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Psalms

Chapter 36

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Hebrew
אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה תּוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה: ח מַה־יָּקָר חַסְדְּךָ אֱלֹהִים, וּבְנֵי
אָדָם בְּצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ יֶחֱסָיוּן: ט יִרְוְיֻן מִדֶּשֶׁן בֵּיתֶךָ, וְנַחַל עֲדָנֶיךָ
תַשְׁקֵם: י כִּי־עִמְּךָ מְקוֹר חַיִּים, בְּאוֹרְךָ נִרְאֶה־אוֹר: יא מְשֹׁךְ
חַסְדְּךָ לְיֹדְעֶיךָ, וְצִדְקָתְךָ לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵב: יב אַל־תְּבוֹאֵנִי רֶגֶל
גַּאֲוָה, וְיַד־רְשָׁעִים אַל־תְּנִדֵנִי: יג שָׁם נָפְלוּ פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן, דֹּחוּ
וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ קוּם:
Sephardi
adam uvehemah toshia Adonai: 8 mah-yakar chasdecha Elohim, uvnei
adam b'tzel k'nafecha yechesayun: 9 yirv'yun mideshen beitecha, v'nachal adanecha
tashkem: 10 ki-im'cha mekor chayim, b'orecha nireh-or: 11 m'shoch
chasdecha l'yod'echa, v'tzidkat'cha l'yishrei-lev: 12 al-t'vo'eni regel
ga'avah, v'yad-r'sha'im al-t'nideni: 13 sham naflu po'alei aven, dochu
v'lo-yachlu kum:
English
man and beast You save, O Lord. 8 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. 9 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your delights. 10 For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. 11 Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright of heart. 12 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. 13 There the workers of iniquity have fallen; they are thrust down and cannot rise.
Hebrew
לז לְדָוִד, אַל־תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים, אַל־תְּקַנֵּא בְּעֹשֵׂי
עַוְלָה: ב כִּי כֶחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּלוּ, וּכְיֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא יִבּוֹלוּן: ג בְּטַח
בַּיהוָה וַעֲשֵׂה־טוֹב, שְׁכָן־אֶרֶץ וּרְעֵה אֱמוּנָה: ד וְהִתְעַנַּג
עַל־יְהוָה, וְיִתֶּן־לְךָ מִשְׁאֲלֹת לִבֶּךָ: ה גּוֹל עַל־יְהוָה דַּרְכֶּךָ,
וּבְטַח עָלָיו וְהוּא יַעֲשֶׂה: ו וְהוֹצִיא כָאוֹר צִדְקֶךָ, וּמִשְׁפָּטֶךָ
כַּצָּהֳרָיִם: ז דּוֹם לַיהוָה וְהִתְחוֹלֵל לוֹ, אַל־תִּתְחַר בְּמַצְלִיחַ
דַּרְכּוֹ, בְּאִישׁ עֹשֶׂה מְזִמּוֹת: ח הֶרֶף מֵאַף וַעֲזֹב חֵמָה, אַל־
תִּתְחַר אַךְ לְהָרֵעַ: ט כִּי־מְרֵעִים יִכָּרֵתוּן, וְקוֹיֵי יְהוָה הֵמָּה
יִירְשׁוּ־אָרֶץ: י וְעוֹד מְעַט וְאֵין רָשָׁע, וְהִתְבּוֹנַנְתָּ עַל־מְקוֹמוֹ
וְאֵינֶנּוּ: יא וַעֲנָוִים יִירְשׁוּ־אָרֶץ, וְהִתְעַנְּגוּ עַל־רֹב שָׁלוֹם:
יב זֹמֵם רָשָׁע לַצַּדִּיק, וְחֹרֵק עָלָיו שִׁנָּיו: יג אֲדֹנָי יִשְׂחַק־
לוֹ, כִּי־רָאָה כִּי־יָבֹא יוֹמוֹ: יד חֶרֶב פָּתְחוּ רְשָׁעִים וְדָרְכוּ
קַשְׁתָּם, לְהַפִּיל עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן, לִטְבוֹחַ יִשְׁרֵי־דָרֶךְ: טו חַרְבָּם
תָּבוֹא בְלִבָּם, וְקַשְׁתּוֹתָם תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה: טז טוֹב מְעַט לַצַּדִּיק,
מֵהֲמוֹן רְשָׁעִים רַבִּים: יז כִּי זְרוֹעוֹת רְשָׁעִים תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה,
וְסוֹמֵךְ צַדִּיקִים יְהוָה: יח יוֹדֵעַ יְהוָה יְמֵי תְמִימִם, וְנַחֲלָתָם
לְעוֹלָם תִּהְיֶה: יט לֹא־יֵבֹשׁוּ בְּעֵת רָעָה, וּבִימֵי רְעָבוֹן יִשְׂבָּעוּ:
כ כִּי רְשָׁעִים יֹאבֵדוּ, וְאֹיְבֵי יְהוָה כִּיקַר כָּרִים, כָּלוּ בֶעָשָׁן
כָּלוּ: כא לֹוֶה רָשָׁע וְלֹא יְשַׁלֵּם, וְצַדִּיק חוֹנֵן וְנוֹתֵן: כב כִּי
מְבֹרָכָיו יִירְשׁוּ אָרֶץ, וּמְקֻלָּלָיו יִכָּרֵתוּ: כג מֵיְהוָה מִצְעֲדֵי־
גֶבֶר כּוֹנָנוּ, וְדַרְכּוֹ יֶחְפָּץ: כד כִּי־יִפֹּל לֹא־יוּטָל, כִּי־יְהוָה
סוֹמֵךְ יָדוֹ: כה נַעַר הָיִיתִי גַּם־זָקַנְתִּי, וְלֹא־רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק
נֶעֱזָב, וְזַרְעוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ־לָחֶם: כו כָּל־הַיּוֹם חוֹנֵן וּמַלְוֶה, וְזַרְעוֹ
