H9020–י–y

My skin is black, [ergänzt: and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat.

ע֭וֹרִי (י) i “my”וְעַצְמִי־ (י) i- “my”

Therefore is my harp [ergänzt: turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

כִּנֹּרִ֑י (י) i “my”וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י (י) i “my”

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

לְעֵינָ֑י (י) i “my”

Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

דְרָכָ֑י (י) i “my”צְעָדַ֥י (י) i “my”

If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot hath hasted to deceit;

רַגְלִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, That God may know mine integrity);

תֻּמָּתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

אַשֻּׁרִי֮ (י֮) i “my”עֵ֭ינַי (י) i “my”לִבִּ֑י (י) i “my”וּ֝בְכַפַּ֗י (י) i “my”

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

וְֽצֶאֱצָאַ֥י (י) i “my”

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

לִ֭בִּי (י) i “my”רֵעִ֣י (י) I “my”

Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

אִשְׁתִּ֑י (י) i “my”

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י (י) i “my”

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

עַ֭בְדִּי (י) i “my”וַאֲמָתִ֑י (י) i “my”

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

פִּתִּ֣י (י) i “my”

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

מִ֭נְּעוּרַי (י) i “my”אִמִּ֣י (י) i “my”

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

כְּ֝בָשַׂי (י) i “my”

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

יָדִ֑י (י) i “my”עֶזְרָתִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.

כְּ֭תֵפִי (י) i “my”וְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗י (י) I “my”

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, [ergänzt: Thou art] my confidence;

כִּסְלִ֑י (י) i “my”מִבְטַחִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;

חֵילִ֑י (י) i “my”יָדִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:

לִבִּ֑י (י) i “my”יָדִ֣י (י) i “my”לְפִֽי׃ (י) i “my”

(Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);

חִכִּ֑י (י) i “my”

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

אָהֳלִ֑י (י) i “my”

(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

דְּ֝לָתַ֗י (י) i “my”

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

פְּשָׁעָ֑י (י) i “my”בְּחֻבִּ֣י (י) i “my”עֲוֹֽנִי׃ (י) i “my”

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [ergänzt: that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

תָּ֭וִי (י) i “my”רִיבִֽי׃ (י) i “my”