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1 Samuel 12:20-24

20AndSamuelשְׁמוּאֵ֤לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to thepeopleהָעָם֙ha.'AmH5971,Fearתִּירָ֔אוּti.Ra.'uH3372not: ye havedoneעֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם'a.si.TemH6213all thiswickednessהָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'AhH7451: yet turn notasideתָּס֙וּרוּ֙ta.Su.ruH5493fromfollowingמֵאַחֲרֵ֣יme.'a.cha.ReiH310theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, butserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥םva.'a.vad.TemH5647theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068with all yourheartלְבַבְכֶֽם׃le.vav.KhemH3824;

21And turn ye notasideתָּס֑וּרוּta.Su.ruH5493: for then should ye goafterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310vainהַתֹּ֗הוּha.To.huH8414things, which cannotprofitיוֹעִ֛ילוּyo.'I.luH3276nordeliverיַצִּ֖ילוּya.Tzi.luH5337; for they arevainתֹ֥הוּTo.huH8414.

22For theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068will notforsakeיִטֹּ֤שׁyi.ToshH5203hispeopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971for hisgreatהַגָּד֑וֹלha.ga.DolH1419name’sשְׁמ֣וֹshe.MoH8034sake: because it hathpleasedהוֹאִ֣ילho.'IlH2974theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068tomakeלַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.SotH6213you hispeopleלְעָֽם׃le.'AmH5971.

23Moreover as formeאָנֹכִ֗י'a.no.KhiH595, Far be it frommeחָלִ֤ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I shouldsinמֵחֲטֹ֣אme.cha.To'H2398against theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068inceasingמֵחֲדֹ֖לme.cha.DolH2308toprayלְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣לle.hit.pa.LelH6419for you: but I willteachוְהוֹרֵיתִ֣יve.ho.rei.TiH3384you thegoodהַטּוֹבָ֖הha.to.VahH2896and therightוְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃ve.hay.sha.RahH3477wayבְּדֶ֥רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870:

24Onlyfearיְר֣אוּye.R.'uH3372theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, andserveוַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥םva.'a.vad.TemH5647him intruthבֶּאֱמֶ֖תbe.'e.MetH571with all yourheartלְבַבְכֶ֑םle.vav.KhemH3824: forconsiderרְא֔וּre.'UH7200what great things he hathdoneהִגְדִּ֖לhig.DilH1431for you.

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