לִבְרָכָה: כז סוּר מֵרָע וַעֲשֵׂה־טוֹב, וּשְׁכֹן לְעוֹלָם: כח כִּי יְהוָה
אֹהֵב מִשְׁפָּט, וְלֹא־יַעֲזֹב אֶת־חֲסִידָיו לְעוֹלָם נִשְׁמָרוּ, וְזֶרַע
רְשָׁעִים נִכְרָת: כט צַדִּיקִים יִירְשׁוּ־אָרֶץ, וְיִשְׁכְּנוּ לָעַד עָלֶיהָ:
ל פִּי־צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה חָכְמָה, וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ תְּדַבֵּר מִשְׁפָּט: לא תּוֹרַת
אֱלֹהָיו בְּלִבּוֹ, לֹא תִמְעַד אֲשֻׁרָיו: לב צוֹפֶה רָשָׁע לַצַּדִּיק,
וּמְבַקֵּשׁ לַהֲמִיתוֹ: לג יְהוָה לֹא־יַעַזְבֶנּוּ בְיָדוֹ, וְלֹא יַרְשִׁיעֶנּוּ
בְּהִשָּׁפְטוֹ: לד קַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָה וּשְׁמֹר דַּרְכּוֹ, וִירוֹמִמְךָ לָרֶשֶׁת
אָרֶץ, בְּהִכָּרֵת רְשָׁעִים תִּרְאֶה: לה רָאִיתִי רָשָׁע עָרִיץ,
וּמִתְעָרֶה כְּאֶזְרָח רַעֲנָן: לו וַיַּעֲבֹר וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ, וָאֲבַקְשֵׁהוּ
וְלֹא נִמְצָא: לז שְׁמָר־תָּם וּרְאֵה יָשָׁר, כִּי־אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ
שָׁלוֹם: לח וּפֹשְׁעִים נִשְׁמְדוּ יַחְדָּו, אַחֲרִית רְשָׁעִים נִכְרָתָה:
לט וּתְשׁוּעַת צַדִּיקִים מֵיְהוָה, מָעוּזָּם בְּעֵת צָרָה: מ וַיַּעְזְרֵם
יְהוָה וַיְפַלְּטֵם, יְפַלְּטֵם מֵרְשָׁעִים וְיוֹשִׁיעֵם, כִּי חָסוּ בוֹ:
Sephardi
37 leDavid, al-titchar bamere'im, al-t'qanei b'osei
avlah: 2 ki chechatzir meherah yimalu, uchyereq deshe yibolun: 3 b'tach
baDonai va'aseh-tov, sh'chon-eretz ur'eh emunah: 4 v'hit'anag
al-Adonai, v'yiten-l'cha mish'alot libecha: 5 gol al-Adonai darkecha,
uvtach alav vehu ya'aseh: 6 v'hotzi cha'or tzidkecha, umishpatecha
katzahorayim: 7 dom laDonai v'hit'cholel lo, al-titchar b'matzliach
darko, b'ish oseh m'zimot: 8 heref me'af va'azov cheimah, al-
titchar ach l'hare'a: 9 ki-mere'im yikaretun, v'qoyei Adonai hemah
yirshu-aretz: 10 v'od me'at v'ein rasha, v'hitbonanta al-m'qomo
v'einenu: 11 va'anavim yirshu-aretz, v'hit'an'gu al-rov shalom:
12 zomem rasha latzadiq, v'choreq alav shinav: 13 Adonai yischaq-
lo, ki-ra'ah ki-yavo yomo: 14 cherev patchu resha'im v'darchu
qashtam, l'hapil ani ve'evyon, litboach yishrei-darech: 15 charbam
tavo b'libam, v'qashtotam tishavarnah: 16 tov me'at latzadiq,
mehamon resha'im rabim: 17 ki z'ro'ot resha'im tishavarnah,
v'somech tzaddikim Adonai: 18 yodea Adonai yemei temimim, v'nachalatam
le'olam tihyeh: 19 lo-yevoshu be'et ra'ah, uvyimei r'avon yisba'u:
20 ki resha'im yovedu, v'oyvei Adonai kiqar karim, kalu ve'ashan
kalu: 21 loveh rasha v'lo y'shalem, v'tzadiq chonen v'noten: 22 ki
m'vorachav yirshu aretz, umqulalav yikaretu: 23 meAdonai mitz'adei-
gever konanu, v'darko yechpatz: 24 ki-yipol lo-yutal, ki-Adonai
somech yado: 25 na'ar hayiti gam-zaqanti, v'lo-ra'iti tzadik
ne'ezav, v'zar'o m'vaqesh-lachem: 26 kal-hayom chonen umalveh, v'zar'o
livrachah: 27 sur mera va'aseh-tov, ushchon le'olam: 28 ki Adonai
ohev mishpat, v'lo-ya'azov et-chasidav le'olam nishmaru, vezerah
resha'im nichrat: 29 tzaddikim yirshu-aretz, v'yishk'nu la'ad alehah:
30 pi-tzadiq yehgeh chochmah, ulshono t'daber mishpat: 31 Torat
Elohav b'libo, lo tim'ad ashurav: 32 tzofeh rasha latzadiq,
umvaqesh lahamito: 33 Adonai lo-ya'azvenu b'yado, v'lo yarshi'enu
b'hishafto: 34 kavveh el-Adonai ushmor darko, viromimcha lareshet
aretz, b'hikaret resha'im tir'eh: 35 ra'iti rasha aritz,
umit'areh ke'ezrach ra'anan: 36 vaya'avor v'hineh einenu, va'avaqshehu
v'lo nimtza: 37 sh'mor-tam ur'eh yashar, ki-acharit l'ish
shalom: 38 ufosh'im nishm'du yachdav, acharit resha'im nichratah:
39 utshu'at tzaddikim meAdonai, ma'uzam be'et tzarah: 40 vaya'azrem
Adonai vayfaltem, y'faltem mer'sha'im veyoshi'em, ki chasu vo:
English
