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Psalms 90:5-11

5Thou carriest them away as with a floodזְ֭רַמְתָּםZe.ram.tomH2229; they are asa sleepשֵׁנָ֣הshe.NahH8142:in the morningבַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶרba.Bo.kerH1242they arelike grassכֶּחָצִ֥ירke.cha.TzirH2682whichgroweth upיַחֲלֹֽף׃ya.cha.LofH2498.

6In the morningבַּ֭בֹּקֶרBa.bo.kerH1242it flourishethיָצִ֣יץya.TzitzH6692,and groweth upוְחָלָ֑ףve.cha.LafH2498;in the eveningלָ֝עֶ֗רֶבla.'E.revH6153it is cut downיְמוֹלֵ֥לye.mo.LelH4135,and witherethוְיָבֵֽשׁ׃ve.ya.VeshH3001.

7For we are consumedכָלִ֥ינוּkha.Li.nuH3615by thine angerבְאַפֶּ֑ךָve.'a.Pe.khaH639,and by thy wrathוּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥u.va.cha.ma.te.KhaH2534are we troubledנִבְהָֽלְנוּ׃niv.Hal.nuH926.

8Thou hast setשַׁתָּ֣הsha.TahH7896our iniquitiesעֲוֹנֹתֵ֣ינוּ'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771before thee, our secretעֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ'a.lu.Me.nuH5956sinsin the lightלִמְא֥וֹרlim.'orH3974of thy countenanceפָּנֶֽיךָ׃pa.Nei.khaH6440.

9For all our daysיָ֭מֵינוּYa.mei.nuH3117are passed awayפָּנ֣וּpa.NuH6437in thy wrathבְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָve.'ev.ra.Te.khaH5678:we spendכִּלִּ֖ינוּki.Li.nuH3615our yearsשָׁנֵ֣ינוּsha.Nei.nuH8141as a taleהֶֽגֶה׃He.gehH1899that is told.

10The daysיְמֵֽי־ye.mei-H3117of our yearsשְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּshe.no.Tei.nuH8141arethreescoreH7657yearsשָׁנָ֡הsha.NahH8141and tenH7657;and if by reason of strengthבִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת׀big.vu.RotH1369they befourscoreשְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤יםshe.Mo.NimH8084yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141, yet istheir strengthוְ֭רָהְבָּםVe.ra.he.bomH7296labourעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999and sorrowוָאָ֑וֶןva.'A.venH205;for it is soonחִ֝֗ישׁChishH2440cut offגָ֥זgazH1468,and we fly awayוַנָּעֻֽפָה׃va.na.'U.fahH5774.

11Who knowethי֭וֹדֵעַYo.de.a'H3045the powerעֹ֣ז'ozH5797of thine angerאַפֶּ֑ךָ'a.Pe.khaH639?even according to thy fearוּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗u.khe.yir.'a.te.khaH3374, so isthy wrathעֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃'ev.ra.Te.khaH5678.

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