2If wetryהֲנִסָּ֬הha.ni.SahH5254tospeakדָבָ֣רda.VarH1697with thee, wilt thou begrievedתִּלְאֶ֑הtil.'EhH3811? but whocanיוּכָֽל׃yu.KhalH3201restrainוַעְצֹ֥רva'.TzorH6113fromspeakingבְּ֝מִלִּ֗יןbe.mi.LinH4405?
3Behold, thou hastinstructedיִסַּ֣רְתָּyi.Sar.taH3256manyרַבִּ֑יםra.BimH7227, and thou haststrengthenedתְּחַזֵּֽק׃te.cha.ZekH2388theweakרָפ֣וֹתra.FotH7504handsוְיָדַ֖יִםve.ya.Da.yimH3027.
4Thywordsמִלֶּ֑יךָmi.Lei.khaH4405haveupheldיְקִימ֣וּןye.ki.MunH6965him that wasfallingכּ֭וֹשֵׁלKo.o.shelH3782, and thou haststrengthenedתְּאַמֵּֽץ׃te.'a.MetzH553thefeebleכֹּרְע֣וֹתko.re.'otH3766kneesוּבִרְכַּ֖יִםu.vir.Ka.yimH1290.
5But now it hathcomeתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935upon thee, and thoufaintestוַתֵּ֑לֶאva.Te.le'H3811; ittouchethתִּגַּ֥עti.Ga'H5060thee, and thou arttroubledוַתִּבָּהֵֽל׃va.ti.ba.HelH926.
6Is not this thyfearיִ֭רְאָתְךָYir.'a.te.khaH3374, thyconfidenceכִּסְלָתֶ֑ךָkis.la.Te.khaH3690, thyhopeתִּ֝קְוָתְךָ֗tik.va.te.chaH8615, and theuprightnessוְתֹ֣םve.TomH8537of thywaysדְּרָכֶֽיךָ׃de.ra.Khei.khaH1870?
7Rememberזְכָר־ze.khor-H2142, I pray thee, who everperishedאָבָ֑ד'a.VadH6, beinginnocentנָקִ֣יna.KiH5355? orwhereוְ֝אֵיפֹ֗הve.'ei.FohH375were therighteousיְשָׁרִ֥יםye.sha.RimH3477cutoffנִכְחָֽדוּ׃ni.Kha.duH3582?
8Even as I haveseenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200, they thatplowחֹ֣רְשֵׁיCho.re.sheiH2790iniquityאָ֑וֶן'A.venH205, andsowוְזֹרְעֵ֖יve.zo.re.'EiH2232wickednessעָמָ֣ל'a.MalH5999,reapיִקְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yik.tze.Ru.huH7114the same.
9By theblastמִנִּשְׁמַ֣תmi.nish.MatH5397ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַ'e.Lo.haH433theyperishיֹאבֵ֑דוּyo.Ve.duH6, and by thebreathוּמֵר֖וּחַu.me.Ru.achH7307of hisnostrilsאַפּ֣וֹ'a.PoH639are theyconsumedיִכְלֽוּ׃yikh.LuH3615.
10Theroaringשַׁאֲגַ֣תsha.'a.GatH7581of thelionאַ֭רְיֵה'Ar.yehH738, and thevoiceוְק֣וֹלve.KolH6963of the fiercelionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826, and theteethוְשִׁנֵּ֖יve.shi.NeiH8127of the younglionsכְפִירִ֣יםkhe.fi.RimH3715, arebrokenנִתָּֽעוּ׃ni.Ta.'uH5421.
11The oldlionלַ֭יִשׁLa.yishH3918perishethאֹבֵ֣ד'o.VedH6forlackמִבְּלִי־mi.be.li-H1097ofpreyטָ֑רֶףTa.refH2964, and the stoutlion’sלָ֝בִ֗יאla.Vi'H3833whelpsוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121are scatteredabroadיִתְפָּרָֽדוּ׃yit.pa.Ra.duH6504.
12Now athingדָּבָ֣רda.VarH1697was secretlybroughtיְגֻנָּ֑בye.gu.NavH1589to me, and myearאָ֝זְנִ֗י'a.ze.NiH241receivedוַתִּקַּ֥חva.ti.KachH3947awhisperשֵׁ֣מֶץShe.metzH8102of it.
13Inthoughtsבִּ֭שְׂעִפִּיםBis.'i.pimH5587from thevisionsמֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹתme.chez.yo.NotH2384of thenightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915, when deepsleepתַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtar.de.MahH8639fallethבִּנְפֹ֥לbin.FolH5307onmenאֲנָשִֽׁים׃'a.na.ShimH582,
14Fearפַּ֣חַדPa.chadH6343cameקְ֭רָאַנִיKe.ra.'a.niH7122upon me, andtremblingוּרְעָדָ֑הu.re.'a.DahH7461, which madeallוְרֹ֖בve.RoH7230mybonesעַצְמוֹתַ֣יatz.mo.TaiH6106toshakeהִפְחִֽיד׃hif.ChidH6342.
16It stoodstillיַעֲמֹ֤ד׀ya.'a.ModH5975, but I could notdiscernאַכִּ֬יר'a.KirH5234itsformמַרְאֵ֗הוּmar.'E.huH4758: animageתְּ֭מוּנָהTe.mu.nahH8544was before myeyesעֵינָ֑י'ei.NaiH5869, there wassilenceדְּמָמָ֖הde.ma.MahH1827, and Iheardאֶשְׁמָֽע׃'esh.Ma'H8085avoiceוָק֣וֹלva.KolH6963, saying,
18Behold, he put notrustיַאֲמִ֑יןya.'a.MinH539in hisservantsבַּ֭עֲבָדָיוBa.'a.va.davH5650; and hisangelsוּ֝בְמַלְאָכָ֗יוu.ve.mal.'a.KhavH4397hechargedיָשִׂ֥יםya.SimH7760withfollyתָּהֳלָֽה׃to.ho.LahH8417:
19How muchlessאַ֤ף׀'afH637in them thatdwellשֹׁכְנֵ֬יsho.khe.NeiH7931inhousesבָֽתֵּי־va.tei-H1004ofclayחֹ֗מֶרCho.merH2563, whosefoundationיְסוֹדָ֑םye.so.DamH3247is in thedustבֶּעָפָ֥רbe.'a.FarH6083, who arecrushedיְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםye.da.ke.'UmH1792beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440themothעָֽשׁ׃'AshH6211?
21Doth not theirexcellencyיִתְרָ֣םyit.RamH3499which is in themdepartנִסַּ֣עni.Sa'H5265? theydieיָ֝מ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuH4191, even withoutwisdomבְחָכְמָֽה׃ve.cha.khe.MahH2451.
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