Psalms 55
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my supplication.
| למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד ב האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל-תתעלם מתחנתי |
2 Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
| הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה |
3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they cast iniquity upon me, and in anger they persecute me.
| מקול אויב--מפני עקת רשע כי-ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני |
4 My heart is greatly pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
| לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי |
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
| יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות |
6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
| ואמר--מי-יתן-לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה |
7 Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. (Selah)
| הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה |
8 I would hasten myself to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.
| אחישה מפלט לי-- מרוח סעה מסער |
9 Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongue, for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
| בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי-ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר |
10 Day and night they go about it, upon the walls of it. Iniquity and mischief also are in the midst of it.
| יומם ולילה--יסובבה על-חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה |
11 Wickedness is in the midst of it. Oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
| הוות בקרבה ולא-ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה |
12 For it was not an enemy who reproached me. Then I could have borne it. Neither was it he who hated me that magnified himself against me. Then I would have hid myself from him.
| כי לא-אויב יחרפני ואשא לא-משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו |
13 But it was thou, a man my equal, my companion, and my familiar friend.
| ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי |
14 We took sweet counsel together. We walked in the house of God with the throng.
| אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש |
15 Let death come suddenly upon them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
| ישימות (ישי מות) עלימו--ירדו שאול חיים כי-רעות במגורם בקרבם (Sheol h7585) |
16 As for me, I will call upon God, and Jehovah will save me.
| אני אל-אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני |
17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain and moan. And he will hear my voice.
| ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי |
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, for there were many by me.
| פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב-לי כי-ברבים היו עמדי |
19 God will hear, and respond to them, (even he who abides of old), (Selah) men who have no changes, and who fear not God.
| ישמע אל ויענם-- וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים |
20 He has put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him. He has profaned his covenant.
| שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו |
21 His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.
| חלקו מחמאת פיו-- וקרב-לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות |
22 (Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.)
| השלך על-יהוה יהבך-- והוא יכלכלך לא-יתן לעולם מוט-- לצדיק |
23 But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
| ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת-- אנשי דמים ומרמה לא-יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח-בך |
