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b'et natzchah ha-levanah et ha-shemesh, va-yir'gaz levavi ba'alot ha-laylah ha-shachor. Va'ani be-toch ha-ya'ar ha-shachor, Ve-hineh chayah ke'ilu mi-she'ol altah, rocheshet ve-romeset, eineha lahevet, u-neshimatah — ruach tzafon atufat choshech. Tze'aday na'u ve-lo yad'u mish'enet, ve-einay bikshu kol — ve-lo matzehu. Va-omar el nafshi: "Mah e'eseh, ben ha-Elohim anochi?" Ha-lo echboq yad ha-rachamim? Ha-etze min ha-ma'atuk, ve-ekra el Adonai Elohai: "Haged na li — ha-ehyeh adam acharei kol eleh?" Va-yehi kol min ha-se'arah, ve-ruach al-penei ha-mayim rochefet, va-tomer: "Ben ha-Elohim — lo te'azev!" Va-yetze min ha-tzel ha-melekh David, be-yado nevel asuy charvot oyev, u-ve-einav mar'ot ka-mar'eh ha-shed. Va-yomer: "Ha-ya'ar ha-zeh lo tohu, ki im mishpat ne'elam la-neshamot ha-mevakshot." Ve-esh rikdah be-atzmotai, u-me-ever la-reik — yesh sham, ve-chayot esh mabitot bi — ve-el tochi. Ke-divrei Shlomo ha-chacham: "Ka-mayim ha-panim la-panim — ken lev adam le-adam." Va-yelachesh ha-melekh va-yomer: "Hin'cha ben ha-Elohim, u-ve-sodot eleh timatzeh emet. Aneh la-cheimah be-rakut — ki ka-patish yefotzetz sela', ken divrei El yera'adu levavot." Va-yakum kol ke-mayim rabbim min ha-tohu: "Adam — mah tivkash?" Va-omar: "Daat la-nefesh, ve-or la-choshech." Va-yomer Shlomo be-mashal: "Halo chokhmot banta beitah — ha-takirena be-toch ha-sof?" Va-yisov ha-ya'ar be-chizyon, ve-hakol nihyah zikaron shel shir u-mishpat. Va-yachel ha-menagen ke-menagen mizmor la-to'im: "Min ha-metzar karati Yah — anani va-merchav Yah." Va-tir'ad nafshi. Ki ra'atah esh beli she'elah, chazon beli teshuvah, or she-eino yode'a et mi hu me'ir. Va-yidam ha-chizyon, ve-ha-ya'ar ne'etam — ka-chotam al chotam. Va-ani yashavti ba-choshech ha-rishon, ve-libi dafaq levado — ke-gal shenishbar al tzur ha-nishkach. Ve-lo yadati — ha-im nagati be-Elohim, o be-ra'adat atzmi.