Lamentations 1, another acrostic

This has gone through my concordance mill, so the glosses agree with those I have used in all my translations except where acrostics demand an exception, or my mill misses the mark and spits out an unground corn, or I just chose to keep an exception (rare). Music here.

I am experimenting with format. Here I have dropped the Hebrew but added a ^ to show where the internal verse cadence is - sometimes in an unexpected place. Here I have also typed in the Hebrew alphabet to show the pattern. Note that in Lamentations 2, 3, and 4, the ayin ע and peh  פ verses are reversed.

1 Lamentations
א1 Ah in such solitude sits the city. Abundant with people she became as a widow. Abundant from the nations, ^ noble among the provinces, she came into forced service. S
ב2 Beside herself with weeping in the night and her tears on her cheeks, there is for her none to comfort among all her lovers. ^ All her friends have betrayed her. They have become her enemies. S
ג3 Gone is Judah into exile on account of affliction and abundant servitude. She herself sits among the nations. She finds no rest. ^ All her pursuers overtake her in her troubles. S
ד4 Desolate are all her gates. The ways of Zion are in lament. None come to the appointed place. Her priests sigh. ^ Her virgins sad, and as for her, bitterness is hers. S
ה5 Her adversaries have precedence. Her enemies are at ease. For Yahweh has saddened her over her abundant transgressions. ^ Her prodigals are led away into captivity in the presence of trouble. S
ו6 Vanished from the daughter of Zion is all her honour. ^ Her nobility have become like hart that find no pasture and they plod powerless in the presence of pursuit. S
ז7 Zion of Jerusalem remembers the days of her affliction and, from her restlessness, all her attractions from the old days, ^ before her people fell by the hand of  trouble and there was none to help her. Her adversaries saw her. They laughed on her Sabbath. S
ח8 How sinful Jerusalem's sin, therefore she has become aimless. ^ All who glorified her despise her for they see her nakedness even as she herself sighs and turns away. S
ט9 Tendered in her skirts is her defilement. She did not remember her consequences and she descended wonderfully. There is none to comfort her. ^ See Yahweh my affliction, for magnified is the enemy. S
ִי10 Yes, trouble spread its hand on all her attractions, ^ for she has seen nations enter her holiness though you commanded her they should not enter into your congregation. S
כ11 Know how all her people sigh, seeking bread. They give their attractions so they can eat to restore themselves. ^ See Yahweh and take note, for I have become vile. S
ל12 Look now - (Is it not for you - all you passing this way?) and see if there is sorrow like my sorrow which is prodigal as mine, ^ with which Yahweh saddened me in the day of his fierce anger. S
מ13 Mightily from on high he has sent fire into my bones and he descends into her. ^ He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me away. He has given me desolation, all the day long infirmity. S
נ14 Now lashed in his hand is the shackle of my transgressions. They are intertwined. They ascend to my neck. He has made my power stumble. ^ My Lord has given me into the hands of those against whom I cannot arise. S
ס15 Suspended are all the mighty.  ^ My Lord near me has called against me an appointed place to break my chosen ones. ^ In a vat my Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah. S
ע16 I - I weep about these things, my eye, my eye running down with water, for far from me is comfort to restore me. ^ My children are desolate for an enemy has prevailed. S
פ17 Putting forth her hands is Zion. There is none to comfort her. Yahweh commanded concerning Jacob: his troubles surround him. ^ Jerusalem has become sequestered between them. S
צ18 So righteous is Yahweh himself, for I provoked his mouth. ^ Hear please, all the peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my chosen ones are gone into captivity. S
ק19 Query I made to my lovers. They themselves deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city, ^ for they sought their food for their restoration. S
ר20 Regard Yahweh, for trouble is mine, my inner parts foaming. Changed is my heart within me, for to provoke I have provoked. ^ Sword bereaves from the street. In the house, it is as death. S
שׁ21 So they have heard, for I myself sigh. There is none to comfort me. All my enemies hear of my evil. They joy because you yourself have done it. ^ You will summon the day you have called  and they will become as I am. S
ת22 Therefore let all their evil come to your face, and be prodigal to them even as you have been prodigal to me about all my transgressions, ^ for abundant are my sighs and my heart is melancholy. P

