תהילים 55
| למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד ב האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל-תתעלם מתחנתי | 1 |
God, listen to my prayer, and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you.
| הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה | 2 |
Listen to me, and answer me, because I am overwhelmed by [all] my troubles.
| מקול אויב--מפני עקת רשע כי-ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני | 3 |
My enemies cause me to be terrified; wicked people oppress me. They cause me to have great troubles; they are angry with me, and they hate me.
| לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי | 4 |
I am terrified, and I am very much afraid that I will die.
| יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות | 5 |
I am very fearful and I tremble/shake, and I am completely terrified.
| ואמר--מי-יתן-לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה | 6 |
I said, “I wish that I had wings like a dove! If I had wings, I would fly away and find a place to rest.
| הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה | 7 |
I would fly far away and live in the desert.
| אחישה מפלט לי-- מרוח סעה מסער | 8 |
I would quickly find a shelter from [my enemies] [who are like] [MET] a strong wind and rainstorm.”
| בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי-ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר | 9 |
Lord, confuse my enemies, and cause their plans to fail, because I see them acting violently and causing strife in the city [of Jerusalem].
| יומם ולילה--יסובבה על-חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה | 10 |
During [each] day and night they march around on top of its walls, committing crimes and causing trouble.
| הוות בקרבה ולא-ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה | 11 |
They destroy [things] everywhere. They oppress and defraud [people] in the (marketplaces/public squares).
| כי לא-אויב יחרפני ואשא לא-משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו | 12 |
If it were an enemy who was making fun of me, I could endure it. If it were someone who hates me, who despises me, I could hide from him.
| ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי | 13 |
But it is someone who is just like me, my companion, someone who was my friend [who is doing this to me].
| אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש | 14 |
We previously had many good talks together; we walked around together in God’s temple.
| ישימות (ישי מות) עלימו--ירדו שאול חיים כי-רעות במגורם בקרבם (Sheol h7585) | 15 |
I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly; while they are still young, cause them to go down to the place where the dead people are. They they think evil things. (Sheol h7585)
| אני אל-אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני | 16 |
But I [will] ask Yahweh, [my] God, to help me, and he will save me.
| ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי | 17 |
[Each] morning and [each] noontime and [each] evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan, and he hears my voice.
| פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב-לי כי-ברבים היו עמדי | 18 |
I have [very] many enemies, but he will rescue me and bring me back safely from the battles that I fight.
| ישמע אל ויענם-- וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים | 19 |
God is the one who has ruled everything forever, and he will listen to me. He will cause my enemies to be [defeated and] disgraced, because they do not change their evil behavior and they do not revere God.
| שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו | 20 |
My companion, [whom I mentioned previously], betrayed his friends and broke the agreement that he made with them.
| חלקו מחמאת פיו-- וקרב-לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות | 21 |
What he said was [easy to listen to, like] butter [is easy to swallow] [MET], but in his inner being he hated people; his words were [soothing] like [olive] oil, [but they hurt people like] sharp swords do [MET].
| השלך על-יהוה יהבך-- והוא יכלכלך לא-יתן לעולם מוט-- לצדיק | 22 |
Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands, and he will take care of you; he will never allow righteous [people] to experience disasters.
| ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת-- אנשי דמים ומרמה לא-יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח-בך | 23 |
God, you will cause murderers [MTY] and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but [as for me], I will trust in you.
