2Surelyאִם־'im-H518there aremockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםHa.tu.limH2049withmeעִמָּדִ֑י'i.ma.DiH5978, and mineeyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869abideth in theirprovocationוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םu.ve.ha.me.ro.TamH4784.
3Giveשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760nowH4994a pledge, besuretyעָרְבֵ֣נִי'a.re.Ve.niH6148formeH4994with thyself; who is there that willstrikeH3027handsלְיָדִ֥יle.ya.DiH3027withmeH4994?
5He that denounceth hisfriendsרֵעִ֑יםre.'ImH7453for a prey,evenH7453theeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of hischildrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121shallfailתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tikh.Le.nahH3615.
6He hathmadeH1961meH6440also abywordלִמְשֹׁ֣לlim.SholH4914of thepeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971; and I ambecomeH1961anopenH6440abhorring.
7Mineeyeעֵינִ֑י'ei.NiH5869also is dim by reason of sorrow, andallכֻּלָּֽם׃ku.LamH3605mymembersוִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi.tzu.RaiH3338are as ashadowכַּצֵּ֣לka.TzelH6738.
8Uprightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477men shall be astonied at this, and theinnocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355shallstirיִתְעֹרָֽר׃yit.'o.RarH5782upעַל־'al-H5921himselfagainstעַל־'al-H5921thegodlessחָנֵ֥ףcha.NefH2611.
9Yet shall therighteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662holdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270on hiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870, and he that hathcleanH2891handsיָ֝דַ֗יִםya.Da.yimH3027shall waxstrongerH555andstrongerH555.
10Butreturnתָּ֭שֻׁבוּTa.shu.vuH7725ye,allH3605ofyouH3605, andcomeוּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uH935nowנָ֑אNa'H4994: and I shallnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808findאֶמְצָ֖א'em.Tza'H4672awiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450manH2450amongyouH3605.
11Mydaysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117are past, my purposes arebrokenH5423offH5423,evenמ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmo.ra.SheiH4180the droughts of myheartלְבָבִֽי׃le.va.ViH3824.
12They change thenightלַ֭יְלָהLay.lahH3915intoH3915adayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117: the fight, say they, isnearקָר֥וֹבka.RovH7138unto thedarknessחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃Cho.shekhH2822.
13IfH518Ilookאֲ֭קַוֶּה'A.ka.vehH6960forSheolשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585as minehouseבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004;ifH518I have spread mycouchיְצוּעָֽי׃ye.tzu.'AiH3326in thedarknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822;
14If I have said tocorruptionלַשַּׁ֣חַתla.Sha.chatH7845, Thou art myfatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1; to thewormלָֽרִמָּֽה׃La.ri.MahH7415, Thou art mymotherאִמִּ֥י'i.MiH517, and mysisterוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יva.'a.cho.TiH269;
15Whereוְ֭אַיֵּהVe.'ai.yehH346then is myhopeתִקְוָתִ֑יtik.va.TiH8615? and as for myhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve.tik.va.TiH8615, who shallseeיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it?
16It shallgoתֵּרַ֑דְנָהte.Rad.nahH3381downH3381to thebarsבַּדֵּ֣יba.DeiH905ofSheolשְׁאֹ֣לshe.'OlH7585, whenonceH3381there is rest in thedustעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083.
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