And here is the now standard table [2017]

Lamentations 1		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
אֵיכָ֣ה ׀ יָשְׁבָ֣ה בָדָ֗ד הָעִיר֙ רַבָּ֣תִי עָ֔ם הָיְתָ֖ה כְּאַלְמָנָ֑ה רַּבָּ֣תִי‪ ‬בַגּוֹיִ֗ם שָׂרָ֙תִי֙ בַּמְּדִינ֔וֹת הָיְתָ֖ה לָמַֽס ס	1		Ah in such solitude sits the city. Abundant with people she became as a widow. Abundant from the nations, noble among the provinces, she came into forced service. S	3e	4B	18 17
בָּכ֨וֹ תִבְכֶּ֜ה בַּלַּ֗יְלָה וְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ עַ֣ל לֶֽחֱיָ֔הּ אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ מְנַחֵ֖ם מִכָּל־אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ כָּל־רֵעֶ֙יהָ֙ בָּ֣גְדוּ בָ֔הּ הָ֥יוּ לָ֖הּ לְאֹיְבִֽים ס	2	~	Beside herself with weeping in the night and her tears on her cheeks, there is for her none to comfort among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her. They have become her enemies. S	3e	4B	26 14
גָּֽלְתָ֨ה יְהוּדָ֤ה מֵעֹ֙נִי֙ וּמֵרֹ֣ב עֲבֹדָ֔ה הִ֚יא יָשְׁבָ֣ה בַגּוֹיִ֔ם לֹ֥א מָצְאָ֖ה מָנ֑וֹחַ כָּל־רֹדְפֶ֥יהָ הִשִּׂיג֖וּהָ בֵּ֥ין הַמְּצָרִֽים ס	3		Gone is Judah into exile on account of affliction and abundant servitude. She herself sits among the nations. She finds no rest. All her pursuers overtake her in her troubles. S	3e	4C	26 13
דַּרְכֵ֨י צִיּ֜וֹן אֲבֵל֗וֹת מִבְּלִי֙ בָּאֵ֣י מוֹעֵ֔ד כָּל־שְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ין כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָ נֶאֱנָחִ֑ים בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָ נּוּג֖וֹת וְהִ֥יא מַר־לָֽהּ ס	4		Desolate are all her gates. The ways of Zion are in lament. None come to the appointed place. Her priests sigh. Her virgins sad, and as for her, bitterness is hers. S	3e	4B	29 12
הָי֨וּ צָרֶ֤יהָ לְרֹאשׁ֙ אֹיְבֶ֣יהָ שָׁל֔וּ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה הוֹגָ֖הּ עַ֣ל רֹב־פְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָ עוֹלָלֶ֛יהָ הָלְכ֥וּ שְׁבִ֖י לִפְנֵי־צָֽר ס	5	~	Her adversaries have precedence. Her enemies are at ease. For Yahweh has saddened her over her abundant transgressions. Her prodigals are led away into captivity in the presence of trouble. S	3d	4C	24 12
וַיֵּצֵ֥א מִבַּת־צִיּ֖וֹן כָּל־הֲדָרָ֑הּ הָי֣וּ שָׂרֶ֗יהָ כְּאַיָּלִים֙ לֹא־מָצְא֣וּ מִרְעֶ֔ה וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְלֹא־כֹ֖חַ לִפְנֵ֥י רוֹדֵֽף ס	6		Vanished from the daughter of Zion is all her honour. Her nobility have become like hart that find no pasture and they plod powerless in the presence of pursuit. S	3e	4B	11 25
זָֽכְרָ֣ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם יְמֵ֤י עָנְיָהּ֙ וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ כֹּ֚ל מַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָי֖וּ מִ֣ימֵי קֶ֑דֶם בִּנְפֹ֧ל עַמָּ֣הּ בְּיַד־צָ֗ר וְאֵ֤ין עוֹזֵר֙ לָ֔הּ רָא֣וּהָ צָרִ֔ים שָׂחֲק֖וּ עַ֥ל מִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ ס	7		Zion of Jerusalem remembers the days of her affliction and, from her restlessness, all her attractions from the old days, before her people fell by the hand of trouble and there was none to help her. Her adversaries saw her. They laughed on her Sabbath. S	3c	4C	28 26
