2Othatל֗וּLuH3863mygriefכַּעְשִׂ֑יka'.SiH3708werethoroughlyשָׁק֣וֹלsha.KolH8254weighedיִשָּׁקֵ֣לyi.sha.KelH8254, and mycalamityוְ֝הַוָּתִ֗יve.hai.ya.tiH1942H1962laidיִשְׂאוּ־yis.'u-H5375in thebalancesבְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִםbe.mo.ze.Na.yimH3976togetherיָֽחַד׃Ya.chadH3162!
3For now it would beheavierיִכְבָּ֑דyikh.BadH3513than thesandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344of theseaיַמִּ֣יםya.MimH3220: therefore mywordsדְּבָרַ֥יde.va.RaiH1697are swallowedupלָֽעוּ׃La.'uH3886.
4For thearrowsחִצֵּ֪יchi.TzeiH2671of theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֡יsha.DaiH7706arewithinעִמָּדִ֗י'i.ma.DiH5978me, thepoisonחֲ֭מָתָםCha.ma.tomH2534of which drinkethupשֹׁתָ֣הsho.TahH8354myspiritרוּחִ֑יru.ChiH7307: theterrorsבִּעוּתֵ֖יbi.'u.TeiH1161ofGodאֱל֣וֹהַּ'e.Lo.ahH433set themselves inarrayיַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃Ya.'ar.Khu.niH6186against me.
5Doth the wilddonkeyפֶּ֥רֶאPe.re'H6501brayהֲיִֽנְהַק־ha.yin.hak-H5101when he hathgrassדֶ֑שֶׁאDe.she'H1877? orlowethיִגְעֶה־yig.'e.ho-H1600theoxשּׁ֝֗וֹרShorH7794over hisfodderבְּלִילֽוֹ׃be.li.LoH1098?
6Can that which isunsavouryתָּ֭פֵלTa.felH8602beeatenהֲיֵאָכֵ֣לha.ye.'a.KhelH398withoutsaltמֶ֑לַחMe.lachH4417? or isthereיֶשׁ־yesh-H3426anytasteטַ֝֗עַםTa.'amH2940in thewhiteבְּרִ֣ירbe.RirH7388of aneggחַלָּמֽוּת׃cha.la.MutH2495?
7The things that mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315refusedמֵאֲנָ֣הme.'a.NahH3985totouchלִנְגּ֣וֹעַlin.Go.a'H5060are as myloathsomeכִּדְוֵ֥יkid.VeiH1741foodלַחְמִֽי׃lach.MiH3899.
8O that I mighthaveתָּב֣וֹאta.Vo'H935myrequestשֶֽׁאֱלָתִ֑יshe.'e.la.TiH7596; and thatGodאֱלֽוֹהַּ׃'e.Lo.ahH433wouldgrantH5414me the thing that I longforוְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗יve.tik.va.TiH8615!
9Even that it wouldpleaseוְיֹאֵ֣לve.yo.'ElH2974Godאֱ֭לוֹהַּ'E.lo.ahH433todestroyוִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִיvi.da.ke.'E.niH1792me; that he would letlooseיַתֵּ֥רya.TerH5425hishandיָ֝ד֗וֹya.DoH3027, and cut meoffוִֽיבַצְּעֵֽנִי׃Vi.va.tze.'E.niH1214!
10Then should I yet havecomfortנֶ֘חָ֤מָתִ֗יne.Cha.ma.TiH5165; yea, I wouldhardenוַאֲסַלְּדָ֣הva.'a.sa.le.DahH5539myself insorrowבְ֭חִילָהVe.chi.lahH2427: let him notspareיַחְמ֑וֹלyach.MolH2550; for I have notconcealedכִ֝חַ֗דְתִּיkhi.Chad.tiH3582thewordsאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561of the HolyOneקָדֽוֹשׁ׃ka.Do.oshH6918.
11What is mystrengthכֹּחִ֥יko.ChiH3581, that I shouldhopeאֲיַחֵ֑ל'a.ya.ChelH3176? and what is myendקִּ֝צִּ֗יki.TziH7093, that I shouldprolongאַאֲרִ֥יךְ'a.'a.RikhH748mylifeנַפְשִֽׁי׃naf.ShiH5315?
12Is mystrengthכֹּ֣חַKo.achH3581thestrengthכֹּחִ֑יko.ChiH3581ofstonesאֲבָנִ֣ים'a.va.NimH68? or is myfleshבְּשָׂרִ֥יbe.sa.RiH1320ofbrassנָחֽוּשׁ׃na.ChushH5153?
13Is not myhelpעֶזְרָתִ֣י'ez.ra.TiH5833in me? and iswisdomוְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗הve.tu.shi.YahH8454drivenquiteנִדְּחָ֥הni.de.ChahH5080from me?
