2I haveheardשָׁמַ֣עְתִּיsha.Ma'.tiH8085many suchthingsרַבּ֑וֹתra.BotH7227:miserableעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999comfortersמְנַחֲמֵ֖יme.na.cha.MeiH5162are ye all.
3Shallvainר֑וּחַRu.achH7307wordsלְדִבְרֵי־le.div.rei-H1697have anendהֲקֵ֥ץha.KetzH7093? or whatemboldenethיַּ֝מְרִֽיצְךָ֗yam.ri.tze.khaH4834thee that thouanswerestתַעֲנֶֽה׃ta.'a.NehH6030?
4I also couldspeakאֲדַ֫בֵּ֥רָה'a.Da.Be.rahH1696as ye do :ifל֤וּ־Lu-H3863yoursoulנַפְשְׁכֶ֡םnaf.she.KhemH5315wereיֵ֪שׁyeshH3426in mysoul’sנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315stead, I could heapupאַחְבִּ֣ירָה'ach.Bi.rahH2266wordsבְּמִלִּ֑יםbe.mi.LimH4405against you, andshakeוְאָנִ֥יעָהve.'a.Ni.'ahH5128myheadרֹאשִֽׁי׃ro.ShiH7218atבְּמ֣וֹbe.MoH1119you.
5But I wouldstrengthenאֲאַמִּצְכֶ֥ם'a.'a.mitz.KhemH553youwithבְּמוֹ־be.mov-H1119mymouthפִ֑יFiH6310, and themovingוְנִ֖ידve.NidH5205of mylipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193shouldrelieveיַחְשֹֽׂךְ׃yach.SokhH2820your grief .
6Though Ispeakאֲ֭דַבְּרָה'A.da.be.rahH1696, mygriefכְּאֵבִ֑יke.'e.ViH3511is notrelievedיֵחָשֵׂ֣ךְye.cha.SekhH2820: and though Iforbearוְ֝אַחְדְּלָ֗הve.'ach.de.LahH2308, what am Ieasedיַהֲלֹֽךְ׃ya.ha.LokhH1980?
7But now he hath made mewearyהֶלְאָ֑נִיhel.'A.niH3811: thou hast madedesolateהֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָha.shi.Mo.taH8074all mycompanyעֲדָתִֽי׃'a.da.TiH5712.
8And thou hast filled me withwrinklesוַֽ֭תִּקְמְטֵנִיVa.tik.me.te.niH7059, which is awitnessלְעֵ֣דle.'EdH5707against me : and myleannessכַ֝חֲשִׁ֗יkha.cha.ShiH3585risingupוַיָּ֥קָםvai.Ya.komH6965in me bearethwitnessיַעֲנֶֽה׃ya.'a.NehH6030to myfaceבְּפָנַ֥יbe.fa.NaiH6440.
9Hetearethטָרַ֨ף׀ta.RafH2963me in hiswrathאַפּ֤וֹ'a.PoH639, whohatethוַֽיִּשְׂטְמֵ֗נִיvai.yis.te.Me.niH7852me: hegnashethחָרַ֣קcha.RakH2786upon me with histeethבְּשִׁנָּ֑יוbe.shi.NavH8127; myenemyצָרִ֓י׀tza.RiH6862sharpenethיִלְט֖וֹשׁyil.To.oshH3913hiseyesעֵינָ֣יו'ei.NavH5869upon me.
10They havegapedפָּעֲר֬וּpa.'a.RuH6473upon me with theirmouthבְּפִיהֶ֗םbe.fi.HemH6310; they havesmittenהִכּ֣וּhi.KuH5221me upon thecheekלְחָיָ֑יle.cha.YaiH3895reproachfullyבְּ֭חֶרְפָּהBe.cher.pahH2781; they havegatheredיִתְמַלָּאֽוּן׃yit.ma.la.'UnH4390themselvestogetherיַ֝֗חַדYa.chadH3162against me.
