Revised Version 1895

1 Samuel 2:3-9

3Talkתְדַבְּרוּ֙te.da.be.RuH1696noH3808moreH3808soH3808exceedingproudlyH1364;letאַל־'al-H408notH3808arrogancycomeH3318outH3318of yourmouthמִפִּיכֶ֑םmi.pi.KhemH6310: for theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068is aGodאֵ֤ל'elH410ofknowledgeדֵּעוֹת֙de.'OtH1844, and by himactionsעֲלִלֽוֹת׃a.li.LotH5949areweighedנִתְכְּנ֖וּnit.ke.NuH8505.

4Thebowsקֶ֥שֶׁתKe.shetH7198of themightyH1368menH1368are broken, and they thatstumbledוְנִכְשָׁלִ֖יםve.nikh.sha.LimH3782aregirdedאָ֥זְרוּ'A.ze.ruH247withstrengthחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428.

5They that werefullשְׂבֵעִ֤יםse.ve.'ImH7649havehiredנִשְׂכָּ֔רוּnis.Ka.ruH7936outH5704themselves forbreadבַּלֶּ֙חֶם֙ba.Le.chemH3899; and they that werehungryוּרְעֵבִ֖יםu.re.'e.VimH7457haveceasedחָדֵ֑לּוּcha.De.luH2308: yea, thebarrenעֲקָרָה֙'a.ka.RahH6135hathborneיָלְדָ֣הYal.dahH3205sevenשִׁבְעָ֔הshiv.'AhH7651; andsheH5704that hathmanyוְרַבַּ֥תve.ra.BatH7227childrenבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121languisheth.

6TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068killeth, and makethaliveוּמְחַיֶּ֑הu.me.chai.YehH2421: he bringethdownמוֹרִ֥ידmo.RidH3381to the grave, and bringethupוַיָּֽעַל׃vai.Ya.'alH5927.

7TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068makethpoorמוֹרִ֣ישׁmo.RishH3423, and makethrichוּמַעֲשִׁ֑ירu.ma.'a.ShirH6238: he bringethlowמַשְׁפִּ֖ילmash.PilH8213, he also liftethupמְרוֹמֵֽם׃me.ro.MemH7311.

8He raisethupH6965thepoorH34outH5921of thedustמֵעָפָ֜רme.'a.FarH6083, he liftethupH6965theneedyאֶבְי֔וֹן'ev.YonH34from the dunghill, tomakeוַיָּ֥שֶׁתvai.Ya.shetH7896themsitלְהוֹשִׁיב֙le.ho.ShivH3427withprincesנְדִיבִ֔יםne.di.VimH5081, andinheritיַנְחִלֵ֑םyan.chi.LemH5157thethroneוְכִסֵּ֥אve.khi.Se'H3678ofgloryכָב֖וֹדkha.VodH3519: for thepillarsמְצֻ֣קֵיme.Tzu.keiH4690of theearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776are theLORD’Sלַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehH3068, and he hathsetH6965theworldתֵּבֵֽל׃te.VelH8398uponH5921them.

9He willkeepיִשְׁמֹ֔רyish.MorH8104thefeetרַגְלֵ֤יrag.LeiH7272of hisholyH2623onesH2623, but thewickedוּרְשָׁעִ֖יםu.re.sha.'ImH7563shall be put to silence indarknessבַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822; for bystrengthבְכֹ֖חַve.Kho.achH3581shallnoלֹ֥אlo'H3808manאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376prevailיִגְבַּר־yig.bar-H1396.

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