5If I havewalkedהָלַ֥כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiH1980withvanityשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723, or if myfootרַגְלִֽי׃rag.LiH7272hathhastedוַתַּ֖חַשׁva.Ta.chashH2363todeceitמִרְמָ֣הmir.MahH4820;
6Let me beweighedיִשְׁקְלֵ֥נִיyish.ke.Le.niH8254in anevenצֶ֑דֶקTze.dekH6664balanceבְמֹאזְנֵי־ve.mo.ze.nei-H3976, thatGodאֱ֝ל֗וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433mayknowוְיֵדַ֥עve.ye.Da'H3045myintegrityתֻּמָּתִֽי׃tu.ma.TiH8538.
7If mystepאַשֻּׁרִי֮'a.shu.RiH838hath turnedoutתִּטֶּ֣הti.TehH5186of thewayהַ֫דָּ֥רֶךְha.Da.rekhH1870, and myheartלִבִּ֑יli.BiH3820walkedהָלַ֣ךְha.LakhH1980afterוְאַחַ֣רve.'a.CharH310myeyesעֵ֭ינַי'Ei.naiH5869, and if anyblotמֻאֽוּם׃ פmu.'UmH3971hathcleavedדָּ֣בַקDa.vakH1692to myhandsוּ֝בְכַפַּ֗יu.ve.kha.PaiH3709;
8Then let mesowאֶ֭זְרְעָה'Ez.re.'ahH2232, and letanotherוְאַחֵ֣רve.'a.CherH312eatיֹאכֵ֑לyo.KhelH398; yea, let myoffspringוְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥יve.tze.'e.tza.'AiH6631be rootedoutיְשֹׁרָֽשׁוּ׃ye.sho.Ra.shuH8327.
9If myheartלִ֭בִּיLi.biH3820hath beendeceivedנִפְתָּ֣הnif.TahH6601by awomanאִשָּׁ֑ה'i.ShahH802, or if I have laidwaitאָרָֽבְתִּי׃'a.Ra.ve.tiH693at myneighbour’sרֵעִ֣יre.'IH7453doorפֶּ֖תַחPe.tachH6607;
10Then let mywifeאִשְׁתִּ֑י'ish.TiH802grindתִּטְחַ֣ןtit.ChanH2912toanotherלְאַחֵ֣רle.'a.CherH312, and letothersאֲחֵרִֽין׃'a.che.RinH312bowdownיִכְרְע֥וּןyikh.re.'UnH3766upon her.
11For this is an heinouscrimeזִמָּ֑הzi.MahH2154; yea, it is aniniquityעָוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771to be punished by thejudgesפְּלִילִֽים׃pe.li.LimH6414.
12For it is afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784thatconsumethתֹּאכֵ֑לto.KhelH398todestructionאֲבַדּ֣וֹן'a.va.DonH11, and would rootoutתְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃te.sha.ReshH8327all myincreaseתְּב֖וּאָתִ֣יte.Vu.'a.TiH8393.
13If Idespisedאֶמְאַ֗ס'em.'AsH3988thecauseמִשְׁפַּ֣טmish.PatH4941of mymaleעַ֭בְדִּי'Av.diH5650or femaleservantוַאֲמָתִ֑יva.'a.ma.TiH519, when theycontendedבְּ֝רִבָ֗םbe.ri.VamH7379with me;
14What then shall Idoאֶֽ֭עֱשֶׂה'E.'e.sehH6213whenGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410risethupיָק֣וּםya.KumH6965? and when hevisitethיִ֝פְקֹ֗דyif.KodH6485, what shall Ianswerאֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃'a.shi.Ve.nuH7725him?
15Did not he thatmadeעֹשֵׂ֣נִי'o.Se.niH6213me in thewombבַ֭בֶּטֶןVa.be.tenH990makeעָשָׂ֑הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213him? and did notoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259fashionוַ֝יְכֻנֶ֗נּוּvay.khu.Ne.nuH3559us in thewombבָּרֶ֥חֶםba.Re.chemH7358?
16If I havewithheldאֶ֭מְנַע'Em.na'H4513thepoorדַּלִּ֑יםda.LimH1800from theirdesireמֵחֵ֣פֶץme.Che.fetzH2656, or have caused theeyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of thewidowאַלְמָנָ֣ה'al.ma.NahH490tofailאֲכַלֶּֽה׃'a.kha.LehH3615;
17Or haveeatenוְאֹכַ֣לve.'o.KhalH398mymorselפִּתִּ֣יpi.TiH6595myself alone, and thefatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490hath noteatenאָכַ֖ל'a.KhalH398of it;
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