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Psalms 38:10-14

10My heartלִבִּ֣יli.BiH3820pantethסְ֭חַרְחַרSe.char.charH5503,my strengthכֹחִ֑יkho.ChiH3581failethעֲזָבַ֣נִי'a.za.Va.niH5800me: as for the lightוְֽאוֹר־ve.'or-H216of mine eyesעֵינַ֥י'ei.NaiH5869,itהֵ֝֗םHemH1992also is goneאֵ֣ין'einH369from me.

11My loversאֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀'o.ha.VaiH157and my friendsוְרֵעַ֗יve.re.'AiH7453standיַעֲמֹ֑דוּya.'a.Mo.duH5975aloof fromמִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedH5048my soreנִגְעִ֣יnig.'IH5061;and my kinsmenוּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗יuk.ro.VaiH7138standעָמָֽדוּ׃'a.Ma.duH5975afar offמֵרָחֹ֥קme.ra.ChokH7350.

12They also that seekמְבַקְשֵׁ֬יme.vak.SheiH1245after my lifeנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315lay snaresוַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀vay.nak.ShuH5367for me:and they that seekוְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יve.do.re.SheiH1875my hurtרָ֭עָתִיRa.'a.tiH7451speakדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696mischievous thingsהַוּ֑וֹתha.VotH1942,and imagineיֶהְגּֽוּ׃yeh.GuH1897deceitsוּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתu.mir.MotH4820all the dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117long.

13But I, as a deafכְ֭חֵרֵשׁKhe.che.reshH2795man,heardאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085not; and I wasas a dumb manוּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םu.khe.'i.LemH483thatopenethיִפְתַּח־yif.tach-H6605not his mouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310.

14Thus I was as a manכְּ֭אִישׁKe.'ishH376that hearethH8085not, and in whose mouthH6310areno reproofsתּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃to.kha.ChotH8433.

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