תהילים 18
| לַמְנַצֵּחַ ׀ לְעֶבֶד יְהוָה לְדָוִד אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ׀ לַיהוָה אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת בְּיוֹם הִֽצִּיל־יְהוָה אוֹתוֹ מִכַּף כָּל־אֹיְבָיו וּמִיַּד שָׁאֽוּל׃ וַיֹּאמַר אֶרְחָמְךָ יְהוָה חִזְקִֽי׃ | 1 |
For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength.
| יְהוָה ׀ סַֽלְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִי וּמְפַלְטִי אֵלִי צוּרִי אֶֽחֱסֶה־בּוֹ מָֽגִנִּי וְקֶֽרֶן־יִשְׁעִי מִשְׂגַּבִּֽי׃ | 2 |
The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; [he is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.
| מְהֻלָּל אֶקְרָא יְהוָה וּמִן־אֹיְבַי אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ | 3 |
I will call upon the Lord with praises, and I shall be saved from mine enemies.
| אֲפָפוּנִי חֶבְלֵי־מָוֶת וְֽנַחֲלֵי בְלִיַּעַל יְבַֽעֲתֽוּנִי׃ | 4 |
The pangs of death compassed me, and the torrents of ungodliness troubled me exceedingly.
| חֶבְלֵי שְׁאוֹל סְבָבוּנִי קִדְּמוּנִי מוֹקְשֵׁי מָֽוֶת׃ (Sheol h7585) | 5 |
The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
| בַּצַּר־לִי ׀ אֶֽקְרָא יְהוָה וְאֶל־אֱלֹהַי אֲשַׁוֵּעַ יִשְׁמַע מֵהֵיכָלוֹ קוֹלִי וְשַׁוְעָתִי לְפָנָיו ׀ תָּבוֹא בְאָזְנָֽיו׃ | 6 |
And when I was afflicted I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of this holy temple, and my cry shall enter before him, [even] into his ears.
| וַתִּגְעַשׁ וַתִּרְעַשׁ ׀ הָאָרֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵי הָרִים יִרְגָּזוּ וַיִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁוּ כִּי־חָרָה לֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.
| עָלָה עָשָׁן ׀ בְּאַפּוֹ וְאֵשׁ־מִפִּיו תֹּאכֵל גֶּחָלִים בָּעֲרוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | 8 |
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire burst into a flame at his presence: coals were kindled at it.
| וַיֵּט שָׁמַיִם וַיֵּרַד וַעֲרָפֶל תַּחַת רַגְלֽ͏ָיו׃ | 9 |
And he bowed the heaven, and came down: and thick darkness was under his feet.
| וַיִּרְכַּב עַל־כְּרוּב וַיָּעֹף וַיֵּדֶא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃ | 10 |
And he mounted on cherubs and flew: he flew on the wings of winds.
| יָשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ ׀ סִתְרוֹ סְבִֽיבוֹתָיו סֻכָּתוֹ חֶשְׁכַת־מַיִם עָבֵי שְׁחָקִֽים׃ | 11 |
And he made darkness his secret place: round about him was his tabernacle, [even] dark water in the clouds of the air.
| מִנֹּגַהּ נֶגְדּוֹ עָבָיו עָבְרוּ בָּרָד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃ | 12 |
At the brightness before him the clouds passed, hail and coals of fire.
| וַיַּרְעֵם בַּשָּׁמַיִם ׀ יְֽהוָה וְעֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּן קֹלוֹ בָּרָד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃ | 13 |
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.
| וַיִּשְׁלַח חִצָּיו וַיְפִיצֵם וּבְרָקִים רָב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃ | 14 |
And he sent forth [his] weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
| וַיֵּרָאוּ ׀ אֲפִיקֵי מַיִם וַֽיִּגָּלוּ מוֹסְדוֹת תֵּבֵל מִגַּעֲרָתְךָ יְהוָה מִנִּשְׁמַת רוּחַ אַפֶּֽךָ׃ | 15 |
And the springs of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blasting of the breath of your wrath.
