Psalms 55
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Modern Hebrew Bible
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.
1למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל תתעלם מתחנתי׃
2(55-3) Attend unto me, and hear me; I am distraught in my complaint, and will moan;
2הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה׃
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.
3מקול אויב מפני עקת רשע כי ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני׃
4(55-5) My heart doth writhe within me; and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
4לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי׃
5(55-6) Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
5יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות׃
6(55-7) And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! then would I fly away, and be at rest.
6ואמר מי יתן לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה׃
7(55-8) Lo, then would I wander far off, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah
7הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה׃
8(55-9) I would haste me to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.'
8אחישה מפלט לי מרוח סעה מסער׃
9(55-10) Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongue; for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
9בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר׃
10(55-11) Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof; iniquity also and mischief are in the midst of it.
10יומם ולילה יסובבה על חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה׃
11(55-12) Wickedness is in the midst thereof; oppression and guile depart not from her broad place.
11הוות בקרבה ולא ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה׃
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.
12כי לא אויב יחרפני ואשא לא משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו׃
13(55-14) But it was thou, a man mine equal, my companion, and my familiar friend;
13ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי׃
14(55-15) We took sweet counsel together, in the house of God we walked with the throng.
14אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש׃
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.
15ישימות עלימו ירדו שאול חיים כי רעות במגורם בקרבם׃
16(55-17) As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
16אני אל אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני׃
17(55-18) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.
17ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי׃
18(55-19) He hath redeemed my soul in peace so that none came nigh me; for they were many that strove with me.
18פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב לי כי ברבים היו עמדי׃
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.
19ישמע אל ויענם וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים׃
20(55-21) He hath put forth his hands against them that were at peace with him; he hath profaned his covenant.
20שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו׃
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.
21חלקו מחמאת פיו וקרב לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות׃
22(55-23) Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain thee; He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
22השלך על יהוה יהבך והוא יכלכלך לא יתן לעולם מוט לצדיק׃
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.
23ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח בך׃
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