1Is there not an appointedtimeצָבָ֣אtza.Va'H6635tomanלֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁle.'e.No.oshH582uponearthאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776? are not hisdaysוְכִימֵ֖יve.khi.MeiH3117also like thedaysיָמָֽיו׃ya.MavH3117of anhirelingשָׂכִ֣ירsa.KhirH7916?
2As aservantכְּעֶ֥בֶדke.'E.vedH5650earnestlydesirethיִשְׁאַף־yish.'af-H7602theshadowצֵ֑לTzelH6738, and as anhirelingוּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗ירu.khe.sa.KhirH7916lookethיְקַוֶּ֥הye.ka.VehH6960for the reward of hisworkפָעֳלֽוֹ׃fo.'o.LoH6467:
3So am I made topossessהָנְחַ֣לְתִּיha.ne.Chal.tiH5157monthsיַרְחֵי־yar.chei-H3391ofvanityשָׁ֑וְאShav'H7723, andwearisomeעָ֝מָ֗ל'a.MalH5999nightsוְלֵיל֥וֹתve.lei.LotH3915areappointedמִנּוּ־mi.nu-H4487to me.
4When I liedownשָׁכַ֗בְתִּיsha.Khav.tiH7901, Isayוְאָמַ֗רְתִּיve.'a.Mar.tiH559, When shall Iariseאָ֭קוּם'A.kumH6965, and thenightעָ֑רֶב'A.revH6153begoneH4059? and I amfullוְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּיve.sa.Va'.tiH7646of tossings to andfroנְדֻדִ֣יםne.du.DimH5076to the dawning of thedayנָֽשֶׁף׃Na.shefH5399.
5Myfleshבְּשָׂרִ֣יbe.sa.RiH1320isclothedלָ֘בַ֤שׁla.VashH3847withwormsרִ֭מָּהRi.mahH7415andclodsוְג֣וּשׁve.gishH1487ofdustעָפָ֑ר'a.FarH6083; myskinעוֹרִ֥יo.RiH5785isbrokenרָ֝גַ֗עra.Ga'H7280, and becomeloathsomeוַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃vai.yi.ma.'EsH3988.
6Mydaysיָמַ֣יya.MaiH3117areswifterקַ֭לּוּKa.luH7043than a weaver’sshuttleאָ֑רֶג'A.regH708, and arespentוַ֝יִּכְל֗וּvai.yikh.LuH3615withoutבְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.fesH657hopeתִּקְוָֽה׃tik.VahH8615.
8Theeyeעֵ֣ין'einH5869of him that hathseenרֹ֑אִיRo.'iH7210me shallseeתְ֭שׁוּרֵנִיTe.shu.re.niH7789me no more : thyeyesעֵינֶ֖יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869are upon me, and I am not.
9As thecloudעָ֭נָן'A.nonH6051isconsumedכָּלָ֣הka.LahH3615and vanishethawayH3212: so he that goethdownיוֹרֵ֥דyo.RedH3381to thegraveשְׁ֝א֗וֹלShe.olH7585shall comeupיַעֲלֶֽה׃ya.'a.LehH5927no more .
10He shallreturnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725no more to hishouseלְבֵית֑וֹle.vei.ToH1004, neither shall hisplaceמְקֹמֽוֹ׃me.ko.MoH4725knowיַכִּירֶ֖נּוּya.ki.Re.nuH5234him any more.
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