1But now they that areyoungerצְעִירִ֥ים לְיָ֫מִ֥יםtze.'i.Rim le.Ya.MimH6810H3117than I hold me inderisionשָֽׂחֲק֣וּsa.cha.KuH7832, whosefathersאֲבוֹתָ֑ם'a.vo.TamH1I would havedisdainedמָאַ֥סְתִּיma.'As.tiH3988tosetלָ֝שִׁ֗יתla.ShitH7896with thedogsכַּלְבֵ֥יkal.VeiH3611of myflockצֹאנִֽי׃tzo.NiH6629.
2Yea, towhatלָ֣מָּהLa.mahH4100might thestrengthכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581of theirhandsיְ֭דֵיהֶםYe.dei.hemH3027profit me, in whom oldageכָּֽלַח׃Ka.lachH3624hadperishedאָ֣בַד'A.vadH6?
5They were drivenforthיְגֹרָ֑שׁוּye.go.Ra.shuH1644fromamongגֵּ֥וgevH1460men, (theycriedיָרִ֥יעוּya.Ri.'uH7321after them as after athiefכַּגַּנָּֽב׃ka.ga.NavH1590;)
6Todwellלִשְׁכֹּ֑ןlish.KonH7931in thecleftsבַּעֲר֣וּץba.'a.RutzH6178of thevalleysנְחָלִ֣יםne.cha.LimH5158, incavesחֹרֵ֖יcho.ReiH2356of theearthעָפָ֣ר'a.FarH6083, and in therocksוְכֵפִֽים׃ve.khe.FimH3710.
7Among thebushesשִׂיחִ֥יםsi.ChimH7880theybrayedיִנְהָ֑קוּyin.Ha.kuH5101; under thenettlesחָר֣וּלcha.RulH2738they were gatheredtogetherיְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃ye.su.Pa.chuH5596.
8They werechildrenבְּֽנֵי־be.nei-H1121offoolsנָ֭בָלNa.volH5036, yea,childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of basemenשֵׁ֑םShemH8034: they werevilerנִ֝כְּא֗וּni.ke.'UH5217than theearthהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.
9And now I am theirsongנְגִינָתָ֣םne.gi.na.TamH5058, yea, I am theirbywordלְמִלָּֽה׃le.mi.LahH4405.
10Theyabhorתִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִיTi.'a.vu.niH8581me, they fleefarרָ֣חֲקוּRa.cha.kuH7368from me, andspareחָ֥שְׂכוּCha.se.khuH2820not tospitרֹֽק׃RokH7536in myfaceוּ֝מִפָּנַ֗יu.mi.pa.NaiH6440.
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