חֵ֤טְא חָֽטְאָה֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן לְנִידָ֣ה הָיָ֑תָה כָּֽל־מְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָ הִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙ כִּי־רָא֣וּ עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ גַּם־הִ֥יא נֶאֶנְחָ֖ה וַתָּ֥שָׁב אָחֽוֹר ס	8	C	How sinful Jerusalem's sin, therefore she has become aimless. All who glorified her despise her for they see her nakedness even as she herself sighs and turns away. S	3e	4C	15 25
טֻמְאָתָ֣הּ בְּשׁוּלֶ֗יהָ לֹ֤א זָֽכְרָה֙ אַחֲרִיתָ֔הּ וַתֵּ֣רֶד פְּלָאִ֔ים אֵ֥ין מְנַחֵ֖ם לָ֑הּ רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עָנְיִ֔י כִּ֥י הִגְדִּ֖יל אוֹיֵֽב ס	9		Tendered in her skirts is her defilement. She did not remember her consequences and she descended wonderfully. There is none to comfort her. See Yahweh my affliction, for magnified is the enemy. S	3e	4C	25 13
יָדוֹ֙ פָּ֣רַשׂ צָ֔ר עַ֖ל כָּל־מַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָ כִּֽי־רָאֲתָ֤ה גוֹיִם֙ בָּ֣אוּ מִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֔יתָה לֹא־יָבֹ֥אוּ בַקָּהָ֖ל לָֽךְ ס	10		Yes, trouble spread its hand on all her attractions, for she has seen nations enter her holiness though you commanded her they should not enter into your congregation. S	3e	4C	12 22
כָּל־עַמָּ֤הּ נֶאֱנָחִים֙ מְבַקְּשִׁ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם נָתְנ֧וּ מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶ֛ם‬ בְּאֹ֖כֶל לְהָשִׁ֣יב נָ֑פֶשׁ רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה כִּ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי זוֹלֵלָֽה ס	11		Know how all her people sigh, seeking bread. They give their attractions so they can eat to restore themselves. See Yahweh and take note, for I have become vile. S	3c	4C	27 16
ל֣וֹא אֲלֵיכֶם֮ כָּל־עֹ֣בְרֵי דֶרֶךְ֒ הַבִּ֣יטוּ וּרְא֗וּ אִם־יֵ֤שׁ מַכְאוֹב֙ כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עוֹלַ֖ל לִ֑י אֲשֶׁר֙ הוֹגָ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בְּי֖וֹם חֲר֥וֹן אַפּֽוֹ ס	12	B	Look now - (Is it not for you - all you passing this way?) and see if there is sorrow like my sorrow which is prodigal as mine, with which Yahweh saddened me in the day of his fierce anger. S	3e	4C	27 13
מִמָּר֛וֹם שָֽׁלַח־אֵ֥שׁ בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖י וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה פָּרַ֨שׂ רֶ֤שֶׁת לְרַגְלַי֙ הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִי אָח֔וֹר נְתָנַ֙נִי֙ שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔ה כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם דָּוָֽה ס	13		Mightily from on high he has sent fire into my bones and he descends into her. He has spread a net for my feet. He has turned me away. He has given me desolation, all the day long infirmity. S	3d	4C	14 26
נִשְׂקַד֩ עֹ֨ל פְּשָׁעַ֜י בְּיָד֗וֹ יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ עָל֥וּ עַל־צַוָּארִ֖י הִכְשִׁ֣יל כֹּחִ֑י נְתָנַ֣נִי אֲדֹנָ֔י בִּידֵ֖י לֹא־אוּכַ֥ל קֽוּם ס	14		Now lashed in his hand is the shackle of my transgressions. They are intertwined. They ascend to my neck. He has made my power stumble. My Lord has given me into the hands of those against whom I cannot arise. S	3d	4B	22 13
