Psalms 56
1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
| לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ עַל־יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם בֶּאֱחֹז אוֹתוֹ פְלִשְׁתִּים בְּגַֽת׃ חׇנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כִּֽי־שְׁאָפַנִי אֱנוֹשׁ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם לֹחֵם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃ |
2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
| שָׁאֲפוּ שׁוֹרְרַי כׇּל־הַיּוֹם כִּֽי־רַבִּים לֹחֲמִים לִי מָרֽוֹם׃ |
3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
| יוֹם אִירָא אֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ אֶבְטָֽח׃ |
4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
| בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דְּבָרוֹ בֵּאלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי לֹא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה בָשָׂר לִֽי׃ |
5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
| כׇּל־הַיּוֹם דְּבָרַי יְעַצֵּבוּ עָלַי כׇּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לָרָֽע׃ |
6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
| יָגוּרוּ ׀ (יצפינו) [יִצְפּוֹנוּ] הֵמָּה עֲקֵבַי יִשְׁמֹרוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר קִוּוּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃ |
7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
| עַל־אָוֶן פַּלֶּט־לָמוֹ בְּאַף עַמִּים ׀ הוֹרֵד אֱלֹהִֽים׃ |
8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
| נֹדִי סָפַרְתָּה אָתָּה שִׂימָה דִמְעָתִי בְנֹאדֶךָ הֲלֹא בְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָ׃ |
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
| אָז יָשׁוּבוּ אוֹיְבַי אָחוֹר בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא זֶה־יָדַעְתִּי כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִים לִֽי׃ |
10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
| בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דָּבָר בַּיהֹוָה אֲהַלֵּל דָּבָֽר׃ |
11 in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
| בֵּאלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי לֹּא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה אָדָם לִֽי׃ |
12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
| עָלַי אֱלֹהִים נְדָרֶיךָ אֲשַׁלֵּם תּוֹדֹת לָֽךְ׃ |
13 For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
| כִּי הִצַּלְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִמָּוֶת הֲלֹא רַגְלַי מִדֶּחִי לְהִֽתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּֽים׃ |
