Isaiah 38:14
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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
In other translations
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Hebrew words
כְּסוּסkesuslike a swallowH5483עָגוּר'agura craneH5693כֵּןkensoH3651אֲצַפְצֵף'atzaftzefI chirpH6850אֶהְגֶּה'ehgehI moanH1897כַּיּוֹנָהkaiyonahlike <the> doveH3123דַּלּוּdaluthey are cast downH1809עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869לַמָּרוֹםlamaromto the height[s]H4791אֲדֹנָי'adonaiO LordH136עָשְׁקָה־'ashekah-oppressionH6234לִּיli[belongs] to meעָרְבֵנִי׃'arevenistand surety for meH6148
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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