סִלָּ֨ה כָל־אַבִּירַ֤י ׀ אֲדֹנָי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י קָרָ֥א עָלַ֛י מוֹעֵ֖ד לִשְׁבֹּ֣ר בַּחוּרָ֑י גַּ֚ת דָּרַ֣ךְ אֲדֹנָ֔י לִבְתוּלַ֖ת בַּת־יְהוּדָֽה ס	15		Suspended are all the mighty. My Lord near me has called against me an appointed place to break my chosen ones. In a vat my Lord has trodden the virgin daughter of Judah. S	3d	4C	6 17 14
עַל־אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ אֲנִ֣י בוֹכִיָּ֗ה עֵינִ֤י ׀ עֵינִי֙ יֹ֣רְדָה מַּ֔יִם כִּֽי־רָחַ֥ק מִמֶּ֛נִּי מְנַחֵ֖ם מֵשִׁ֣יב נַפְשִׁ֑י הָי֤וּ בָנַי֙ שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ים כִּ֥י גָבַ֖ר אוֹיֵֽב ס	16		I - I weep about these things, my eye, my eye running down with water, for far from me is comfort to restore me. My children are desolate for an enemy has prevailed. S	3d	4C	27 13
פֵּֽרְשָׂ֨ה צִיּ֜וֹן בְּיָדֶ֗יהָ אֵ֤ין מְנַחֵם֙ לָ֔הּ צִוָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב סְבִיבָ֣יו צָרָ֑יו הָיְתָ֧ה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֛ם לְנִדָּ֖ה בֵּינֵיהֶֽם ס	17		Putting forth her hands is Zion. There is none to comfort her. Yahweh commanded concerning Jacob: his troubles surround him. Jerusalem has become sequestered between them. S	3c	4C	26 13
צַדִּ֥יק ה֛וּא יְהוָ֖ה כִּ֣י פִ֣יהוּ מָרִ֑יתִי שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֣א כָל־הָֽעַמִּ֗ים וּרְאוּ֙ מַכְאֹבִ֔י בְּתוּלֹתַ֥י וּבַחוּרַ֖י הָלְכ֥וּ בַשֶּֽׁבִי ס	18		So righteous is Yahweh himself, for I provoked his mouth. Hear please, all the peoples, and see my sorrow. My virgins and my chosen ones are gone into captivity. S	3d	4B	11 25
קָרָ֤אתִי לַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙ הֵ֣מָּה רִמּ֔וּנִי כֹּהֲנַ֥י וּזְקֵנַ֖י בָּעִ֣יר גָּוָ֑עוּ כִּֽי־בִקְשׁ֥וּ אֹ֙כֶל֙ לָ֔מוֹ וְיָשִׁ֖יבוּ אֶת־נַפְשָֽׁם ס	19		Query I made to my lovers. They themselves deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city, for they sought their food to restore themselves. S	3e	4C	23 15
רְאֵ֨ה יְהוָ֤ה כִּֽי־צַר־לִי֙ מֵעַ֣י חֳמַרְמָ֔רוּ נֶהְפַּ֤ךְ לִבִּי֙ בְּקִרְבִּ֔י כִּ֥י מָר֖וֹ מָרִ֑יתִי מִח֥וּץ שִׁכְּלָה־חֶ֖רֶב בַּבַּ֥יִת כַּמָּֽוֶת ס	20		Regard Yahweh, for trouble is mine, my inner parts foaming. Changed is my heart within me, for to provoke I have provoked. Sword bereaves from the street. In the house, it is as death. S	3e	4C	26 13
שָׁמְע֞וּ כִּ֧י נֶאֱנָחָ֣ה אָ֗נִי אֵ֤ין מְנַחֵם֙ לִ֔י כָּל־אֹ֨יְבַ֜י שָׁמְע֤וּ רָֽעָתִי֙ שָׂ֔שׂוּ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ הֵבֵ֥אתָ יוֹם־קָרָ֖אתָ וְיִֽהְי֥וּ כָמֽוֹנִי ס	21		So they have heard, for I myself sigh. There is none to comfort me. All my enemies hear of my evil. They joy because you yourself have done it. You will summon the day you have called and they will become as I am. S	3c	4C	30 14
תָּבֹ֨א כָל־רָעָתָ֤ם לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ וְעוֹלֵ֣ל לָ֔מוֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עוֹלַ֛לְתָּ לִ֖י עַ֣ל כָּל־פְּשָׁעָ֑י כִּֽי־רַבּ֥וֹת אַנְחֹתַ֖י וְלִבִּ֥י דַוָּֽי פ	22		Therefore let all their evil come to your face, and be prodigal to them even as you have been prodigal to me about all my transgressions, for abundant are my sighs and my heart is melancholy. P	3d	4C	27 11

