12They also thatseekמְבַקְשֵׁ֬יme.vak.SheiH1245after mylifeנַפְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315laysnaresוַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀vay.nak.ShuH5367for me : and they thatseekוְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יve.do.re.SheiH1875myhurtרָ֭עָתִיRa.'a.tiH7451speakדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696mischievousthingsהַוּ֑וֹתha.VotH1942, andimagineיֶהְגּֽוּ׃yeh.GuH1897deceitsוּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתu.mir.MotH4820all thedayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117long.
13But I, as adeafכְ֭חֵרֵשׁKhe.che.reshH2795man,heardאֶשְׁמָ֑ע'esh.Ma'H8085not; and I was as a dumbmanוּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םu.khe.'i.LemH483thatopenethיִפְתַּח־yif.tach-H6605not hismouthפִּֽיו׃PivH6310.
14Thus I was as amanכְּ֭אִישׁKe.'ishH376thathearethH8085not, and in whosemouthH6310are noreproofsתּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃to.kha.ChotH8433.
15For in thee, OLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068, do Ihopeהוֹחָ֑לְתִּיho.Chal.tiH3176: thou wilthearתַ֝עֲנֶ֗הta.'a.NehH6030, OLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136myGodאֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiH430.
16For Isaidאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559, Hear me, lest otherwise they shouldrejoiceיִשְׂמְחוּ־yis.me.chu-H8055over me: when myfootרַ֝גְלִ֗יrag.LiH7272slippethבְּמ֥וֹטbe.MotH4131, theymagnifyהִגְדִּֽילוּ׃hig.Di.luH1431themselves against me.
17For I amreadyנָכ֑וֹןna.KhonH3559tohaltלְצֶ֣לַעle.Tze.la'H6761, and mysorrowוּמַכְאוֹבִ֖יu.makh.'o.ViH4341iscontinuallyתָמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548before me.
18For I willdeclareאַגִּ֑יד'a.GidH5046myiniquityעֲוֹנִ֥י'a.vo.NiH5771; I will besorryאֶ֝דְאַ֗ג'ed.'AgH1672for mysinמֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Me.cha.ta.TiH2403.
19But myenemiesוְֽ֭אֹיְבַיVe.'o.ye.vaiH341arelivelyחַיִּ֣יםchai.YimH2416, and they arestrongעָצֵ֑מוּ'a.Tze.muH6105: and they thathateשֹׂנְאַ֣יso.ne.'AiH8130mewrongfullyשָֽׁקֶר׃Sha.kerH8267aremultipliedוְרַבּ֖וּve.ra.BuH7231.
20They also thatrenderוּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יu.me.sha.le.MeiH7999evilרָ֭עָהRa.'ahH7451forgoodטוֹבָ֑הto.VahH2896are myadversariesיִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִיyis.te.Nu.niH7853; because Ifollowרָֽדְפִיra.de.fiH7291the thing that isgoodטֽוֹב׃TovH2896.
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