< תהילים 143 >
מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה ׀ שְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל־תַּחֲנוּנַי בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ עֲנֵנִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃ | 1 |
A psalm of David. Listen, O Lord, to my prayer; attend to my plea. In your faithfulness give me answer, and in your righteousness.
וְאַל־תָּבוֹא בְמִשְׁפָּט אֶת־עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי לֹֽא־יִצְדַּק לְפָנֶיךָ כָל־חָֽי׃ | 2 |
With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.
כִּי רָדַף אוֹיֵב ׀ נַפְשִׁי דִּכָּא לָאָרֶץ חַיָּתִי הוֹשִׁיבַנִי בְמַחֲשַׁכִּים כְּמֵתֵי עוֹלָֽם׃ | 3 |
For the enemy persecutes me, crushing my life to the ground, making me live in the darkness, as those who have long been dead.
וַתִּתְעַטֵּף עָלַי רוּחִי בְּתוֹכִי יִשְׁתּוֹמֵם לִבִּֽי׃ | 4 |
My spirit is faint within me, my heart is bewildered within me.
זָכַרְתִּי יָמִים ׀ מִקֶּדֶם הָגִיתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ אֲשׂוֹחֵֽחַ׃ | 5 |
I remember the days of old, and brood over all you have done, musing on all that your hands have wrought.
פֵּרַשְׂתִּי יָדַי אֵלֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי ׀ כְּאֶֽרֶץ־עֲיֵפָה לְךָ סֶֽלָה׃ | 6 |
I spread out my hands to you: I thirst for you, like parched earth. (Selah)
מַהֵר עֲנֵנִי ׀ יְהוָה כָּלְתָה רוּחִי אַל־תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי וְנִמְשַׁלְתִּי עִם־יֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃ | 7 |
Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.
הַשְׁמִיעֵנִי בַבֹּקֶר ׀ חַסְדֶּךָ כִּֽי־בְךָ בָטָחְתִּי הוֹדִיעֵנִי דֶּֽרֶךְ־זוּ אֵלֵךְ כִּֽי־אֵלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 8 |
Let me learn of your love in the morning, for my trust is in you. Teach me the way I should go: for my heart longs for you.
הַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבַי ׀ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ כִסִּֽתִי׃ | 9 |
Save me, O Lord, from my foes: for to you I have fled for refuge.
לַמְּדֵנִי ׀ לַֽעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ כִּֽי־אַתָּה אֱלוֹהָי רוּחֲךָ טוֹבָה תַּנְחֵנִי בְּאֶרֶץ מִישֽׁוֹר׃ | 10 |
Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.
לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה תְּחַיֵּנִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ ׀ תּוֹצִיא מִצָּרָה נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 11 |
Be true to your name Lord, spare me, bring me out of distress in your faithfulness.
וּֽבְחַסְדְּךָ תַּצְמִית אֹיְבָי וְֽהַאֲבַדְתָּ כָּל־צֹרֲרֵי נַפְשִׁי כִּי אֲנִי עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ | 12 |
In your kindness extinguish my enemies, and all those who vex me destroy; for I am your servant.