Lamentations 3

word, by word, line by line - eventually you get a big pile. Hopefully not a bleak landscape. What are we to learn from a poem in the shape of a triple alphabetic acrostic?

In the music, there is no mid-verse cadence until verse 56. Even if you believe that short verses don't deserve a rest, I still think this is an odd construction. Each verse is effectively three verses since they are so broken up and there is a pause every third verse without fail. And no rest on the subdominant except once.  Note the word that it is on (it's the only verse with a line break). The music is out there in the usual place as pdf.

There are of course lots of repeating words - note 'all the day long' in verses 3, 14, and 62. It's easier to make you look. Those that repeat 3 and 4 times are below the text.

These lines come out of the experience of the destruction of the temple in 586 BCE. They can be applied to the death of Jesus also. The speaker, a singular 'I' is the voice of the whole people. Compare Psalms 42 to 44. 42-43 are singular, 44 is plural. Same voice though.

Imagine Iraq or Syria or Libya today - and wonder how something else might prevail.

Lamentations 3		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ	1		Am I the one who prevails? He has seen poverty through the sceptre of his fury.	3e	4C	15
אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֽוֹר	2		Advanced me he has, but led into darkness and not light.	3d	3g	12
אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם ס	3	B	Against me surely he has turned. He has changed his hand all the day long. S	3d	4B	13
בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי	4		Broke my bones, worn out my flesh and my naked skin.	3e	4C	13
בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה	5		Built against me and encompassed venom and fatigue.	3d	3g	11
בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם ס	6		Bid me sit in dark places as the dead of the era. S	3e	3g	15
גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי	7		Guard-fences about me so I cannot go forth, making heavy my brass chains.	3c	3g	14
גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי	8	B	Groaning even, for I appeal and cry for help. He obstructs my prayer.	3e	4C	15 0
גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה ס	9		Guard-fenced my ways with cut-stones, my pathways perverse. S	3e	4C	15
דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים	10	B	Dreadful lurking bear he is to me, a lion in secret lairs.	3e	4B	11
דְּרָכַ֥י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם	11		Dismembering me, departing me from my ways, rendering me desolate.	3d	3g	14
דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ ס	12		Directing his bow, and taking his stand with me as the target for the arrow. S	3e	4C	16
הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ	13		He enters my vital centres with the children of his quiver.	3e	3g	11
הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם	14		Hilarity I have become to all my people, their string to play all the day long.	3e	4C	16
הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה ס	15		He has sated me with bitterness. He has saturated me with wormwood. S	3e	3g	14
וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר	16		Violence to my teeth he has done with ground up arrowheads. He has made me cower in the ashes.	3e	4C	15
וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה	17		Very far is my being rejected from peace. I am oblivious to what is good.	3c	3g	13
וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה ס	18		Victory that was mine is perished, I said, also my hope from Yahweh. S	3e	4B	15
זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ	19		Zeroing in on my poverty and my restlessness, wormwood and gall.	3e	3g	12
זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי	20	B	Zealous in memory but pressed onto me is my being.	3e	4B	12
זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל ס	21	d	Zigzags this into my heart, therefore I hope. S	3d	3g	11
חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו	22		How by the mercies of Yahweh we are not completed, for his compassions are not finished.	3e	4C	14
חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ	23		He makes them new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.	3e	3g	13
חֶלְקִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ ס	24		He Yahweh is my share, says my being. Therefore I hope in him. S	3e	4C	14
ט֤וֹב יְהוָה֙ לְקוָֹ֔ו לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ	25	C	To those who wait for him Yahweh is good, to the being that searches for him.	3e	4C	13
ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה	26	C	That one should hope is good, mute for the salvation of Yahweh.	3e	4C	12
ט֣וֹב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו ס	27	B	To bear a shackle is good for the valiant in its youth. S	3e	4B	11
יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו	28		Yonder seated in solitude and mute, for it tolerates it.	3e	4C	12
יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה	29		Yielding in the dust its mouth, as if there is expectation.	3e	4C	12
יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה ס	30		Yielding cheek to the striker, sated with reproach. S	3c	3g	14
כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי	31	B	'Cause my Lord will not reject for ever.	3d	4B	10
כִּ֣י אִם־הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חֲסָדָֽיו	32	B	Kindness from him is manifold. If he give sadness, he will also be compassionate.	3e	4B	12
כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְנֵי־אִֽישׁ ס	33	B	Kids he does not afflict from his heart nor make a person sad. S	3e	4C	14
לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ	34		Look at the crushing under foot of all the prisoners of the earth.	3e	4B	13
לְהַטּוֹת֙ מִשְׁפַּט־גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֽוֹן	35		Look at the bending of the judgment of the valiant in front of the face of the Highest.	3e	3g	13
לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה ס	36		Look at the perversion of a human's cause. Does not my Lord see? S	3e	4C	15
מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה	37	B	My Lord does not command it. Who is it who says and it happens?	3e	4C	13
מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב	38		May it not be that from the mouth of the Highest emerges the evils and the good?	3e	4C	13
מַה־יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־חֲטָאָֽיו ס	39		May living humus cavil? a valiant one about its sin? S	3e	4B	14
נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־יְהוָֽה	40		Now let us plan our ways and examine and return to Yahweh.	3e	4C	18
נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם	41		Now let us lift up our heart with open palms to the One in the heavens.	3e	4C	16
נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ ס	42	C	Note that it is we who have transgressed and have been provocative. You yourself have not forgiven. S	3e	4C	16
סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ	43		Such anger with which you have overshadowed and persecuted us. You have slain. You have not pitied.	3e	4C	17
סַכּ֤וֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲב֖וֹר תְּפִלָּֽה	44	C	Shadowed in your cloud from furious prayer,	3e	4C	13
סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים ס	45		scrapings and refuse you have labeled us within the peoples. S	3c	3g	16
פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ	46	f	Parted open against us are the mouths of all our enemies.	3d	3g	11
פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר	47	c	Panic and dread have become ours, ruin and brokenness.	3c	3g	15
פַּלְגֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי ס	48		Plunging waters run down from my eyes at the brokenness of the daughter of my people. S	3e	4B	14
עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת	49		Undone is my eye, wrung out without ceasing, numbed without intermission,	3c	3g	13
עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם	50		until Yahweh leans over to look down and see from heaven.	3e	4B	12
עֵינִי֙ עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנ֥וֹת עִירִֽי ס	51		Under my eye is wantonness that is mine from all the daughters of my city. S	3e	4B	14
צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם	52	f	Chased as a bird, my enemies chased me for nothing.	3d	3g	11
צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי	53		Clipped off they have, in the pit, my life, and they throw a stone on me.	3e	4C	11
צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי ס	54		Cascading waters are over my head. I said, I am parted. S	3e	3g	13
קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת	55		Queried I the name of Yahweh from the pit's lowest parts.	3e	4C	12
קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי	56		Quest of mine you heard. Do not obscure your ear to my spirit in my crying.	3c	4A	5 14
קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא ס	57		Quite near you were in the day I called to you. You said, You will not fear. S	3e	4B	16
רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי	58	c	Redeemed my life you have. You have contended, my Lord, my own contentions.	3c	3g	14
רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי	59		Regarded you have, Yahweh, my distortion. Judge my judgment.	3e	4C	14
רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כָּל־נִקְמָתָ֔ם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי ס	60		Regarded you have all their vengeance, all their devisings about me. S	3e	3g	14
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי	61		So hear their reproach Yahweh, all their devisings against me.	3e	4C	15
שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם	62		Sneering lips and their muttering against me all the day long.	3e	4C	13
שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם ס	63		See and take note! their sitting and their arising. I am their music. S	3e	4C	16
תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם	64		To them return a reward, Yahweh, according to the deed of their hands.	3d	3g	15
תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם	65		To them give a heart's shield, your avowal to them.	3e	4C	14
תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה פ	66		To them be your pursuit in anger and exterminate them from under the name of Yahweh. P	3e	4C	16

