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אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ |
I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. |
I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
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אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־ אֽוֹר׃ |
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. |
He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light. |
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אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃ ס |
Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. |
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day. |
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בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ |
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. |
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. |
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בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃ |
He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. |
He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail. |
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בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ ס |
He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. |
He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old. |
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גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃ |
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. |
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. |
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גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ |
Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. |
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. |
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גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ ס |
He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. |
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. |
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דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י [אריה] (אֲרִ֖י) בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃ |
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. |
He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places. |
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דְּרָכַ֥י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃ |
He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. |
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. |
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דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ ס |
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. |
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
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הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃ |
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. |
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. |
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הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־ עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃ |
I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. |
I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day. |
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הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ ס |
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. |
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. |
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וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃ |
He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. |
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. |
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וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה׃ |
My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. |
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. |
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וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ ס |
So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” |
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: |
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זְכָר־ עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃ |
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. |
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. |
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זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר [ותשיח] (וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ) עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. |
My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. |
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זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־ לִבִּ֖י עַל־ כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל׃ ס |
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: |
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. |
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חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־ תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־ כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃ |
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. |
[It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. |
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חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃ |
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! |
[They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. |
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חֶלְקִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־ כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ׃ ס |
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” |
The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. |
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ט֤וֹב יְהוָה֙ לְקוָֹ֔ו לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ |
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. |
The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. |
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ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃ |
It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. |
[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. |
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ט֣וֹב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־ יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ ס |
It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. |
[It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. |
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יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃ |
Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him. |
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him. |
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יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃ |
Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope. |
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. |
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יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ ס |
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach. |
He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. |
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כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃ |
For the Lord will not cast us off forever. |
For the Lord will not cast off for ever: |
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כִּ֣י אִם־ הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב [חסדו] (חֲסָדָֽיו׃) |
Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. |
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. |
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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְנֵי־ אִֽישׁ׃ ס |
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. |
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. |
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לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃ |
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, |
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, |
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לְהַטּוֹת֙ מִשְׁפַּט־ גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֽוֹן׃ |
to deny a man justice before the Most High, |
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, |
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לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ ס |
to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve. |
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. |
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מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃ |
Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? |
Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not? |
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מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃ |
Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? |
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? |
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מַה־ יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־ [חטאו] (חֲטָאָֽיו׃) ס |
Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? |
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? |
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נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־ יְהוָֽה׃ |
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. |
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. |
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| 41 |
נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־ כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־ אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ |
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: |
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens. |
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| 42 |
נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ ס |
“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” |
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. |
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| 43 |
סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ |
You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. |
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. |
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סַכּ֤וֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲב֖וֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃ |
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. |
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through. |
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| 45 |
סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ ס |
You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. |
Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. |
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| 46 |
פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־ אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ |
All our enemies open their mouths against us. |
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. |
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| 47 |
פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃ |
Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction. |
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. |
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| 48 |
פַּלְגֵי־ מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־ שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־ עַמִּֽי׃ ס |
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
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| 49 |
עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃ |
My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief, |
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, |
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| 50 |
עַד־ יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ |
until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. |
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. |
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| 51 |
עֵינִי֙ עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנ֥וֹת עִירִֽי׃ ס |
My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. |
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. |
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| 52 |
צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃ |
Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. |
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. |
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| 53 |
צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־ אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי׃ |
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. |
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. |
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| 54 |
צָֽפוּ־ מַ֥יִם עַל־ רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס |
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. |
Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off. |
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| 55 |
קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃ |
I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. |
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. |
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| 56 |
קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־ תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃ |
You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” |
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. |
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| 57 |
קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־ תִּירָֽא׃ ס |
You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.” |
Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. |
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| 58 |
רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃ |
You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life. |
O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. |
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| 59 |
רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ |
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! |
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. |
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| 60 |
רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כָּל־ נִקְמָתָ֔ם כָּל־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ ס |
You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me. |
Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me. |
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| 61 |
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃ |
O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— |
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me; |
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| 62 |
שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃ |
the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long. |
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. |
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| 63 |
שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ ס |
When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. |
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their musick. |
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| 64 |
תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃ |
You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
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תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־ לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃ |
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! |
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. |
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תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פ |
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD. |
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. |
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