3Let thedayי֭וֹםYomH3117perishיֹ֣אבַדYoadH6when I wasbornאִוָּ֣לֶד'i.Va.ledH3205, and thenightוְהַלַּ֥יְלָהve.ha.Lay.lahH3915in which it wassaidאָ֝מַ֗ר'a.MarH559, There is a manchildגָֽבֶר׃Ga.verH1397conceivedהֹ֣רָהHo.rahH2029.
4Let thatdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117bedarknessחֹ֥שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822; let notGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433regardיִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּyid.re.She.huH1875it fromaboveמִמָּ֑עַלmi.Ma.'alH4605, neither let thelightנְהָרָֽה׃ne.ha.RahH5105shineתּוֹפַ֖עto.Fa'H3313upon it.
5Letdarknessחֹ֣שֶׁךְCho.shekhH2822and the shadow ofdeathוְ֭צַלְמָוֶתVe.tzal.ma.vetH6757stainיִגְאָלֻ֡הוּyig.'a.Lu.huH1350it; let acloudעֲנָנָ֑ה'a.na.NahH6053dwellתִּשְׁכָּן־tish.kon-H7931upon it; let theblacknessכִּֽמְרִ֥ירֵיkim.Ri.reiH3650of thedayיֽוֹם׃YomH3117terrifyיְ֝בַעֲתֻ֗הוּye.va.'a.Tu.huH1204it.
6As for thatnightהַלַּ֥יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915, letdarknessאֹ֥פֶל'O.felH652seizeיִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּyi.ka.Che.HuH3947upon it; let it not bejoinedיִ֭חַדְּYi.chadH2302to thedaysבִּימֵ֣יbi.MeiH3117of theyearשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141, let it notcomeיָבֹֽא׃ya.Vo'H935into thenumberבְּמִסְפַּ֥רbe.mis.ParH4557of themonthsיְ֝רָחִ֗יםye.ra.ChimH3391.
7Lo, let thatnightהַלַּ֣יְלָהha.Lay.lahH3915besolitaryגַלְמ֑וּדgal.MudH1565, let no joyfulvoiceרְנָנָ֣הre.na.NahH7445comeתָּבֹ֖אta.Vo'H935in it.
8Let themcurseH5344it thatcurseאֹרְרֵי־'o.re.rei-H779thedayי֑וֹםYomH3117, who arereadyהָ֝עֲתִידִ֗יםha.'a.ti.DimH6264to raiseupעֹרֵ֥ר'o.RerH5782theirmourningלִוְיָתָֽן׃liv.ya.TanH3882.
9Let thestarsכּוֹכְבֵ֪יkokh.VeiH3556of itstwilightנִ֫שְׁפּ֥וֹnish.PoH5399bedarkיֶחְשְׁכוּ֮yech.she.KhuH2821; let itlookיְקַו־ye.kav-H6960forlightלְא֥וֹרle.'orH216, but have none; neither let itseeיִ֝רְאֶ֗הyir.'EhH7200thedawningבְּעַפְעַפֵּי־be.'af.'a.pei-H6079of thedayשָֽׁחַר׃Sha.charH7837:
10Because it shut notupסָ֭גַרSa.garH5462thedoorsדַּלְתֵ֣יdal.TeiH1817of my mother’swombבִטְנִ֑יvit.NiH990, norhidוַיַּסְתֵּ֥רvai.yas.TerH5641sorrowעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999from myeyesמֵעֵינָֽי׃me.'ei.NaiH5869.
11Whydiedאָמ֑וּת'a.MutH4191I not from thewombמֵרֶ֣חֶםme.Re.chemH7358? why did I not give up theghostוְאֶגְוָֽע׃ve.'eg.Va'H1478when I cameoutיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318of thewombמִבֶּ֖טֶןmi.Be.tenH990?
12Why did thekneesבִרְכָּ֑יִםvir.Ka.yimH1290receiveקִדְּמ֣וּנִיki.de.Mu.niH6923me? or why thebreastsשָּׁ֝דַ֗יִםSha.Da.yimH7699that I should benursedאִינָֽק׃'i.NakH3243?
