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Psalms 116:1-4

1I loveאָ֭הַבְתִּי'A.hav.tiH157Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,because he hath heardיִשְׁמַ֥ע׀yish.Ma'H8085my voiceק֝וֹלִ֗יko.LiH6963andmy supplicationsתַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ta.cha.nu.NaiH8469.

2Because he hath inclinedהִטָּ֣הhi.TahH5186his earאָזְנ֣וֹ'a.ze.NoH241unto me, therefore will I callאֶקְרָֽא׃'ek.Ra'H7121upon himas long as I liveוּבְיָמַ֥יu.ve.ya.MaiH3117.

3The sorrowsחֶבְלֵי־chev.lei-H2256of deathמָ֗וֶתMa.vetH4194compassedאֲפָפ֤וּנִי׀'a.fa.Fu.niH661me, and the painsוּמְצָרֵ֣יu.me.tza.ReiH4712of hellשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585gat holdמְצָא֑וּנִיme.tza.'U.niH4672upon me: I foundאֶמְצָֽא׃'em.Tza'H4672troubleצָרָ֖הtza.RahH6869and sorrowוְיָג֣וֹןve.ya.GonH3015.

4Then calledאֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'H7121I upon the nameוּבְשֵֽׁם־u.ve.shem-H8034of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068;O Yhwhיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,I beseechאָנָּ֥ה'a.NahH577thee, deliverמַלְּטָ֥הma.le.TahH4422my soulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315.

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