H9012–ה/–h

A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.

הַאֲזִ֥ינָה (ה) h “!”

If they say: 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk for the innocent without cause;

לְכָ֪ה (ה) h “!”

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה (ה) h “!”

My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding;

הַקְשִׁ֑יבָה (ה) h “!”

Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.

לְכָ֤ה (ה) h “!”

Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

הָבִ֣יאָה (ה) h “!”

My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

תְּנָֽה־ (ה) h- “!”

So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

דְּעֶ֥ה (ה) h “!”

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly--I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

וָאֶתְּנָ֤ה (ה) h “!”

I said in my heart: 'Come now, I will try thee with mirth, and enjoy pleasure'; and, behold, this also was vanity.

לְכָה־ (ה) h- “!”

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?

הַגִּ֣ידָה (ה) h “!”

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

לְכָ֤ה (ה) h “!”

That say: 'Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!'

יָחִ֛ישָׁה (ה) h “!”וְתָב֗וֹאָה (ה) h “!”

I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins; return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

שׁוּבָ֥ה (ה) h “!”

The children of thy bereavement shall yet say in thine ears: 'The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.'

גְּשָׁה־ (ה) h- “!”

Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father', and to a stone: 'Thou hast brought us forth', for they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say: 'Arise, and save us.'

ק֖וּמָה (ה) h “!”

Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say: return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; I will not frown upon you; for I am merciful, saith the LORD, I will not bear grudge for ever.

שׁ֣וּבָה (ה) h “!”

And the LORD gave me knowledge of it, and I knew it; then Thou showedst me their doings.

וָֽאֵדָ֑עָה (ה) h “!”

Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה (ה) h “!”

And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle's son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

וָֽאֶשְׁקֲלָה־ (ה) h- “!”

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee: Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee;

הַגִּֽידָה־ (ה) h- “!”

Yet he would not go back. --Go back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go.' So

וְשֻׁ֡בָה (ה) h “!”

He made many to stumble; yea, they fell one upon another, and said: 'Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.'

ק֣וּמָה׀ (ה) h “!”

Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, and let thy widows trust in Me.

עָזְבָ֥ה (ה) h “!”

All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul. 'See, O LORD, and behold, how abject I am become.'

וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה (ה) h “!”