תהילים 18
| למנצח לעבד יהוה--לדוד אשר דבר ליהוה את-דברי השירה הזאת-- ביום הציל-יהוה אותו מכף כל-איביו ומיד שאול ב ויאמר-- ארחמך יהוה חזקי | 1 |
I love thee, O Jehovah, my strength.
| יהוה סלעי ומצודתי-- ומפלטי אלי צורי אחסה-בו מגני וקרן-ישעי משגבי | 2 |
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
| מהלל אקרא יהוה ומן-איבי אושע | 3 |
I will call upon Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised. So I shall be saved from my enemies.
| אפפוני חבלי-מות ונחלי בליעל יבעתוני | 4 |
The cords of death encompassed me, and the floods of lawlessness made me afraid.
| חבלי שאול סבבוני קדמוני מוקשי מות (Sheol h7585) | 5 |
The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me. (Sheol h7585)
| בצר-לי אקרא יהוה-- ואל-אלהי אשוע ישמע מהיכלו קולי ושועתי לפניו תבוא באזניו | 6 |
In my distress I called upon Jehovah, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came into his ears.
| ותגעש ותרעש הארץ-- ומוסדי הרים ירגזו ויתגעשו כי-חרה לו | 7 |
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.
| עלה עשן באפו-- ואש-מפיו תאכל גחלים בערו ממנו | 8 |
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
| ויט שמים וירד וערפל תחת רגליו | 9 |
He also bowed the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.
| וירכב על-כרוב ויעף וידא על-כנפי-רוח | 10 |
And he rode upon a cherub, and flew. Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.
| ישת חשך סתרו-- סביבותיו סכתו חשכת-מים עבי שחקים | 11 |
He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
| מנגה נגדו עביו עברו--ברד וגחלי-אש | 12 |
At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.
| וירעם בשמים יהוה--ועליון יתן קלו ברד וגחלי-אש | 13 |
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
| וישלח חציו ויפיצם וברקים רב ויהמם | 14 |
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them, Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
| ויראו אפיקי מים ויגלו מוסדות תבל מגערתך יהוה-- מנשמת רוח אפך | 15 |
Then the channels of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at thy rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
| ישלח ממרום יקחני ימשני ממים רבים | 16 |
He sent from on high, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
| יצילני מאיבי עז ומשנאי כי-אמצו ממני | 17 |
He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.
| יקדמוני ביום-אידי ויהי-יהוה למשען לי | 18 |
They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but Jehovah was my stay.
| ויוציאני למרחב יחלצני כי חפץ בי | 19 |
He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.
| יגמלני יהוה כצדקי כבר ידי ישיב לי | 20 |
Jehovah has rewarded me according to my righteousness. According to the cleanness of my hands he has recompensed me.
| כי-שמרתי דרכי יהוה ולא-רשעתי מאלהי | 21 |
For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
| כי כל-משפטיו לנגדי וחקתיו לא-אסיר מני | 22 |
For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.
| ואהי תמים עמו ואשתמר מעוני | 23 |
I was also perfect with him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
| וישב-יהוה לי כצדקי כבר ידי לנגד עיניו | 24 |
Therefore Jehovah has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
| עם-חסיד תתחסד עם-גבר תמים תתמם | 25 |
With the merciful thou will show thyself merciful. With the perfect man thou will show thyself perfect.
| עם-נבר תתברר ועם-עקש תתפתל | 26 |
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
| כי-אתה עם-עני תושיע ועינים רמות תשפיל | 27 |
For thou will save the afflicted people, but the haughty eyes thou will bring down.
| כי-אתה תאיר נרי יהוה אלהי יגיה חשכי | 28 |
For thou will light my lamp. Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
| כי-בך ארץ גדוד ובאלהי אדלג-שור | 29 |
For by thee I run upon a troop, and by my God I leap over a wall.
| האל תמים דרכו אמרת-יהוה צרופה מגן הוא לכל החסים בו | 30 |
As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Jehovah is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
| כי מי אלוה מבלעדי יהוה ומי צור זולתי אלהינו | 31 |
For who is God, except Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
| האל המאזרני חיל ויתן תמים דרכי | 32 |
the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
| משוה רגלי כאילות ועל במתי יעמידני | 33 |
He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me upon my high places.
| מלמד ידי למלחמה ונחתה קשת-נחושה זרועתי | 34 |
He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms bend a bow of brass.
| ותתן-לי מגן ישעך וימינך תסעדני וענותך תרבני | 35 |
Thou have also given me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand has held me up, and thy gentleness has made me great.
| תרחיב צעדי תחתי ולא מעדו קרסלי | 36 |
Thou have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
| ארדוף אויבי ואשיגם ולא-אשוב עד-כלותם | 37 |
I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again till they are consumed.
| אמחצם ולא-יכלו קום יפלו תחת רגלי | 38 |
I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
| ותאזרני חיל למלחמה תכריע קמי תחתי | 39 |
For thou have girded me with strength to the battle. Thou have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
| ואיבי נתתה לי ערף ומשנאי אצמיתם | 40 |
Thou have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.
| ישועו ואין-מושיע על-יהוה ולא ענם | 41 |
They cried, but there was none to save, even to Jehovah, but he answered them not.
| ואשחקם כעפר על-פני-רוח כטיט חוצות אריקם | 42 |
Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind. I cast them out as the mire of the streets.
| תפלטני מריבי-עם תשימני לראש גוים עם לא-ידעתי יעבדוני | 43 |
Thou have delivered me from the strivings of the people. Thou have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
| לשמע אזן ישמעו לי בני-נכר יכחשו-לי | 44 |
As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me. The foreigners shall submit themselves to me.
| בני-נכר יבלו ויחרגו ממסגרותיהם | 45 |
The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their close places.
| חי-יהוה וברוך צורי וירום אלוהי ישעי | 46 |
Jehovah lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation,
| האל--הנותן נקמות לי וידבר עמים תחתי | 47 |
even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
| מפלטי מאיבי אף מן-קמי תרוממני מאיש חמס תצילני | 48 |
He rescues me from my enemies. Yea, thou lift me up above those who rise up against me. Thou deliver me from the violent man.
| על-כן אודך בגוים יהוה ולשמך אזמרה | 49 |
Therefore I will give thanks to thee, O Jehovah, among the Gentiles, and will sing praises to thy name.
| מגדל ישועות מלכו ועשה חסד למשיחו--לדוד ולזרעו עד-עולם | 50 |
He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
