1Mybreathרוּחִ֣יru.ChiH7307iscorruptחֻ֭בָּלָהChu.ba.lahH2254, mydaysיָמַ֥יya.MaiH3117areextinctנִזְעָ֗כוּniz.'A.khuH2193, thegravesקְבָרִ֥יםke.va.RimH6913are ready for me.
2Are there notmockersהֲ֭תֻלִיםHa.tu.limH2049with me? and doth not myeyeעֵינִֽי׃'ei.NiH5869continueתָּלַ֥ןta.LanH3885in theirprovocationוּ֝בְהַמְּרוֹתָ֗םu.ve.ha.me.ro.TamH4784?
3Laydownשִֽׂימָה־si.mah-H7760now, put me in asuretyעָרְבֵ֣נִי'a.re.Ve.niH6148with thee; who is he that willstrikeיִתָּקֵֽעַ׃yi.ta.Ke.a'H8628handsלְיָדִ֥יle.ya.DiH3027with me?
5He thatspeakethיַגִּ֣ידya.GidH5046flatteryלְ֭חֵלֶקLe.che.lekH2506to hisfriendsרֵעִ֑יםre.'ImH7453, even theeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of hischildrenבָנָ֣יוva.NavH1121shallfailתִּכְלֶֽנָה׃tikh.Le.nahH3615.
6He hathmadeוְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִיVe.hi.tzi.ga.niH3322me also abywordלִמְשֹׁ֣לlim.SholH4914of thepeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971; and as onebeforeלְפָנִ֣יםle.fa.NimH6440whom menspitוְתֹ֖פֶתve.To.fetH8611.
7Myeyeעֵינִ֑י'ei.NiH5869also isdimוַתֵּ֣כַהּva.Te.khahH3543by reason ofsorrowמִכַּ֣עַשׂmi.Ka.'asH3708, and all mymembersוִֽיצֻרַ֖יvi.tzu.RaiH3338are as ashadowכַּצֵּ֣לka.TzelH6738.
8Uprightיְשָׁרִ֣יםye.sha.RimH3477men shall beappalledיָשֹׁ֣מּוּya.Sho.muH8074at this, and theinnocentוְ֝נָקִ֗יve.na.KiH5355shall stirupיִתְעֹרָֽר׃yit.'o.RarH5782himself against thehypocriteחָנֵ֥ףcha.NefH2611.
9Therighteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662also shallholdוְיֹאחֵ֣זve.yo.ChezH270on hiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870, and he that hathcleanH2890handsיָ֝דַ֗יִםya.Da.yimH3027shallbeיֹסִ֥יףyo.SifH3254stronger andstrongerאֹֽמֶץ׃'O.metzH555.
10Butוְֽאוּלָ֗םve.'u.LamH199as for you all, do yereturnתָּ֭שֻׁבוּTa.shu.vuH7725, and comenowוּבֹ֣אוּu.Vo.'uH935: for I cannotfindאֶמְצָ֖א'em.Tza'H4672onewiseחָכָֽם׃cha.KhamH2450man among you.
11Mydaysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117arepastעָ֭בְרוּ'A.ve.ruH5674, mypurposesזִמֹּתַ֣יzi.mo.TaiH2154are brokenoffנִתְּק֑וּni.te.KuH5423, even thethoughtsמ֖וֹרָשֵׁ֣יmo.ra.SheiH4180of myheartלְבָבִֽי׃le.va.ViH3824.
13If Iwaitאֲ֭קַוֶּה'A.ka.vehH6960, thegraveשְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olH7585is myhouseבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004: I havemadeרִפַּ֥דְתִּיri.Pad.tiH7502mybedיְצוּעָֽי׃ye.tzu.'AiH3326in thedarknessבַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhH2822.
14I havesaidקָ֭רָאתִיKa.ra.tiH7121tocorruptionלַשַּׁ֣חַתla.Sha.chatH7845, Thou art myfatherאָ֣בִי'A.viH1: to thewormלָֽרִמָּֽה׃La.ri.MahH7415, Thou art mymotherאִמִּ֥י'i.MiH517, and mysisterוַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗יva.'a.cho.TiH269.
15And where isnowאֵפ֣וֹ'e.FoH645myhopeתִקְוָתִ֑יtik.va.TiH8615? as for myhopeוְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve.tik.va.TiH8615, who shallseeיְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃ye.shu.Re.nahH7789it?
16They shall godownתֵּרַ֑דְנָהte.Rad.nahH3381to thebarsבַּדֵּ֣יba.DeiH905of thepitשְׁאֹ֣לshe.'OlH7585, when ourrestH5183togetherיַ֖חַדYa.chadH3162is in thedustעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083.
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