< תְהִלִּים 64 >
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְדָוִֽד׃ שְׁמַע־אֱלֹהִ֣ים קֹולִ֣י בְשִׂיחִ֑י מִפַּ֥חַד אֹ֝ויֵ֗ב תִּצֹּ֥ר חַיָּֽי׃ | 1 |
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Hear, O God, my voice, in my (meditation) From the fear of an enemy Thou keepest my life,
תַּ֭סְתִּירֵנִי מִסֹּ֣וד מְרֵעִ֑ים מֵ֝רִגְשַׁ֗ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃ | 2 |
Hidest me from the secret counsel of evil doers, From the tumult of workers of iniquity.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁנְנ֣וּ כַחֶ֣רֶב לְשֹׁונָ֑ם דָּרְכ֥וּ חִ֝צָּ֗ם דָּבָ֥ר מָֽר׃ | 3 |
Who sharpened as a sword their tongue, They directed their arrow — a bitter word.
לִירֹ֣ות בַּמִּסְתָּרִ֣ים תָּ֑ם פִּתְאֹ֥ם יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּ וְלֹ֣א יִירָֽאוּ׃ | 4 |
To shoot in secret places the perfect, Suddenly they shoot him, and fear not.
יְחַזְּקוּ־לָ֨מֹו ׀ דָּ֘בָ֤ר רָ֗ע יְֽ֭סַפְּרוּ לִטְמֹ֣ון מֹוקְשִׁ֑ים אָ֝מְר֗וּ מִ֣י יִרְאֶה־לָּֽמֹו׃ | 5 |
They strengthen for themselves an evil thing, They recount of the hiding of snares, They have said, 'Who doth look at it?'
יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־עֹולֹ֗ת תַּ֭מְנוּ חֵ֣פֶשׂ מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ וְקֶ֥רֶב אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֵ֣ב עָמֹֽק׃ | 6 |
They search out perverse things, 'We perfected a searching search,' And the inward part of man, and the heart [are] deep.
וַיֹּרֵ֗ם אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֥ץ פִּתְאֹ֑ום הָ֝י֗וּ מַכֹּותָֽם׃ | 7 |
And God doth shoot them [with] an arrow, Sudden have been their wounds,
וַיַּכְשִׁיל֣וּהוּ עָלֵ֣ימֹו לְשֹׁונָ֑ם יִ֝תְנֹדֲד֗וּ כָּל־רֹ֥אֵה בָֽם׃ | 8 |
And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
וַיִּֽירְא֗וּ כָּל־אָ֫דָ֥ם וַ֭יַּגִּידוּ פֹּ֥עַל אֱלֹהִ֗ים וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥הוּ הִשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃ | 9 |
And all men fear, and declare the work of God, And His deed they have considered wisely.
יִשְׂמַ֬ח צַדִּ֣יק בַּ֭יהוָה וְחָ֣סָה בֹ֑ו וְ֝יִתְהַֽלְל֗וּ כָּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ | 10 |
The righteous doth rejoice in Jehovah, And hath trusted in Him, And boast themselves do all the upright of heart!