Selected words repeating between 3 and 4 times - just a selection...

Word / Gloss	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	20	1	2	VSS	Stem
הגבר the one who prevails	░																						1	גבר
ישׁב he has turned		░																					3	שׁוב
היום the day long			░																				3	יום
שׁבר broke				░																			4	שׁבר
ראשׁ venom					░																		5	ראשׁ
עולם the age						░																	6	עלם
דרכי my ways							░																9	דרך
דרכי my ways							░																11	דרך
דרך directing							░																12	דרך
הייתי I have become								░															14	היה
עמי my people									░														14	עם
היום the day long			░																				14	יום
ותוחלתי also my hope										░													18	יחל
זכר zeroing in on											░												19	זכר
וראשׁ and gall					░																		19	ראשׁ
זכור zealous											░												20	זכר
תזכור in memory											░												20	זכר
אשׁיב zigzags		░																					21	שׁוב
לבי my heart												░											21	לב
אוחיל I hope										░													21	יחל
אוחיל I wait expectantly										░													24	יחל
ויחיל that one should hope										░													26	יחל
ודומם mute													░										26	דמה
לגבר for the valiant	░																						27	גבר
וידם and mute													░										28	דמה
יתן yielding														░									29	נתן
פיהו its mouth															░								29	פה
יתן yielding														░									30	נתן
לעולם forever						░																	31	עלם
אדני my lord																░							31	אדון
מלבו from his heart												░											33	לב
תחת under																	░						34	תחת
משׁפט the judgment of																		░					35	שׁפט
גבר the valiant	░																						35	גבר
בריבו cause																			░				36	ריב
אדני my lord																░							36	אדון
ותהי and it happens								░															37	היה
אדני my lord																░							37	אדון
מפי from the mouth of															░								38	פה
חי living																				░			39	חיה
גבר a valiant one	░																						39	גבר
דרכינו							░																40	דרך
ונשׁובה -		░																					40	שׁוב
העמים the peoples									░														45	עם
פיהם the mouths of															░								46	פה
היה have become								░															47	היה
והשׁבר brokenness				░																			47	שׁבר
עיני my eyes																					░		48	עין
שׁבר the brokenness of				░																			48	שׁבר
עמי my people									░														48	עם
עיני is my eye																					░		49	עין
תדמה undone													░										49	דמה
עיני under my eye is																					░		51	עין
חיי my life																				░			53	חיה
ראשׁי my head					░																		54	ראשׁ
תחתיות lowest parts																	░						55	תחת
תעלם do obscure						░																	56	עלם
ביום in the day			░																				57	יום
רבת you have contended																			░				58	ריב
אדני my Lord																░							58	אדון
ריבי my contentions																			░				58	ריב
חיי my life																				░			58	חיה
שׁפטה judge																		░					59	שׁפט
משׁפטי my judgment																		░					59	שׁפט
היום the day long			░																				62	יום
תשׁיב return		░																					64	שׁוב
להם to them																						░	64	הם
תתן give														░									65	נתן
להם to them																						░	65	הם
לב heart's												░											65	לב
להם to them																						░	65	הם
מתחת from under																	░						66	תחת