1Many a timeרַ֭בַּתRa.batH7227have they afflictedצְרָר֣וּנִיtze.ra.Ru.niH6887me from my youthמִנְּעוּרַ֑יmi.ne.'u.RaiH5271,may Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478now sayיֹֽאמַר־yo.mar-H559:
2Many a timeרַ֭בַּתRa.batH7227have they afflictedצְרָר֣וּנִיtze.ra.Ru.niH6887me from my youthמִנְּעוּרָ֑יmi.ne.'u.RaiH5271:yet they have not prevailedיָ֥כְלוּYa.khe.luH3201against me.
3The plowersחָרְשׁ֣וּcha.re.ShuH2790plowedחֹרְשִׁ֑יםcho.re.ShimH2790upon my backגַּ֭בִּיGa.biH1354:they made longהֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּhe.'e.Ri.khuH748their furrowsלְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃le.ma.'a.no.tamH4618.
4Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068isrighteousצַדִּ֑יקtza.DikH6662:he hath cut asunderקִ֝צֵּ֗ץki.TzetzH7112the cordsעֲב֣וֹתa.VotH5688of the wickedרְשָׁעִֽים׃re.sha.'ImH7563.
5Let them all be confoundedיֵ֭בֹשׁוּYe.vo.shuH954and turnedוְיִסֹּ֣גוּve.yi.So.guH5472backאָח֑וֹר'a.ChorH268that hateשֹׂנְאֵ֥יso.ne.'EiH8130Zionצִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonH6726.
6Let them be as the grassכַּחֲצִ֣ירka.cha.TzirH2682uponthe housetopsגַּגּ֑וֹתga.GotH1406,which witherethיָבֵֽשׁ׃ya.VeshH3001aforeשֶׁקַּדְמַ֖תshe.kad.MatH6927it groweth upשָׁלַ֣ףsha.LafH8025:
7Wherewith the mowerקוֹצֵ֗רko.TzerH7114fillethמִלֵּ֖אmi.Le'H4390not his handכַפּ֥וֹkha.PoH3709;nor he that bindeth sheavesמְעַמֵּֽר׃me.'a.MerH6014his bosomוְחִצְנ֥וֹve.chitz.NoH2683.
8Neither do they which go byהָעֹבְרִ֗יםha.'oe.RimH5674sayאָֽמְר֨וּ׀'a.me.RuH559,The blessingבִּרְכַּֽת־bir.kat-H1293of Yhwhיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068beupon you: we blessבֵּרַ֥כְנוּbe.Rakh.nuH1288you in the nameבְּשֵׁ֣םbe.ShemH8034of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
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