H7760A–שׂוּם–sum

They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

יָשִׂ֑ימוּ ya.Si.mu “they make”

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

תְּשִׂימ֣וּן (תְּשִׂימ֣וּ) te.si.Mu “will you make”

My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

יָשִֽׂים׃ ya.Sim “he puts”

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

יָשִֽׂים׃ ya.Sim “he puts”

If I made gold my hope, or if I ever said to the best gold, I have put my faith in you;

שַׂ֣מְתִּי Sam.ti “I have made”

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

יָשִׂ֣ים ya.Sim “he will set”

Those who have no fear of God keep wrath stored up in their hearts; they give no cry for help when they are made prisoners.

יָשִׂ֣ימוּ ya.Si.mu “they put”

By whom were its measures fixed? Say, if you have wisdom; or by whom was the line stretched out over it?

שָׂ֣ם sam “did he appoint”

When I made the cloud its robe, and put thick clouds as bands round it,

בְּשׂוּמִ֣י (שׂוּמִ֣) su.M “made”

Ordering a fixed limit for it, with locks and doors;

וָֽ֝אָשִׂ֗ים (אָשִׂ֗ים) 'a.Sim “I set in place”

Have you knowledge of the laws of the heavens? did you give them rule over the earth?

תָּשִׂ֖ים ta.Sim “do you appoint”

The deep is boiling like a pot of spices, and the sea like a perfume-vessel.

יָשִׂ֥ים ya.Sim “it makes”

You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants.

תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי (תְּ֭שִׂימֵ) Te.si.me. “you appointed”

Their line has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he put a tent for the sun,

שָֽׂם־ sam- “he has put”

Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

תְּשִׂימֵֽנִי׃ (תְּשִׂימֵֽ) te.si.Me. “you make”

Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honour to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.

שָׂ֣ם sam “he has made”

You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ (תְּשִׂימֵ֣) te.si.Me. “you have made”

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ (תְּשִׂימֵ֣) te.si.Me. “you have made”

Whoever makes an offering of praise gives glory to me; and to him who is upright in his ways I will make clear the salvation of God.

וְשָׂ֥ם (שָׂ֥ם) Sam “[one who] sets”

See, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but had faith in his goods and his property, and made himself strong in his wealth.

יָשִׂ֥ים ya.Sim “he made”

For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

שָׂ֨מוּ Sa.mu “they have set”

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

שָׂ֖מוּ Sa.mu “they set up”

So that they might put their hope in God, and not let God's works go out of their minds, but keep his laws;

וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ (יָשִׂ֥ימוּ) ya.Si.mu “they may put”

You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ (תְּשִׂימֵ֣) te.si.Me. “you make”

He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears.

שָׂמ֗וֹ (שָׂמ֗) sa.M “he established”