תהילים 35
| לדוד ריבה יהוה את יריבי לחם את לחמי׃ | 1 |
Contend, Adonai, with those who contend with me. Fight against those who fight against me.
| החזק מגן וצנה וקומה בעזרתי׃ | 2 |
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help.
| והרק חנית וסגר לקראת רדפי אמר לנפשי ישעתך אני׃ | 3 |
Brandish the spear and block those who pursue me. Tell my soul, “I am your salvation.”
| יבשו ויכלמו מבקשי נפשי יסגו אחור ויחפרו חשבי רעתי׃ | 4 |
Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.
| יהיו כמץ לפני רוח ומלאך יהוה דוחה׃ | 5 |
Let them be as chaff before the wind, Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] driving them on.
| יהי דרכם חשך וחלקלקות ומלאך יהוה רדפם׃ | 6 |
Let their way be dark and slippery, Adonai’s angel pursuing them.
| כי חנם טמנו לי שחת רשתם חנם חפרו לנפשי׃ | 7 |
For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
| תבואהו שואה לא ידע ורשתו אשר טמן תלכדו בשואה יפל בה׃ | 8 |
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
| ונפשי תגיל ביהוה תשיש בישועתו׃ | 9 |
My soul shall be joyful in Adonai. It shall rejoice in his yishu'ah ·salvation·.
| כל עצמותי תאמרנה יהוה מי כמוך מציל עני מחזק ממנו ועני ואביון מגזלו׃ | 10 |
All my bones shall say, “Adonai, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him; yes, the poor and the needy from him who robs him?”
| יקומון עדי חמס אשר לא ידעתי ישאלוני׃ | 11 |
Malicious witnesses come forward. They ask me about things about which I know nothing.
| ישלמוני רעה תחת טובה שכול לנפשי׃ | 12 |
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
| ואני בחלותם לבושי שק עניתי בצום נפשי ותפלתי על חיקי תשוב׃ | 13 |
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer teshuvah ·completely returned· into my own bosom.
| כרע כאח לי התהלכתי כאבל אם קדר שחותי׃ | 14 |
I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.
| ובצלעי שמחו ונאספו נאספו עלי נכים ולא ידעתי קרעו ולא דמו׃ | 15 |
But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.
| בחנפי לעגי מעוג חרק עלי שנימו׃ | 16 |
Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
| אדני כמה תראה השיבה נפשי משאיהם מכפירים יחידתי׃ | 17 |
Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
| אודך בקהל רב בעם עצום אהללך׃ | 18 |
I will yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
| אל ישמחו לי איבי שקר שנאי חנם יקרצו עין׃ | 19 |
Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
| כי לא שלום ידברו ועל רגעי ארץ דברי מרמות יחשבון׃ | 20 |
For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
| וירחיבו עלי פיהם אמרו האח האח ראתה עינינו׃ | 21 |
Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, “Aha! Aha! Our eye has seen it!”
| ראיתה יהוה אל תחרש אדני אל תרחק ממני׃ | 22 |
You have seen it, Adonai. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
| העירה והקיצה למשפטי אלהי ואדני לריבי׃ | 23 |
Wake up! Rise up to my mishpat ·justice· me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
| שפטני כצדקך יהוה אלהי ואל ישמחו לי׃ | 24 |
Vindicate me, Adonai my God, according to your righteousness. Don’t let them gloat over me.
| אל יאמרו בלבם האח נפשנו אל יאמרו בלענוהו׃ | 25 |
Don’t let them say in their heart, “Aha! That’s the way we want it!” Don’t let them say, “We have swallowed him up!”
| יבשו ויחפרו יחדו שמחי רעתי ילבשו בשת וכלמה המגדילים עלי׃ | 26 |
Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.
| ירנו וישמחו חפצי צדקי ויאמרו תמיד יגדל יהוה החפץ שלום עבדו׃ | 27 |
Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my upright cause. Yes, let them say continually, “Adonai be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”
| ולשוני תהגה צדקך כל היום תהלתך׃ | 28 |
My tongue shall talk about your righteousness and about your tehilah ·praise song· all day long.
