֽשׁ׃'i.VashH3001like grassכָּעֵ֥שֶׂבka.'E.sevH6212.
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