11Godאֵ֭ל'elH410hathdeliveredיַסְגִּירֵ֣נִיyas.gi.Re.niH5462me to theungodlyעֲוִ֑יל'a.VilH5760, and turned meoverיִרְטֵֽנִי׃yir.Te.niH3399into thehandsיְדֵ֖יye.DeiH3027of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563.
12I was ateaseשָׁ֘לֵ֤וsha.LevH7961, but he hath broken measunderוַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִיvay.far.pe.Re.niH6565: he hath alsotakenוְאָחַ֣זve.'a.ChazH270me by myneckבְּ֭עָרְפִּיBe.'a.re.piH6203, and shaken me topiecesוַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִיvay.fatz.pe.Tze.niH6327, and set meupוַיְקִימֵ֥נִיvay.ki.Me.niH6965for hismarkלְמַטָּרָֽה׃le.ma.ta.RahH4307.
13Hisarchersרַבָּ֗יוra.BavH7228surroundmeיָ֘סֹ֤בּוּya.So.buH5437, hecleavethH6398myreinsכִּ֭לְיוֹתַיKil.yo.taiH3629asunderH6398, and doth notspareיַחְמ֑וֹלyach.MolH2550; he pourethoutיִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְyish.PokhH8210mygallמְרֵרָֽתִי׃me.re.Ra.tiH4845upon thegroundלָ֝אָ֗רֶץla.'A.retzH776.
14Hebreakethיִפְרְצֵ֣נִיyif.re.Tze.niH6555me withbreachפֶ֭רֶץFe.retzH6556uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440breachפָ֑רֶץFa.retzH6556, herunnethיָרֻ֖ץya.RutzH7323upon me like agiantכְּגִבּֽוֹר׃ke.gi.BorH1368.
16Myfaceפָּנַ֣יpa.NaiH6440isfoulחֳ֭מַרְמְרוּcho.mar.me.rahH2560withweepingבֶ֑כִיVe.khiH1065, and on myeyelidsעַפְעַפַּ֣י'af.'a.PaiH6079are the shadow ofdeathצַלְמָֽוֶת׃tzal.Ma.vetH6757;
17Not for anyinjusticeחָמָ֣סcha.MasH2555in myhandsבְּכַפָּ֑יbe.kha.PaiH3709: also myprayerוּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥יu.te.fi.la.TiH8605ispureזַכָּֽה׃za.KahH2134.
18Oearthאֶ֭רֶץ'E.retzH776,coverתְּכַסִּ֣יte.kha.SiH3680not thou mybloodדָמִ֑יda.MiH1818, and let mycryלְזַעֲקָתִֽי׃le.za.'a.ka.TiH2201have noplaceמָ֝ק֗וֹםma.KomH4725.
19Also now, behold, mywitnessעֵדִ֑י'e.DiH5707is inheavenבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and myrecordוְ֝שָׂהֲדִ֗יve.sa.ha.DiH7717is onhighבַּמְּרוֹמִֽים׃ba.me.ro.MimH4791.
20Myfriendsרֵעָ֑יre.'AiH7453scornמְלִיצַ֥יme.li.TzaiH3887me: but myeyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869pourethoutדָּלְפָ֥הdal.FahH1811tears toGodאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433.
21O that one mightpleadוְיוֹכַ֣חve.yo.KhachH3198for amanלְגֶ֣בֶרle.Ge.verH1397withGodאֱל֑וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433, as amanאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120pleadeth for hisneighbourוּֽבֶן־ לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃u.ven- le.re.'E.huH1121H7453!
22When afewמִסְפָּ֣רmis.ParH4557yearsשְׁנ֣וֹתshe.NotH8141arecomeיֶאֱתָ֑יוּye.'e.Ta.yuH857, then I shallgoאֶהֱלֹֽךְ׃'e.he.LokhH1980thewayוְאֹ֖רַחve.'O.rachH734from which I shall notreturnאָשׁ֣וּב'a.ShuvH7725.
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