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Psalms 144:1-4

1Blessedבָּ֘ר֤וּךְba.RukhH1288beYhwhיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068my strengthצוּרִ֗יtzu.RiH6697,which teachethהַֽמְלַמֵּ֣דham.la.MedH3925my handsיָדַ֣יya.DaiH3027to warלַקְרָ֑בlak.RavH7128, andmy fingersאֶ֝צְבְּעוֹתַ֗י'etz.be.'o.TaiH676to fightלַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃la.mil.cha.MahH4421:

2My goodnessחַסְדִּ֥יchas.DiH2617,and my fortressוּמְצוּדָתִי֮u.me.tzu.da.TiH4686;my high towerמִשְׂגַּבִּ֪יmis.ga.BiH4869,and my delivererוּֽמְפַלְטִ֫יu.me.fal.TiH6403;my shieldמָ֭גִנִּיMa.gi.niH4043, and hein whom I trustחָסִ֑יתִיcha.Si.tiH2620;who subduethהָרוֹדֵ֖דha.ro.DedH7286my peopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971under me.

3Yhwhיְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, what ismanאָ֭דָם'A.domH120,that thou takest knowledgeוַתֵּדָעֵ֑הוּva.te.da.'E.huH3045of him! orthe sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of manאֱ֝נ֗וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582,that thou makest accountוַֽתְּחַשְּׁבֵֽהוּ׃Va.te.cha.she.Ve.huH2803of him!

4Manאָ֭דָם'A.domH120is likeדָּמָ֑הda.MahH1819to vanityלַהֶ֣בֶלla.He.velH1892:his daysיָ֝מָ֗יוya.MavH3117areas a shadowכְּצֵ֣לke.TzelH6738that passeth awayעוֹבֵֽר׃o.VerH5674.

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