13For now should I have lainstillשָׁכַ֣בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901and beenquietוְאֶשְׁק֑וֹטve.'esh.KotH8252, I should havesleptיָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּיya.Shan.tiH3462: then had I been atrestיָנ֬וּחַֽya.Nu.achH5117,
16Or as anhiddenטָ֭מוּןTa.munH2934untimelybirthכְנֵ֣פֶלkhe.Ne.felH5309I had not been; asinfantsכְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗יםke.'o.le.LimH5768which neversawרָ֥אוּRa.'uH7200lightאֽוֹר׃'orH216.
17There thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563ceaseחָ֣דְלוּCha.de.luH2308fromtroublingרֹ֑גֶזRo.gezH7267; and there thewearyיְגִ֣יעֵי כֹֽחַ׃ye.Gi.'ei Kho.achH3019H3581are atrestיָ֝נ֗וּחוּya.Nu.chuH5117.
19Thesmallקָטֹ֣ןka.TonH6996andgreatוְ֭גָדוֹלVe.ga.dolH1419are there; and theservantוְ֝עֶ֗בֶדve.'E.vedH5650isfreeחָפְשִׁ֥יcha.fe.ShiH2670from hismasterמֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃me.'a.do.NavH113.
20Why islightא֑וֹר'orH216givenיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414to him that is inmiseryלְעָמֵ֣לle.'a.MelH6001, andlifeוְ֝חַיִּ֗יםve.chai.YimH2416to thebitterלְמָ֣רֵיle.Ma.reiH4751insoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315;
21Wholongהַֽמְחַכִּ֣יםham.cha.KimH2442fordeathלַמָּ֣וֶתla.Ma.vetH4194, but it cometh not; anddigוַֽ֝יַּחְפְּרֻ֗הוּvai.yach.pe.Ru.huH2658for it more than for hidtreasuresמִמַּטְמוֹנִֽים׃mi.mat.mo.NimH4301;
22Whorejoiceהַשְּׂמֵחִ֥יםha.se.me.ChimH8056exceedinglyגִ֑ילGilH1524, and aregladיָ֝שִׂ֗ישׂוּya.Si.suH7797, when they canfindיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672thegraveקָֽבֶר׃Ka.verH6913?
23Why is light given to amanלְ֭גֶבֶרLe.ge.verH1397whosewayדַּרְכּ֣וֹdar.KoH1870ishidנִסְתָּ֑רָהnis.Ta.rahH5641, and whomGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433hath hedgedinוַיָּ֖סֶךְvai.Ya.sekhH5526?
24For mysighingאַנְחָתִ֣י'an.cha.TiH585comethתָבֹ֑אta.Vo'H935beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Ieatלַ֭חְמִיLach.miH3899, and myroaringsשַׁאֲגֹתָֽי׃sha.'a.go.TaiH7581are pouredoutוַֽיִּתְּכ֥וּvai.yi.te.KhuH5413like thewatersכַ֝מַּ֗יִםkha.Ma.yimH4325.
25For the thing which Igreatlyפַ֣חַדFa.chadH6343fearedפָּ֭חַדְתִּיPa.chad.tiH6342hathcomeוַיֶּאֱתָיֵ֑נִיvai.ye.'e.ta.Ye.niH857upon me, and that which Ifearedיָ֝גֹ֗רְתִּיya.Go.re.tiH3025hathcomeיָ֣בֹאYa.vo'H935to me.
26I was not insafetyשָׁלַ֨וְתִּי׀sha.Lav.tiH7951, neither had Irestשָׁקַ֥טְתִּיsha.Ka.tiH8252, neither was Iquietנָ֗חְתִּיNa.che.tiH5117; yettroubleרֹֽגֶז׃ פRo.gezH7267cameוַיָּ֥בֹאvai.Ya.vo'H935.
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