All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
KJV
Hebrew original
כָּל עַמָּ֤/הּ נֶאֱנָחִים֙ מְבַקְּשִׁ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם נָתְנ֧וּ מחמודי/הם מַחֲמַדֵּי/הֶ֛ם בְּ/אֹ֖כֶל לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב נָ֑פֶשׁ רְאֵ֤ה יְהוָה֙ וְֽ/הַבִּ֔יטָ/ה כִּ֥י הָיִ֖יתִי זוֹלֵלָֽה
Louis Segond 1910
Tout son peuple soupire, il cherche du pain; Ils ont donné leurs choses précieuses pour de la nourriture, Afin de ranimer leur vie. -Vois, Eternel, regarde comme je suis avilie!
KJV
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
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