| יִשְׁלַח מִמָּרוֹם יִקָּחֵנִי יַֽמְשֵׁנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּֽים׃ | 16 |
He sent from on high and took me, he drew me to himself out of many waters.
| יַצִּילֵנִי מֵאֹיְבִי עָז וּמִשֹּׂנְאַי כִּֽי־אָמְצוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | 17 |
He will deliver me from my mighty enemies, and from them that hate me; for they are stronger than I.
| יְקַדְּמוּנִי בְיוֹם־אֵידִי וַֽיְהִי־יְהוָה לְמִשְׁעָן לִֽי׃ | 18 |
They prevented me in the day of mine affliction: but the Lord was my stay against [them].
| וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי לַמֶּרְחָב יְחַלְּצֵנִי כִּי חָפֵֽץ בִּֽי׃ | 19 |
And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.
| יִגְמְלֵנִי יְהוָה כְּצִדְקִי כְּבֹר יָדַי יָשִׁיב לִֽי׃ | 20 |
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.
| כִּֽי־שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵי יְהוָה וְלֹֽא־רָשַׁעְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃ | 21 |
For I have kept the way of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
| כִּי כָל־מִשְׁפָּטָיו לְנֶגְדִּי וְחֻקֹּתָיו לֹא־אָסִיר מֶֽנִּי׃ | 22 |
For all his judgments were before me, and his ordinances departed not from me.
| וָאֱהִי תָמִים עִמּוֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמֵּר מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃ | 23 |
And I shall be blameless with hem, and shall keep myself from mine iniquity.
| וַיָּֽשֶׁב־יְהוָה לִי כְצִדְקִי כְּבֹר יָדַי לְנֶגֶד עֵינָֽיו׃ | 24 |
And the Lord shall recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands before his eyes.
| עִם־חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּד עִם־גְּבַר תָּמִים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃ | 25 |
With the holy you will be holy; and with the innocent man you will be innocent.
| עִם־נָבָר תִּתְבָּרָר וְעִם־עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃ | 26 |
And with the excellent [man] you will be excellent; and with the perverse you will show frowardness.
| כִּֽי־אַתָּה עַם־עָנִי תוֹשִׁיעַ וְעֵינַיִם רָמוֹת תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ | 27 |
For you will save the lowly people, and will humble the eyes of the proud.
| כִּֽי־אַתָּה תָּאִיר נֵרִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי יַגִּיהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ | 28 |
For you, O Lord, will light my lamp: my God, you will lighten my darkness.
| כִּֽי־בְךָ אָרֻץ גְּדוּד וּבֵֽאלֹהַי אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃ | 29 |
For by you shall I be delivered from a troop; and by my God I will pass over a wall.
| הָאֵל תָּמִים דַּרְכּוֹ אִמְרַֽת־יְהוָה צְרוּפָה מָגֵן הוּא לְכֹל ׀ הַחֹסִים בּֽוֹ׃ | 30 |
[As for] my God, his way is perfect: the oracles of the Lord are tried in the fire; he is a protector of all them that hope in him.
| כִּי מִי אֱלוֹהַּ מִבַּלְעֲדֵי יְהוָה וּמִי צוּר זוּלָתִי אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | 31 |
For who is God but the Lord? and who is a God except our God?
| הָאֵל הַמְאַזְּרֵנִי חָיִל וַיִּתֵּן תָּמִים דַּרְכִּֽי׃ | 32 |
[It is] God that girds me with strength, and has made my way blameless:
| מְשַׁוֶּה רַגְלַי כָּאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמֹתַי יַעֲמִידֵֽנִי׃ | 33 |
who strengthens my feet as hart's feet, and sets me upon high places.
| מְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַמִּלְחָמָה וְֽנִחֲתָה קֶֽשֶׁת־נְחוּשָׁה זְרוֹעֹתָֽי׃ | 34 |
He instructs my hands for war: and you have made my arms [as] a brazen bow.
| וַתִּתֶּן־לִי מָגֵן יִשְׁעֶךָ וִֽימִינְךָ תִסְעָדֵנִי וְֽעַנְוַתְךָ תַרְבֵּֽנִי׃ | 35 |
And you have made me secure in my salvation: and your right hand has helped me, and your correction has upheld me to the end; yes, your correction itself shall instruct me.
| תַּרְחִיב צַעֲדִי תַחְתָּי וְלֹא מָעֲדוּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃ | 36 |
You has made room for my goings under me, and by footsteps did not fail.
| אֶרְדּוֹף אוֹיְבַי וְאַשִּׂיגֵם וְלֹֽא־אָשׁוּב עַד־כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ | 37 |
I will pursue mine enemies, and overtake them; and I will not turn back until they are consumed.
| אֶמְחָצֵם וְלֹא־יֻכְלוּ קוּם יִפְּלוּ תַּחַת רַגְלָֽי׃ | 38 |
I will dash them to pieces and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
| וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי חַיִל לַמִּלְחָמָה תַּכְרִיעַ קָמַי תַּחְתָּֽי׃ | 39 |
For you have girded me with strength for war: you have beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
| וְֽאֹיְבַי נָתַתָּה לִּי עֹרֶף וּמְשַׂנְאַי אַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ | 40 |
And you has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and you have destroyed them that hated me.
| יְשַׁוְּעוּ וְאֵין־מוֹשִׁיעַ עַל־יְהוָה וְלֹא עָנָֽם׃ | 41 |
They cried, but there was no deliverer: [even] to the Lord, but he listened not to them.
| וְֽאֶשְׁחָקֵם כְּעָפָר עַל־פְּנֵי־רוּחַ כְּטִיט חוּצוֹת אֲרִיקֵֽם׃ | 42 |
I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.
| תְּפַלְּטֵנִי מֵרִיבֵי עָם תְּשִׂימֵנִי לְרֹאשׁ גּוֹיִם עַם לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃ | 43 |
Deliver me from the gain sayings of the people: you shall make me head of the Gentiles: a people whom I knew not served me,
| לְשֵׁמַֽע אֹזֶן יִשָּׁמְעוּ לִי בְּנֵֽי־נֵכָר יְכַחֲשׁוּ־לִֽי׃ | 44 |
at the hearing of the ear they obeyed me: the strange children lied to me.
| בְּנֵי־נֵכָר יִבֹּלוּ וְיַחְרְגוּ מִֽמִּסְגְּרֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ | 45 |
The strange children waxed old, and fell away from their paths through lameness.
| חַי־יְהוָה וּבָרוּךְ צוּרִי וְיָרוּם אֱלוֹהֵי יִשְׁעִֽי׃ | 46 |
The Lord lives; and blessed [be] my God; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
| הָאֵל הַנּוֹתֵן נְקָמוֹת לִי וַיַּדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתָּֽי׃ | 47 |
[It is] God that avenges me, and has subdued the nations under me;
| מְפַלְּטִי מֵאֹיְבָי אַף מִן־קָמַי תְּרוֹמְמֵנִי מֵאִישׁ חָמָס תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃ | 48 |
my deliverer from angry enemies: you shall set me on high above them that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the unrighteous man.
| עַל־כֵּן ׀ אוֹדְךָ בַגּוֹיִם ׀ יְהוָה וּלְשִׁמְךָ אֲזַמֵּֽרָה׃ | 49 |
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
| מגדל מַגְדִּיל יְשׁוּעוֹת מַלְכּוֹ וְעֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד ׀ לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ | 50 |
[God] magnifies the deliverances of his king; and deals mercifully with David his anointed, and his seed, for ever.