14To him that isafflictedלַמָּ֣סla.MasH4523pityחָ֑סֶדCha.sedH2617should be shown from hisfriendמֵרֵעֵ֣הוּme.re.'E.huH7453; but heforsakethיַעֲזֽוֹב׃ya.'a.ZovH5800thefearוְיִרְאַ֖תve.yir.'AtH3374of theAlmightyשַׁדַּ֣יsha.DaiH7706.
15Mybrethrenאַ֭חַי'A.chaiH251have dealtdeceitfullyבָּגְד֣וּba.ge.DuH898as abrookנָ֑חַלNa.chalH5158, and as thestreamכַּאֲפִ֖יקka.'a.FikH650ofbrooksנְחָלִ֣יםne.cha.LimH5158they passawayיַעֲבֹֽרוּ׃ya.'a.Vo.ruH5674;
16Which areblackishהַקֹּדְרִ֥יםha.ko.de.RimH6937by reason of theiceקָ֑רַחKa.rachH7140, and in which thesnowשָֽׁלֶג׃Sha.legH7950ishidיִתְעַלֶּם־yit.'a.lem-H5956:
17In the timewhenבְּ֭עֵתBe.'etH6256they becomewarmיְזֹרְב֣וּye.zo.re.VuH2215, theyvanishנִצְמָ֑תוּnitz.Ma.tuH6789: when it ishotH2527, they are consumedoutנִדְעֲכ֥וּnid.'a.KhuH1846of theirplaceמִמְּקוֹמָֽם׃mi.me.ko.MamH4725.
20They wereconfoundedבֹּ֥שׁוּBo.shuH954because they hadhopedבָטָ֑חva.TachH982; theycameבָּ֥אוּBa.'uH935there, and wereashamedוַיֶּחְפָּֽרוּ׃vai.yech.Pa.ruH2659.
21For now ye are nothing; yeseeתִּֽרְא֥וּtir.'UH7200my castingdownחֲ֝תַ֗תcha.TatH2866, and areafraidוַתִּירָֽאוּ׃va.ti.Ra.'uH3372.
22Did Isayאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559,Bringהָ֣בוּHa.vuH3051to me? or, Give arewardשִׁחֲד֥וּshi.cha.DuH7809for me of yoursubstanceוּ֝מִכֹּחֲכֶ֗םu.mi.ko.cha.KhemH3581?
23Or,Deliverוּמַלְּט֥וּנִיu.ma.le.Tu.niH4422me from theenemy’sצָ֑רTzarH6862handמִיַּד־mi.yad-H3027? or,Redeemתִּפְדּֽוּנִי׃tif.Du.niH6299me from thehandוּמִיַּ֖דu.mi.YadH3027of themightyעָרִיצִ֣ים'a.ri.TzimH6184?
24Teachה֭וֹרוּנִיHo.ru.niH3384me, and I will hold mytongueאַחֲרִ֑ישׁ'a.cha.RishH2790: and cause me tounderstandהָבִ֥ינוּha.Vi.nuH995how I haveerredשָּׁ֝גִ֗יתִיSha.Gi.tiH7686.
25Howforcibleנִּמְרְצ֥וּnim.re.TzuH4834arerightיֹ֑שֶׁרYo.sherH3476wordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561! but what doth yourarguingיּוֹכִ֖יחַyo.Khi.achH3198reproveהוֹכֵ֣חַho.Khe.achH3198?
26Do yeimagineתַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּtach.ShouH2803toreproveהַלְהוֹכַ֣חhal.ho.KhachH3198wordsמִלִּ֣יםmi.LimH4405, and thespeechesאִמְרֵ֥י'im.ReiH561of one that isdesperateנֹאָֽשׁ׃no.'AshH2976, which are aswindוּ֝לְר֗וּחַu.le.Ru.achH7307?
27Yea, yeoverwhelmתַּפִּ֑ילוּta.Pi.luH5307thefatherlessיָת֥וֹםya.TomH3490, and yedigH3738a pit for yourfriendרֵֽיעֲכֶֽם׃Rei.'a.KhemH7453.
28Now therefore becontentהוֹאִ֣ילוּho.'I.luH2974,lookפְנוּ־fe.nu-H6437upon me; for it isevidentפְּ֝נֵיכֶ֗םpe.nei.KhemH6440to you if Ilieאֲכַזֵּֽב׃'a.kha.ZevH3576.
29Returnשֻֽׁבוּ־shu.vu-H7725, I pray you, let it not beiniquityעַוְלָ֑ה'av.LahH5766; yea, returnagainוְשׁ֥וּבוּve.shu.viH7725, myrighteousnessצִדְקִי־tzid.ki-H6664is in it.
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