תְהִלִּים 55
Modern Hebrew BibleTranslation
Modern Hebrew Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל תתעלם מתחנתי׃
1(55-1) For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David. (55-2) Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.
2הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה׃
2(55-3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
3מקול אויב מפני עקת רשע כי ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני׃
3(55-4) Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they cast mischief upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
4לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי׃
4(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות׃
5(55-6) Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
6ואמר מי יתן לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה׃
6(55-7) And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה׃
7(55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
8אחישה מפלט לי מרוח סעה מסער׃
8(55-9) I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
9בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר׃
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10יומם ולילה יסובבה על חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה׃
10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
11הוות בקרבה ולא ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה׃
11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
12כי לא אויב יחרפני ואשא לא משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו׃
12(55-13) For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.
13ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי׃
13(55-14) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;
14אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש׃
14(55-15) We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng.
15ישימות עלימו ירדו שאול חיים כי רעות במגורם בקרבם׃
15(55-16) May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.
16אני אל אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני׃
16(55-17) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי׃
17(55-18) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.
18פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב לי כי ברבים היו עמדי׃
18(55-19) He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me.
19ישמע אל ויענם וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים׃
19(55-20) God shall hear, and humble them, even He that is enthroned of old, Selah, such as have no changes, and fear not God.
20שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו׃
20(55-21) He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
21חלקו מחמאת פיו וקרב לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות׃
21(55-22) Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.
22השלך על יהוה יהבך והוא יכלכלך לא יתן לעולם מוט לצדיק׃
22(55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח בך׃
23(55-24) But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee.
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