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Psalms 37:23-29

23The stepsמִֽצְעֲדֵי־mitz.'a.dei-H4703of a goodmanגֶ֥בֶרGe.verH1397are orderedכּוֹנָ֗נוּko.Na.nuH3559by Yhwhמֵ֭יְהוָהme.Yah.wehH3068:and he delightethיֶחְפָּֽץ׃yech.PatzH2654in his wayוְדַרְכּ֥וֹve.dar.KoH1870.

24Though he fallיִפֹּ֥לyi.PolH5307,he shall not be utterly cast downיוּטָ֑לyu.TalH2904:for Yhwhיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068upholdethסוֹמֵ֥ךְso.MekhH5564him withhis handיָדֽוֹ׃ya.DoH3027.

25I have been youngנַ֤עַר׀Na.'arH5288, and nowam oldזָ֫קַ֥נְתִּיza.Kan.tiH2204;yet have I not seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200the righteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662forsakenנֶעֱזָ֑בne.'e.ZavH5800,nor his seedוְ֝זַרְע֗וֹve.zar.'OH2233beggingמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

26He iseverהַ֭יּוֹםHai.yomH3117mercifulחוֹנֵ֣ןcho.NenH2603,and lendethוּמַלְוֶ֑הu.mal.VehH3867;and his seedוְ֝זַרְע֗וֹve.zar.'OH2233isblessedלִבְרָכָֽה׃liv.ra.KhahH1293.

27Departס֣וּרsurH5493from evilמֵ֭רָעMe.ro'H7451,and doוַעֲשֵׂה־va.'a.seh-H6213goodט֗וֹבTovH2896;and dwellוּשְׁכֹ֥ןu.she.KhonH7931for evermoreלְעוֹלָֽם׃le.'o.LamH5769.

28For Yhwhיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068lovethאֹ֘הֵ֤ב'o.HevH157judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֗טmish.PatH4941,and forsakethיַעֲזֹ֣בya.'a.ZoH5800not his saintsחֲ֭סִידָיוCha.si.davH2623;they are preservedנִשְׁמָ֑רוּnish.Ma.ruH8104for everלְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.LamH5769:but the seedוְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall be cut offנִכְרָֽת׃nikh.RatH3772.

29The righteousצַדִּיקִ֥יםtza.di.KimH6662shall inheritיִֽירְשׁוּ־yi.re.shu-H3423the landאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776,and dwellוְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּve.yish.ke.NuH7931therein for everלָעַ֣דla.'AdH5703.

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