1Butnowוְעַתָּ֤ה׀ve.'a.TahH6258they that areyoungerצְעִירִ֥יםtze.'i.RimH6810thanמִמֶּ֗נִּיmi.Me.niH4480I havemeעָלַי֮'a.LaiH5921in derision,whoseאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834fathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1I disdained tosetלָ֝שִׁ֗יתla.ShitH7896with thedogsכַּלְבֵ֥יkal.VeiH3611of myflockצֹאנִֽי׃tzo.NiH6629.
2Yea, thestrengthכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581of theirhandsיְ֭דֵיהֶםYe.dei.hemH3027, whereto should it profitmeעָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ'a.Lei.movH5921? men in whom ripe age isperishedאָ֣בַד'A.vadH6.
3They aregauntגַּ֫לְמ֥וּדgal.MudH1565withwantבְּחֶ֥סֶרbe.Che.serH2639andfamineוּבְכָפָ֗ןu.ve.kha.FanH3720; theygnawהַֽעֹרְקִ֥יםha.'o.re.KimH6207thedryצִיָּ֑הtzi.YahH6723ground; in the gloom of wasteness anddesolationוּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃u.me.sho.'AhH4875.
4Theypluckהַקֹּטְפִ֣יםha.ko.te.FimH6998salt-wort by thebushesשִׂ֑יחַSi.achH7880; and therootsוְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁve.Sho.reshH8328of thebroomרְתָמִ֣יםre.ta.MimH7574are their meat.
5They aredrivenיְגֹרָ֑שׁוּye.go.Ra.shuH1644forth from the midst of men; theycryיָרִ֥יעוּya.Ri.'uH7321afterH4480them asafterH4480athiefכַּגַּנָּֽב׃ka.ga.NavH1590.
6In the clefts of thevalleysנְחָלִ֣יםne.cha.LimH5158must theydwellלִשְׁכֹּ֑ןlish.KonH7931, inholesחֹרֵ֖יcho.ReiH2356of theearthעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083and of therocksוְכֵפִֽים׃ve.khe.FimH3710.
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