Psalms 55
1 For the end, among Hymns of instruction by David. Hearken, O God, to my prayer; and disregard not my supplication.
| למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד ב האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל-תתעלם מתחנתי |
2 Attend to me, and hearken to me: I was grieved in my (meditation) and troubled;
| הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה |
3 because of the voice of the enemy, and because of the oppression of the sinner: for they brought iniquity against me, and were wrathfully angry with me.
| מקול אויב--מפני עקת רשע כי-ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני |
4 My heart was troubled within me; and the fear of death fell upon me.
| לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי |
5 Fear and trembling came upon me, and darkness covered me.
| יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות |
6 And I said, O that I had wings as [those] of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.
| ואמר--מי-יתן-לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה |
7 Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. (Pause)
| הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה |
8 I waited for him that should deliver me from distress of spirit and tempest.
| אחישה מפלט לי-- מרוח סעה מסער |
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen iniquity and gain saying in the city.
| בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי-ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר |
10 Day and night he shall go round about it upon its walls: iniquity and sorrow and unrighteousness [are] in the midst of it;
| יומם ולילה--יסובבה על-חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה |
11 and usury and craft have not failed from its streets.
| הוות בקרבה ולא-ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה |
12 For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated [me] had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.
| כי לא-אויב יחרפני ואשא לא-משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו |
13 But thou, O man like minded, my guide, and my acquaintance,
| ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי |
14 who in companionship with me sweetened [our] food: we walked in the house of God in concord.
| אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש |
15 Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them. (Sheol h7585)
| ישימות (ישי מות) עלימו--ירדו שאול חיים כי-רעות במגורם בקרבם (Sheol h7585) |
16 I cried to God, and the Lord hearkened to me.
| אני אל-אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני |
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known [my wants]: and he shall hear my voice.
| ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי |
18 He shall deliver my soul in peace from them that draw nigh to me: for they were with me in many [cases].
| פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב-לי כי-ברבים היו עמדי |
19 God shall hear, and bring them low, [even] he that has existed from eternity. (Pause) For they suffer no reverse, and [therefore] they have not feared God.
| ישמע אל ויענם-- וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים |
20 He has reached forth his hand for retribution; they have profaned his covenant.
| שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו |
21 They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.
| חלקו מחמאת פיו-- וקרב-לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות |
22 Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
| השלך על-יהוה יהבך-- והוא יכלכלך לא-יתן לעולם מוט-- לצדיק |
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.
| ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת-- אנשי דמים ומרמה לא-יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח-בך |
