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א
רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה, יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ; קְבָרִים לִי.
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1
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
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ב
אִם-לֹא הֲתֻלִים, עִמָּדִי; וּבְהַמְּרוֹתָם, תָּלַן עֵינִי.
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2
Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
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ג
שִׂימָה-נָּא, עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ; מִי הוּא, לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ.
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3
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with Thyself; who else is there that will strike hands with me?
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ד
כִּי-לִבָּם, צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל; עַל-כֵּן, לֹא תְרֹמֵם.
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4
For Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt Thou not exalt them.
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ה
לְחֵלֶק, יַגִּיד רֵעִים; וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה.
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5
He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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ו
וְהִצִּיגַנִי, לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים; וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה.
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6
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
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ז
וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי; וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם.
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7
Mine eye also is dimmed by reason of vexation, and all my members are as a shadow.
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ח
יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל-זֹאת; וְנָקִי, עַל-חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר.
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8
Upright men are astonished at this, and the innocent stirreth up himself against the godless.
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ט
וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֹ; וּטְהָר-יָדַיִם, יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ.
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9
Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
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י
וְאוּלָם--כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ, וּבֹאוּ נָא; וְלֹא-אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם.
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10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now; and I shall not find a wise man among you.
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יא
יָמַי עָבְרוּ, זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ-- מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִי.
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11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
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יב
לַיְלָה, לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ; אוֹר, קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי-חֹשֶׁךְ.
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12
They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
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יג
אִם-אֲקַוֶּה, שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי; בַּחֹשֶׁךְ, רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי.
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13
If I look for the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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יד
לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי, אָבִי אָתָּה; אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי, לָרִמָּה.
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14
If I have said to corruption: 'Thou art my father', to the worm: 'Thou art my mother, and my sister';
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טו
וְאַיֵּה, אֵפוֹ תִקְוָתִי; וְתִקְוָתִי, מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה.
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15
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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טז
בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה; אִם-יַחַד עַל-עָפָר נָחַת.
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16
They shall go down to the bars of the nether-world, when we are at rest together in the dust.
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