2But as for me, myfeetרַגְלָ֑יrag.LaiH7272werealmostכִּ֭מְעַטKim.'atH4592goneנָטָ֣יוּna.Ta.yuH5186; mystepsאֲשֻׁרָֽי׃'a.shu.RaiH838hadalmostכְּ֝אַ֗יִןke.'A.yinH369slippedשֻׁפְּכ֥וּshu.pe.KhuH8210.
3For I wasenviousקִ֭נֵּאתִיKi.ne.tiH7065at thefoolishבַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑יםba.ho.LimH1984, when Isawאֶרְאֶֽה׃'er.'EhH7200theprosperityשְׁל֖וֹםshe.LomH7965of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563.
4For there are nopangsחַרְצֻבּ֥וֹתchar.tzu.BotH2784in theirdeathלְמוֹתָ֗םle.mo.TamH4194: but theirstrengthאוּלָֽם׃'u.LamH193isfirmוּבָרִ֥יאu.va.Ri'H1277.
5They are not introubleבַּעֲמַ֣לba.'a.MalH5999as othermenאֱנ֣וֹשׁ'e.No.oshH582; neither are theyafflictedיְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃ye.nu.Ga.'uH5060likeוְעִם־ve.'im-H5973othermenאָ֝דָ֗ם'a.DamH120.
6Thereforeprideגַאֲוָ֑הga.'a.VahH1346surroundeth them as achainעֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ'a.na.Kat.movH6059;violenceחָמָ֥סcha.MasH2555coverethיַעֲטָף־ya.'a.ta.fo-H5848them as agarmentשִׁ֝֗יתShitH7897.
7Theireyesעֵינֵ֑מוֹ'ei.Ne.movH5869standoutיָ֭צָאYa.tza'H3318withfatnessמֵחֵ֣לֶבme.Che.levH2459: they havemoreעָ֝בְר֗וּ'a.ve.RuH5674thanheartלֵבָֽב׃le.VavH3824couldwishמַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹתmas.ki.YotH4906.
9Theysetשַׁתּ֣וּsha.TuH8371theirmouthפִּיהֶ֑םpi.HemH6310against theheavensבַשָּׁמַ֣יִםva.sha.Ma.yimH8064, and theirtongueוּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗םu.le.sho.NamH3956walkethתִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְti.ha.LakhH1980through theearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.
10Therefore hispeopleעַמּ֣וֹa.MoH5971returnיָשׁ֣וּבya.ShuvH7725hereהֲלֹ֑םha.LomH1988: andwatersוּמֵ֥יu.MeiH4325of afullמָ֝לֵ֗אma.Le'H4392cup are wrungoutיִמָּ֥צוּyi.Ma.tzuH4680to them.
11And theysayוְֽאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.RuH559, How dothGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410knowיָדַֽע־ya.da'-H3045? and isthereוְיֵ֖שׁve.YeshH3426knowledgeדֵּעָ֣הde.'AhH1844in the mostHighבְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃ve.'el.YonH5945?
12Behold, these are theungodlyרְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'ImH7563, whoprosperוְשַׁלְוֵ֥יve.shal.VeiH7961in theworldע֝וֹלָ֗םo.LamH5769; theyincreaseהִשְׂגּוּ־his.gu-H7685inrichesחָֽיִל׃Cha.yilH2428.
13Verily I havecleansedזִכִּ֣יתִיzi.Ki.tiH2135myheartלְבָבִ֑יle.va.ViH3824invainרִ֭יקrikH7385, andwashedוָאֶרְחַ֖ץva.'er.ChatzH7364myhandsכַּפָּֽי׃ka.PaiH3709ininnocencyבְּנִקָּי֣וֹןbe.ni.ka.YonH5356.
14For all thedayהַיּ֑וֹםhai.YomH3117long have I beenafflictedנָ֭גוּעַNa.gu.a'H5060, andchastenedוְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗יve.to.khach.TiH8433everymorningלַבְּקָרִֽים׃la.be.ka.RimH1242.
15If Isayאָ֭מַרְתִּי'A.mar.tiH559, I willspeakאֲסַפְּרָ֥ה'a.sa.pe.RahH5608thusכְמ֑וֹkhe.MoH3644; behold, I shouldoffendבָגָֽדְתִּי׃va.Ga.de.tiH898against thegenerationד֭וֹרDorH1755of thychildrenבָּנֶ֣יךָba.Nei.khaH1121.
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