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Be'et natz'chah ha-levanah et ha-chamah, va-yirgaz levavi ba'alot ha-laylah ha'afel, va'ani be-tokh ha-ya'ar ha-shachor. Ve-hineh chayah – ke'ilu mi-she'ol al'tah, rocheshet ve-romeset, eineha lahevet, u-neshimatah – ruach tzafon atufat choshech. Tza'aday na'u ve-lo yad'u mish'enet, ve-einay bikshu kol – ve-lo matz'uhu. Va-omar el nafshi: Mah e'eseh??? Ben ha-Elohim anochi??? Ha-alo echabek be-yad ha-rachamim? Ha-etzeh 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-melech David, be-yado nevel asui mi-charvot oyev, u-ve-einav mar'ot – ka-mar'eh shed. Va-yomer: "Ha-ya'ar hazeh – lo tohu, ki im mishpat ne'elam la-neshamot ha-mevakshot." Ve-esh rikedah be-atzmotai, u-me-ever la-reik – yesh ein, 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-melech va-yomer: "Hinecha 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 chochmot banta beitah – ha-takirena be-tokh ha-ein-sof?" Va-yisov ha-ya'ar be-chizyon, ve-hakol nihyah zicharon shel milah ve-ot. Va-yachel ke-nagen ha-menagen mizmor la-to'im: "Min ha-meitzar karati Yah – anani va-merchav Yah." Va-tir'ad nafshi, ki ra'atah esh beli she'elah, chazon beli teshuvah, or she-eino yodea al mi hu zore'ach. Va-yidam ha-chazon, ve-ha-ya'ar ne'etam – ka-chotam be-toch chotam. Va-ani yashavti ba-choshech ha-rishon, ve-libi dafaq levado – ke-gal she-nishbar al tzur ha-nishkachah. Ve-lo yadati – ha-im nagati be-Elohim, o be-ra'adat atzmi.