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יְהוָה֙ O YHWH , Yah·weh
וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה and consider , wə·hab·bî·ṭāh
כִּ֥יfor
הָיִ֖יתִיI have becomehā·yî·ṯî
זוֹלֵלָֽה׃סdespised .zō·w·lê·lāh
Lamentations 1:12ל֣וֹאIs this nothinglō·w
אֲלֵיכֶם֮ to you , ’ă·lê·ḵem
כָּל־allkāl-
עֹ֣בְרֵיyou who pass by ?‘ō·ḇə·rê
דֶרֶךְ֒. . .ḏe·reḵ
הַבִּ֣יטוּLook aroundhab·bî·ṭū
וּרְא֗וּand see !ū·rə·’ū
אִם־. . .’im-
יֵ֤שׁIs thereyêš
מַכְאוֹב֙any sorrowmaḵ·’ō·wḇ
כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י like mine , kə·maḵ·’ō·ḇî
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich’ă·šer
עוֹלַ֖לwas inflicted‘ō·w·lal
לִ֑י on me ,
אֲשֶׁר֙which’ă·šer
יְהוָ֔הYHWHYah·weh
הוֹגָ֣הmade me sufferhō·w·ḡāh
בְּי֖וֹםon the daybə·yō·wm
חֲר֥וֹןof His fierceḥă·rō·wn
אַפּֽוֹ׃סanger ?’ap·pōw
Lamentations 1:13שָֽׁלַח־He sentšā·laḥ-
אֵ֥שׁfire’êš
מִמָּר֛וֹם from on high , mim·mā·rō·wm
וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּהand it overpoweredway·yir·den·nāh
בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖יmy bones .bə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯay
פָּרַ֨שׂHe spreadpā·raś
רֶ֤שֶׁתa netre·šeṯ
לְרַגְלַי֙for my feetlə·raḡ·lay
הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִיand turned mehĕ·šî·ḇa·nî
אָח֔וֹרback .’ā·ḥō·wr
נְתָנַ֙נִי֙He made menə·ṯā·na·nî
שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔ה desolate , šō·mê·māh
דָּוָֽה׃סfaintdā·wāh
כָּל־allkāl-
הַיּ֖וֹםthe day long .hay·yō·wm
Lamentations 1:14פְּשָׁעַ֜יMy transgressionspə·šā·‘ay
נִשְׂקַד֩are bound intoniś·qaḏ
עֹ֨ל a yoke , ‘ōl
יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּknit togetheryiś·tā·rə·ḡū
בְּיָד֗וֹby His hand ;bə·yā·ḏōw
עָל֥וּthey are draped‘ā·lū
עַל־over‘al-
צַוָּארִ֖י my neck , ṣaw·wā·rî
אֲדֹנָ֔יand the Lord’ă·ḏō·nāy
הִכְשִׁ֣ילhas brokenhiḵ·šîl
כֹּחִ֑יmy strength .kō·ḥî
נְתָנַ֣נִיHe has delivered menə·ṯā·na·nî
בִּידֵ֖יinto the handsbî·ḏê
לֹא־of those I cannotlō-
אוּכַ֥ל. . .’ū·ḵal
קֽוּם׃סwithstand .qūm
Lamentations 1:15אֲדֹנָי֙The Lord’ă·ḏō·nāy
סִלָּ֨הhas rejectedsil·lāh
כָל־allḵāl
אַבִּירַ֤י׀the mighty men’ab·bî·ray
בְּקִרְבִּ֔יin my midst ;bə·qir·bî
קָרָ֥אHe has summonedqā·rā
מוֹעֵ֖דan armymō·w·‘êḏ
עָלַ֛יagainst me‘ā·lay
לִשְׁבֹּ֣רto crushliš·bōr
בַּחוּרָ֑יmy young warriors .ba·ḥū·rāy
גַּ֚ת Like grapes in a winepress , gaṯ
אֲדֹנָ֔יthe Lord’ă·ḏō·nāy
דָּרַ֣ךְhas trampleddā·raḵ
לִבְתוּלַ֖תthe Virginliḇ·ṯū·laṯ
בַּת־Daughterbaṯ-
יְהוּדָֽה׃סof Judah .yə·hū·ḏāh
Lamentations 1:16עַל־For‘al-
אֵ֣לֶּה׀these things’êl·leh
אֲנִ֣יI’ă·nî
בוֹכִיָּ֗הweep ;ḇō·w·ḵî·yāh
עֵינִ֤י׀my eyes‘ê·nî
עֵינִי֙. . .‘ê·nî
יֹ֣רְדָהflowyō·rə·ḏāh
מַּ֔יִםwith tears .ma·yim
כִּֽי־Forkî-
רָחַ֥קthere is no one nearbyrā·ḥaq
מִמֶּ֛נִּי. . .mim·men·nî
מְנַחֵ֖ם to comfort me , mə·na·ḥêm
מֵשִׁ֣יבno one to revivemê·šîḇ