תהילים 37
| לדוד אל-תתחר במרעים אל-תקנא בעשי עולה | 1 |
A psalm for David himself. Be not emulous of evildoers; nor envy them that work iniquity.
| כי כחציר מהרה ימלו וכירק דשא יבולון | 2 |
For they shall shortly wither away as grass, and as the green herbs shall quickly fall.
| בטח ביהוה ועשה-טוב שכן-ארץ ורעה אמונה | 3 |
Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.
| והתענג על-יהוה ויתן-לך משאלת לבך | 4 |
Delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the requests of thy heart.
| גול על-יהוה דרכך ובטח עליו והוא יעשה | 5 |
Commit thy way to the Lord, and trust in him, and he will do it.
| והוציא כאור צדקך ומשפטך כצהרים | 6 |
And he will bring forth thy justice as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
| דום ליהוה-- והתחולל-לו אל-תתחר במצליח דרכו באיש עשה מזמות | 7 |
Be subject to the Lord and pray to him Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.
| הרף מאף ועזב חמה אל-תתחר אך-להרע | 8 |
Cease from anger, and leave rage; have no emulation to do evil.
| כי-מרעים יכרתון וקוי יהוה המה יירשו-ארץ | 9 |
For the evildoers shall be cut off: but they that wait upon the Lord shall inherit the land.
| ועוד מעט ואין רשע והתבוננת על-מקומו ואיננו | 10 |
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: and thou shalt seek his place, and shalt not find it.
| וענוים יירשו-ארץ והתענגו על-רב שלום | 11 |
But the meek shall inherit the land, and shall delight in abundance of peace.
| זמם רשע לצדיק וחרק עליו שניו | 12 |
The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth.
| אדני ישחק-לו כי-ראה כי-יבא יומו | 13 |
But the Lord shall laugh at him: for he foreseeth that his day shall come.
| חרב פתחו רשעים-- ודרכו קשתם להפיל עני ואביון לטבוח ישרי-דרך | 14 |
The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
| חרבם תבוא בלבם וקשתותם תשברנה | 15 |
Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
| טוב-מעט לצדיק-- מהמון רשעים רבים | 16 |
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
| כי זרועות רשעים תשברנה וסומך צדיקים יהוה | 17 |
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.
| יודע יהוה ימי תמימם ונחלתם לעולם תהיה | 18 |
The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
| לא-יבשו בעת רעה ובימי רעבון ישבעו | 19 |
They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:
| כי רשעים יאבדו ואיבי יהוה כיקר כרים כלו בעשן כלו | 20 |
Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
| לוה רשע ולא ישלם וצדיק חונן ונותן | 21 |
The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.
| כי מברכיו יירשו ארץ ומקלליו יכרתו | 22 |
For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.
| מיהוה מצעדי-גבר כוננו ודרכו יחפץ | 23 |
With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
| כי-יפל לא-יוטל כי-יהוה סומך ידו | 24 |
When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.
| נער הייתי-- גם-זקנתי ולא-ראיתי צדיק נעזב וזרעו מבקש-לחם | 25 |
I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
| כל-היום חונן ומלוה וזרעו לברכה | 26 |
He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.
| סור מרע ועשה-טוב ושכן לעולם | 27 |
Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
| כי יהוה אהב משפט ולא-יעזב את-חסידיו לעולם נשמרו וזרע רשעים נכרת | 28 |
For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
| צדיקים יירשו-ארץ וישכנו לעד עליה | 29 |
But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
| פי-צדיק יהגה חכמה ולשונו תדבר משפט | 30 |
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.
| תורת אלהיו בלבו לא תמעד אשריו | 31 |
The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
| צופה רשע לצדיק ומבקש להמיתו | 32 |
The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,
| יהוה לא-יעזבנו בידו ולא ירשיענו בהשפטו | 33 |
But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
| קוה אל-יהוה ושמר דרכו וירוממך לרשת ארץ בהכרת רשעים תראה | 34 |
Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
| ראיתי רשע עריץ ומתערה כאזרח רענן | 35 |
I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
| ויעבר והנה איננו ואבקשהו ולא נמצא | 36 |
And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.
| שמר-תם וראה ישר כי-אחרית לאיש שלום | 37 |
Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
| ופשעים נשמדו יחדו אחרית רשעים נכרתה | 38 |
But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.
| ותשועת צדיקים מיהוה מעוזם בעת צרה | 39 |
But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
| ויעזרם יהוה ויפלטם יפלטם מרשעים ויושיעם--כי-חסו בו | 40 |
And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
