Psalms 34
1 I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
| לדוד-- בשנותו את-טעמו לפני אבימלך ויגרשהו וילך ב אברכה את-יהוה בכל-עת תמיד תהלתו בפי |
2 I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
| ביהוה תתהלל נפשי ישמעו ענוים וישמחו |
3 Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
| גדלו ליהוה אתי ונרוממה שמו יחדו |
4 I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
| דרשתי את-יהוה וענני ומכל-מגורותי הצילני |
5 Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
| הביטו אליו ונהרו ופניהם אל-יחפרו |
6 I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
| זה עני קרא ויהוה שמע ומכל-צרותיו הושיעו |
7 An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
| חנה מלאך-יהוה סביב ליראיו ויחלצם |
8 Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
| טעמו וראו כי-טוב יהוה אשרי הגבר יחסה-בו |
9 All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
| יראו את-יהוה קדשיו כי-אין מחסור ליראיו |
10 Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
| כפירים רשו ורעבו ודרשי יהוה לא-יחסרו כל-טוב |
11 You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
| לכו-בנים שמעו-לי יראת יהוה אלמדכם |
12 If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
| מי-האיש החפץ חיים אהב ימים לראות טוב |
13 do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
| נצר לשונך מרע ושפתיך מדבר מרמה |
14 Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
| סור מרע ועשה-טוב בקש שלום ורדפהו |
15 Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
| עיני יהוה אל-צדיקים ואזניו אל-שועתם |
16 But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
| פני יהוה בעשי רע להכרית מארץ זכרם |
17 Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
| צעקו ויהוה שמע ומכל-צרותם הצילם |
18 Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
| קרוב יהוה לנשברי-לב ואת-דכאי-רוח יושיע |
19 Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
| רבות רעות צדיק ומכלם יצילנו יהוה |
20 Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
| שמר כל-עצמותיו אחת מהנה לא נשברה |
21 Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
| תמותת רשע רעה ושנאי צדיק יאשמו |
22 Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
| פדה יהוה נפש עבדיו ולא יאשמו כל-החסים בו |
