2AsGodאֵ֭ל'elH410livethחַי־chai-H2416, who hath takenawayהֵסִ֣ירhe.SirH5493myjudgmentמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יmish.pa.TiH4941; and theAlmightyוְ֝שַׁדַּ֗יve.sha.DaiH7706, who hathafflictedהֵמַ֥רhe.MarH4843mysoulנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315;
3All thewhileע֣וֹדodH5750mybreathנִשְׁמָתִ֣יnish.ma.TiH5397is in me, and thespiritוְר֖וּחַve.Ru.achH7307ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433is in mynostrilsבְּאַפִּֽי׃be.'a.PiH639;
4Mylipsשְׂפָתַ֣יse.fa.TaiH8193shall notspeakתְּדַבֵּ֣רְנָהte.da.Be.re.nahH1696wickednessעַוְלָ֑ה'av.LahH5766, nor mytongueוּ֝לְשׁוֹנִ֗יu.le.sho.NiH3956utterיֶהְגֶּ֥הyeh.GehH1897deceitרְמִיָּֽה׃re.mi.YahH7423.
5Far be it frommeחָלִ֣ילָהcha.Li.lahH2486that I shouldjustifyאַצְדִּ֪יק'atz.DikH6663you: till Idieאֶגְוָ֑ע'eg.Va'H1478I will notremoveאָסִ֖יר'a.SirH5493myintegrityתֻּמָּתִ֣יtu.ma.TiH8538from me.
6Myrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָתִ֣יbe.tzid.ka.TiH6666Iholdהֶ֭חֱזַקְתִּיHe.che.zak.tiH2388fast, and will not let itgoאַרְפֶּ֑הָ'ar.Pe.haH7503: myheartלְ֝בָבִ֗יle.va.ViH3824shall notreproachיֶחֱרַ֥ףye.che.RafH2778me so long as Iliveמִיָּמָֽי׃mi.ya.MaiH3117.
7Let myenemyאֹ֣יְבִ֑י'o.ye.ViH341be as thewickedכְ֭רָשָׁעKhe.ra.sho'H7563, and he that risethupוּמִתְקוֹמְמִ֥יu.mit.ko.MiH6965against me as theunrighteousכְעַוָּֽל׃khe.'a.ValH5767.
8For what is thehopeתִּקְוַ֣תtik.VatH8615of thehypocriteחָ֭נֵףCha.nefH2611, though he hathgainedיִבְצָ֑עyiv.Tza'H1214, whenGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433takethawayיֵ֖שֶׁלYe.shelH7953hissoulנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315?
10Will hedelightיִתְעַנָּ֑גyit.'a.NagH6026himself in theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֥יsha.DaiH7706? will healwaysעֵֽת׃'EtH6256callיִקְרָ֖אyik.Ra'H7121uponGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433?
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