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Psalms 37:32-40

32The wickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563watchethצוֹפֶ֣הtzo.PehH6822the righteousלַצַּדִּ֑יקla.tza.DikH6662,and seekethוּ֝מְבַקֵּ֗שׁu.me.va.KeshH1245to slayלַהֲמִיתוֹ׃la.ha.mi.tovH4191him.

33Yhwhיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068will not leaveיַעַזְבֶ֣נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuH5800him in his handבְיָד֑וֹve.ya.DoH3027,nor condemnיַ֝רְשִׁיעֶ֗נּוּyar.shi.'E.nuH7561him when he is judgedבְּהִשָּׁפְטֽוֹ׃be.hi.sha.fe.ToH8199.

34Waitקַוֵּ֤הka.VehH6960on Yhwhיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068,and keepוּשְׁמֹ֬רu.she.MorH8104his wayדַּרְכּ֗וֹdar.KoH1870,and he shall exaltוִֽ֭ירוֹמִמְךָVi.ro.mi.khaH7311thee to inheritלָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423the landאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776:when the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are cut offבְּהִכָּרֵ֖תbe.hi.ka.RetH3772,thou shalt seeתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200it.

35I have seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200the wickedרָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'H7563in great powerעָרִ֑יץ'a.RitzH6184,and spreadingוּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗הu.mit.'a.RehH6168himself like a greenרַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanH7488bay treeכְּאֶזְרָ֥חke.'ez.RachH249.

36Yet he passed awayוַ֭יַּֽעֲבֹרVai.ya.'a.vorH5674, and, lo, he wasnot: yea, I soughtוָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּva.'a.vak.She.huH1245him, but he could not be foundנִמְצָֽא׃nim.Tza'H4672.

37Markשְׁמָר־she.mor-H8104the perfectתָּ֭םtamH8535man,and beholdוּרְאֵ֣הu.re.'EhH7200the uprightיָשָׁ֑רya.SharH3477:for the endאַחֲרִ֖ית'a.cha.RitH319of thatmanלְאִ֣ישׁle.'IshH376ispeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.

38But the transgressorsוּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִיםU.fo.she.'imH6586shall be destroyedנִשְׁמְד֣וּnish.me.DuH8045togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162:the endאַחֲרִ֖ית'a.cha.RitH319of the wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall be cut offנִכְרָֽתָה׃nikh.Ra.tahH3772.

39But the salvationוּתְשׁוּעַ֣תu.te.shu.'AtH8668of the righteousצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662isof Yhwhמֵיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehH3068: he istheir strengthמָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗םma.'u.ZamH4581in the timeבְּעֵ֣תbe.'EtH6256of troubleצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.

40And Yhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068shall helpוַֽיַּעְזְרֵ֥םvai.ya'.ze.RemH5826them, and deliverוַֽיְפַ֫לְּטֵ֥םvay.Fa.le.TemH6403them: he shall deliverיְפַלְּטֵ֣םye.fa.le.TemH6403them from the wickedמֵ֭רְשָׁעִיםMe.re.sha.'imH7563,and saveוְיוֹשִׁיעֵ֑םve.yo.shi.'EmH3467them, because they trustחָ֥סוּCha.suH2620in him.

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