Psalm 40:12
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For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
In other translations
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588אָפְפוּ־'afefu-they have surroundedH661עָלַי׀'alai<on> meH5921רָעוֹתra'ottroublesH7451עַד־'ad-untilH5704אֵין'einthere notH369מִסְפָּרmispar[was] numberH4557הִשִּׂיגוּנִיhisigunithey have overtaken meH5381עֲוֹנֹתַי'avonotaiiniquities myH5771וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808יָכֹלְתִּיyakholetiI am ableH3201לִרְאוֹתlir'otto seeH7200עָצְמוּ'atzemuthey are numerousH6105מִשַּׂעֲרוֹתmisa'arotmore than [the] hairs ofH8185רֹאשִׁיroshihead myH7218וְלִבִּיvelibiand heart myH3820עֲזָבָנִי׃'azavaniit has abandoned meH5800
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