H9002–/וְ–v

I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב (וְ) ve. “so”וְ֭אֶשְׁכּוֹן (וְ֭) Ve. “so”

But now those who are younger than I make sport of me; those whose fathers I would not have put with the dogs of my flocks.

וְעַתָּ֤ה׀ (וְ) ve. “and”

They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.

וּבְכָפָ֗ן (וּ) u. “and”וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃ (וּ) u. “and”

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

They have to get a resting-place in the hollows of the valleys, in holes of the earth and rocks.

וְכֵפִֽים׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

וְ֭עַתָּה (וְ֭) Ve. “and”

I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.

וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י (וּ֝) u. “and”

For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.

וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Fears have come on me; my hope is gone like the wind, and my well-being like a cloud.

וּ֝כְעָ֗ב (וּ֝) u. “and”

But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Truly God has made me low, even to the earth, and I have become like dust.

וָאֵֽפֶר׃ (וָ) va. “and”

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.

וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי (וּ֝) u. “and”

For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

וּבֵ֖ית (וּ) u. “and”

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה (וַֽ) va. “and”

My feelings are strongly moved, and give me no rest; days of trouble have overtaken me.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

I have become a brother to the jackals, and go about in the company of ostriches.

וְ֝רֵ֗עַ (וְ֝) ve. “and”

My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.

וְעַצְמִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י (וְ֝) ve. “and”

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

וּמָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

וּמֶ֤ה׀ (וּ) u. “and”וְֽנַחֲלַ֥ת (וְֽ) ve. “and”

Is it not trouble for the sinner, and destruction for the evil-doers?

וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר (וְ֝) ve. “and”

Does he not see my ways, and are not my steps all numbered?

וְֽכָל־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

וְיֵדַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”