24He thatsaithאֹ֤מֵ֨ר׀'o.MerH559to thewickedלְרָשָׁע֮le.ra.Sha'H7563, Thou artrighteousצַדִּ֪יקtza.DikH6662; him shall thepeopleעַמִּ֑ים'a.MimH5971curseH5344,nationsלְאֻמִּֽים׃le.'u.MimH3816shallabhorיִזְעָמ֥וּהוּyiz.'a.Mu.huH2194him:
25But to them thatrebukeוְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥יםve.la.mo.khi.ChimH3198him shall bedelightיִנְעָ֑םyin.'AmH5276, and agoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896blessingבִרְכַּת־vir.kat-H1293shallcomeתָּב֥וֹאta.Vo'H935upon them.
26Every man shallkissיִשָּׁ֑קyi.ShakH5401hislipsשְׂפָתַ֥יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193thatgivethמֵ֝שִׁ֗יבme.ShivH7725arightנְכֹחִֽים׃ne.kho.ChimH5228answerדְּבָרִ֥יםde.va.RimH1697.
27Prepareהָ֘כֵ֤ןha.KhenH3559thyworkמְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָme.lakh.Te.khaH4399outsideבַּח֨וּץ׀ba.ChutzH2351, and make itfitוְעַתְּדָ֣הּve.'a.te.DahH6257for thyself in thefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֣הba.sa.DehH7704; andafterwardsאַ֝חַ֗ר'a.CharH310buildוּבָנִ֥יתָu.va.Ni.taH1129thyhouseבֵיתֶֽךָ׃ פvei.Te.khaH1004.
28Be not awitnessעֵד־'ed-H5707against thyneighbourבְּרֵעֶ֑ךָbe.re.'E.khaH7453withoutcauseחִנָּ֣םchi.NamH2600; anddeceiveוַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָva.ha.fi.Ti.taH6601not with thylipsבִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃bis.fa.Tei.khaH8193.
29Sayתֹּאמַ֗רto.MarH559not, I willdoעָֽשָׂה־'a.sah-H6213so to him as he hathdoneאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213to me: I willrenderאָשִׁ֖יב'a.ShivH7725to themanלָאִ֣ישׁla.'IshH376according to hisworkכְּפָעֳלֽוֹ׃ke.fo.'o.LoH6467.
30Iwentעָבַ֑רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674by thefieldשְׂדֵ֣הse.DehH7704of theslothfulאִישׁ־ עָצֵ֣ל'ish- 'a.TzelH376H6102, and by thevineyardכֶּ֝֗רֶםKe.remH3754of themanאָדָ֥ם'a.DamH120voidחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638ofunderstandingלֵֽב׃LevH3820;
31And, lo, it was all grownoverעָ֘לָ֤ה'a.LahH5927withthornsקִמְּשֹׂנִ֗יםki.me.so.NimH7063, andnettlesחֲרֻלִּ֑יםcha.ru.LimH2738hadcoveredכָּסּ֣וּka.SuH3680thefaceפָנָ֣יוfa.NavH6440of it, and itsstoneאֲבָנָ֣יו'a.va.NavH68wallוְגֶ֖דֶרve.Ge.derH1444was brokendownנֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ne.he.Ra.sahH2040.
32Then Isawוָֽאֶחֱזֶ֣הva.'e.che.ZehH2372, and considered itwellאָשִׁ֣ית לִבִּ֑י'a.Shit li.BiH7896H3820: Ilookedרָ֝אִ֗יתִיra.'I.tiH7200upon it, andreceivedלָקַ֥חְתִּיla.Kach.tiH3947instructionמוּסָֽר׃mu.SarH4148.
34So shall thypovertyרֵישֶׁ֑ךָrei.She.khaH7389comeוּבָֽא־u.va'-H935as one thattravellethמִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְmit.ha.LekhH1980; and thywantוּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָu.mach.so.Rei.khaH4270as anarmedמָגֵֽן׃ פma.GenH4043manכְּאִ֣ישׁke.'IshH376.
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