3Let thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6wherein I wasbornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205, and thenightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915whichsaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, There is amanגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397childH2030conceived.
5LetH1350darknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and theshadowH6757ofdeathH6757claimH1350it for their own;letH1350acloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931uponעָלָ֣יו'a.LavH5921it;letH1350allH3117that makethblackH6757thedayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.
6As for thatnightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915,letH408thickdarknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947uponH935it:letH408itnotH408rejoice among thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of theyearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141;letH408itnotH408comeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935intoH935thenumberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of themonthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.
8Let themcurseH779it thatcurseH779thedayי֑וֹםYomH3117, who arereadyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264torouseעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782upH5782leviathanלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.
9LetH408thestarsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of thetwilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399thereof bedarkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821:letH408itlookיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200forlightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but havenoneH369;neitherH369letH408itbeholdH7200theeyelidsבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of themorningשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:
10Becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588itshutסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462notH3808upH5462thedoorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990,norH3808hidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641troubleעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from mineeyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.
12Whyוּמַה־u.ma.ho.Sha-H4100didH4100thekneesבִרְכָּ֑יִםvir.Ka.yimH1290receiveקִדְּמ֣וּנִיki.de.Mu.niH6923meH4100? orwhyH4100thebreastsשָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםSha.Da.yimH7699, that I shouldsuckאִינָֽק׃'i.NakH3243?
13Fornowעַ֭תָּה'A.tahH6258should I havelainH7901downשָׁכַ֣בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901and beenquietוְאֶשְׁק֑וֹטve.'esh.KotH8252; I should havesleptH7901; then had I been atrestיָנ֬וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117:
16Or as anhiddenטָ֭מוּןTa.munH2934untimelybirthH3808I hadnotH3808been; asinfantsכְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗יםke.'o.le.LimH5768whichneverH3808sawרָ֥אוּRa.'uH7200lightאֽוֹר׃'orH216.
17There thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563ceaseחָ֣דְלוּCha.de.luH2308from troubling; and there thewearyיְגִ֣יעֵיye.Gi.'eiH3019be atrestיָ֝נ֗וּחוּya.Nu.chuH5117.
19Thesmallקָטֹ֣ןka.TonH6996andgreatוְ֭גָדוֹלVe.ga.dolH1419are there; and theservantוְ֝עֶ֗בֶדve.'E.vedH5650isfreeחָפְשִׁ֥יcha.fe.ShiH2670from hismasterמֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃me.'a.do.NavH113.
20Wherefore islightא֑וֹר'orH216givenיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414to him that is in misery, andlifeH5315unto thebitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751insoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315;
21Whichlongהַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.KimH2442fordeathלַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetH4194, but it comethnotH369; anddigוַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huH2658for itmoreH369than for hidtreasuresמִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃mi.mat.mo.NimH4301;
22WhichrejoiceH8055exceedingly, and aregladH8055, when they canfindיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672thegraveקָֽבֶר׃Ka.verH6913?
23WhyH834is light given to amanלְ֭גֶבֶרLe.ge.verH1397whoseH834wayדַּרְכּ֣וֹdar.KoH1870ishidנִסְתָּ֑רָהnis.Ta.rahH5641, andwhomH834Godאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433hathhedgedוַיָּ֖סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526in?
24For mysighingאַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.TiH585comethbeforeH6440I eat, and my roarings arepouredוַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.KhuH5413outH6440likewaterכַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325.
25For thethingכִּ֤יkiH3588whichH834Ifearפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343comethuponH935meH935, and thatwhichH834I amafraidפָּ֭חַדְתִּיPa.chad.tiH6342of cometh untomeH935.
26I amnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808ateaseשָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀sha.Lav.tiH7951,neitherוְלֹ֖אve.Lo'H3808am Iquietשָׁקַ֥טְתִּיsha.Ka.tiH8252,neitherוְֽלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808have Irestנָ֗חְתִּיNa.che.tiH5117; but trouble cometh.
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