1In my distressבַּצָּרָ֣תָהba.tza.Ra.tahH6869I criedקָ֝רָ֗אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121unto Yhwhיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068,and he heardוַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃Vai.ya.'a.Ne.niH6030me.
2Deliverהַצִּ֣ילָהha.Tzi.lahH5337my soulנַ֭פְשִׁיNaf.shiH5315,O Yhwhיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,from lyingשֶׁ֑קֶרShe.kerH8267lipsמִשְּׂפַת־mi.se.fat-H8193, andfrom a deceitfulרְמִיָּֽה׃re.mi.YahH7423tongueמִלָּשׁ֥וֹןmi.la.ShonH3956.
3What shall be givenיִּתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414unto thee? or what shall be doneיֹּסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254unto thee, thou falseרְמִיָּֽה׃re.mi.YahH7423tongueלָשׁ֥וֹןla.ShonH3956?
4Sharpשְׁנוּנִ֑יםshe.nu.NimH8150arrowsחִצֵּ֣יchi.TzeiH2671of the mightyגִבּ֣וֹרgi.BorH1368,with coalsגַּחֲלֵ֥יga.cha.LeiH1513of juniperרְתָמִֽים׃re.ta.MimH7574.
5Woeאֽוֹיָה־'o.yah-H190is me, that I sojournגַ֣רְתִּיGar.tiH1481in Meshechמֶ֑שֶׁךְMe.shekhH4902, thatI dwellשָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּיSha.Khan.tiH7931in the tentsאָהֳלֵ֥י'o.ho.LeiH168of Kedarקֵדָֽר׃ke.DarH6938!
6My soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315hath longרַ֭בַּתRa.batH7227dweltשָֽׁכְנָה־sha.khe.nah-H7931with him that hatethשׂוֹנֵ֥אso.Ne'H8130peaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.
7I am forpeaceשָׁ֭לוֹםSha.lomH7965:but when I speakאֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerH1696, they arefor warלַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃la.mil.cha.MahH4421.
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