Lamentations 2:19
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Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
In other translations
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
Hebrew words
קוּמִי׀kumiariseH6965רֹנִּיronicry outH7442בַלַּיְלָהvalayilin the nightH3915לְרֹאשׁleroshto [the] head ofH7218אַשְׁמֻרוֹת'ashmurot[the] night-watchesH821שִׁפְכִיshifkhipour outH8210כַמַּיִםkhamayimlike <the> waterH4325לִבֵּךְlibekhheart yourH3820נֹכַחnokhachbeforeH5227פְּנֵיpenei[the] presence ofH6440אֲדֹנָי'adonai[the] LordH136שְׂאִיse'ilift upH5375אֵלָיו'elavto himH413כַּפַּיִךְkapayikhhands yourH3709עַל־'al-onH5921נֶפֶשׁnefesh[the] lifeH5315עוֹלָלַיִךְolalayikhchildren yourH5768הָעֲטוּפִיםha'atufimthe ones enfeebledH5848בְּרָעָבbera'avby hungerH7458בְּרֹאשׁberoshat [the] head ofH7218כָּל־kol-allH3605חוּצוֹת׃ סchutzot[the] streetsH2351
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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- Judges 7:19So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- Psalm 42:8Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
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