How oft is the candle
niyr (neer)
properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light -- candle, lamp, light.
of the wicked
rasha` (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
put out
da`ak (daw-ak')
to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up -- be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.
and how oft cometh
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
their destruction
'eyd (ade)
oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin -- calamity, destruction.
upon them God distributeth
chalaq (khaw-lak')
to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate
sorrows
chebel (kheh'-bel)
band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
in his anger
'aph (af)
the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire