1MysoulH5315is weary of mylifeH5315; I willgiveבְּחַ֫יָּ֥יbe.Chai.YaiH2416free course to mycomplaintשִׂיחִ֑יsi.ChiH7879; I willspeakאֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗'a.da.be.rahH1696in thebitternessבְּמַ֣רbe.MarH4751of mysoulH5315.
3Is itgoodהֲט֤וֹבha.TovH2896unto thee that thou shouldestoppressתַעֲשֹׁ֗קta.'a.ShokH6231, that thou shouldestdespiseתִ֭מְאַסTim.'asH3988the work of thinehandsכַּפֶּ֑יךָka.Pei.khaH3709, andshineהוֹפָֽעְתָּ׃ho.Fa.'e.taH3313uponוְעַל־ve.'al-H5921thecounselעֲצַ֖ת'a.TzatH6098of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563?
4Hast thoueyesהַעֵינֵ֣יha.'ei.NeiH5869offleshבָשָׂ֣רva.SarH1320, or seest thou asmanאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582seeth?
5Are thydaysהֲכִימֵ֣יha.khi.MeiH3117as thedaysיָמֶ֑יךָya.Mei.khaH3117ofmanגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397, or thyyearsשְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָShe.no.Tei.khaH8141asman’sאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582daysכִּ֣ימֵיKi.meiH3117,
6That thou inquirestafterH3588mineiniquityלַעֲוֹנִ֑יla.'a.vo.NiH5771, and searchestafterH3588mysinוּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥יu.le.cha.ta.TiH2403,
7Althoughכִּי־ki-H3588thou knowest that I amnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808wickedאֶרְשָׁ֑ע'er.Sha'H7561; and there isnoneH369thatcanH369deliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337outעַֽל־'al-H5921of thinehandמִיָּדְךָ֣mi.ya.de.KhaH3027?
8Thinehandsיָדֶ֣יךָya.Dei.khaH3027have framed me andfashionedH6213metogetherיַ֥חַדYa.chadH3162roundH5439aboutH5439; yet thou dostdestroyH6213me.
9Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, Ibeseechנָ֭אna'H4994thee, that thou hastfashionedעֲשִׂיתָ֑נִי'a.si.Ta.niH6213meH413as clay; and wilt thoubringH7725meH413intoH413dustעָפָ֥ר'a.FarH6083againH7725?
10Hast thounotH3808pouredתַּתִּיכֵ֑נִיta.ti.Khe.niH5413meH3808out asmilkכֶ֭חָלָבkhe.cha.loH2461, and curdledmeH3808likecheeseH2461?
11Thou hastclothedתַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִיtal.bi.She.niH3847me withskinע֣וֹרorH5785andfleshוּ֭בָשָׂרU.va.sorH1320, and knit me together withbonesוּֽבַעֲצָמ֥וֹתu.va.'a.tza.MotH6106andsinewsוְ֝גִידִ֗יםve.gi.DimH1517.
12Thou hast grantedmeעִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.DiH5978lifeחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416and favour, and thy visitation hathpreservedשָֽׁמְרָ֥הsha.me.RahH8104myspiritרוּחִֽי׃ru.ChiH7307.
13Yettheseוְ֭אֵלֶּהVe.'e.lehH428things thou didsthideצָפַ֣נְתָּtza.Fan.taH6845in thineheartבִלְבָבֶ֑ךָvil.va.Ve.khaH3824; Iknowיָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045that this is with thee:
14Ifאִם־'im-H518Isinחָטָ֥אתִיcha.Ta.tiH2398, then thou markestmeH8104, and thou wiltnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808acquitתְנַקֵּֽנִי׃te.na.Ke.niH5352meH8104from mineiniquityוּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗יu.me.'a.vo.NiH5771.
15IfH518I bewickedרָשַׁ֡עְתִּיra.Sha'.tiH7561,woeאַלְלַ֬י'a.LaiH480untomeH3808; andifH518I berighteousוְ֭צָדַקְתִּיVe.tza.dak.tiH6663, yet shall InotH3808liftאֶשָּׂ֣א'e.Sa'H5375upH5375myheadרֹאשִׁ֑יro.ShiH7218;beingH7646filledH7646with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction.
16Andifוְ֭יִגְאֶהVe.yig.'ehH1342my head exalt itself, thou huntestmeH7725as alionכַּשַּׁ֣חַלka.Sha.chalH7826: andagainH7725thou shewest thyselfmarvelousתִּתְפַּלָּא־tit.pa.la'-H6381uponmeH7725.
17Thou renewest thywitnessesעֵדֶ֨יךָ׀'e.Dei.khaH5707againstעִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH5973meH5978, and increasest thine indignation uponmeH5978;changesחֲלִיפ֖וֹתcha.li.FotH2487andwarfareוְצָבָ֣אve.tza.Va'H6635are withmeH5978.
18Wherefore then hast thoubroughtהֹצֵאתָ֑נִיho.tze.Ta.niH3318meH7200forthH3318outH3318of thewombמֵ֭רֶחֶםMe.re.chemH7358? I had givenupH7200the ghost, andnoלֹא־lo'-H3808eyeוְעַ֣יִןve.'A.yinH5869hadseenH7200meH7200.
19I should have been as though I hadnotלֹא־lo'-H3808been; I should have beencarriedאוּבָֽל׃'u.ValH2986from thewombמִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenH990to thegraveלַקֶּ֥בֶרla.Ke.verH6913.
20ArenotH3808mydaysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117fewמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592?ceaseוַחֲדָ֑לve.che.DalH2308then, andletH3808meמִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.niH4480aloneH2308, that I maytakeוְשִׁ֥יתya.shitH7896comfortוְאַבְלִ֥יגָהve.'av.Li.gahH1082alittleמְּעָֽט׃me.'AtH4592,
21Beforeבְּטֶ֣רֶםbe.Te.remH2962IgoH7725whence I shallnotH3808returnאָשׁ֑וּב'a.ShuvH7725,evenH3808to thelandאֶ֖רֶץ'E.retzH776ofdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and of theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757;
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