37 Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, do not be envious of those who do wrong. 2 For they will soon wither like the grass, and fade like the green herb. 3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him, and He will act. 6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. 7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices. 8 Refrain from anger and forsake wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil. 9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord—they will inherit the land. 10 Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; you will look carefully at his place, and he will not be there. 11 But the humble will inherit the land, and delight themselves in abundant peace. 12 The wicked plots against the righteous, and gnashes his teeth at him. 13 The Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright. 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 Better is a little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. 18 The Lord knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance shall be forever. 19 They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish; the enemies of the Lord are like the glory of the pastures—they vanish, like smoke they vanish away. 21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back, but the righteous is gracious and gives. 22 For those blessed by Him shall inherit the land, but those cursed by Him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread. 26 All day long he is gracious and lends, and his children become a blessing. 27 Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 28 For the Lord loves justice; He will not forsake His faithful ones. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. 30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. 31 The Torah of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip. 32 The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death. 33 The Lord will not abandon him to his hand, nor let him be condemned when he is brought to trial. 34 Wait for the Lord and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off. 35 I have seen a wicked, ruthless man, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil. 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was no more; though I sought him, he could not be found. 37 Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace. 38 But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the future of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their stronghold in the time of trouble. 40 The Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in Him.
Hebrew
לח מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר: ב יְהוָה, אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ
תוֹכִיחֵנִי, וּבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי: ג כִּי־חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי, וַתִּנְחַת
עָלַי יָדֶךָ: ד אֵין־מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵי זַעְמֶךָ, אֵין־שָׁלוֹם
בַּעֲצָמַי מִפְּנֵי חַטָּאתִי: ה כִּי עֲוֹנֹתַי עָבְרוּ רֹאשִׁי, כְּמַשָּׂא
כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּנִּי: ו הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתַי, מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּי:
ז נַעֲוֵיתִי שַׁחֹתִי עַד־מְאֹד, כָּל־הַיּוֹם קֹדֵר הִלָּכְתִּי: ח כִּי־כְסָלַי
מָלְאוּ נִקְלֶה, וְאֵין מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי: ט נְפוּגֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי עַד־
מְאֹד, שָׁאַגְתִּי מִנַּהֲמַת לִבִּי: י אֲדֹנָי, נֶגְדְּךָ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִי, וְאַנְחָתִי
מִמְּךָ לֹא־נִסְתָּרָה: יא לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי, וְאוֹר עֵינַי
גַּם־הֵם אֵין אִתִּי: יב אֹהֲבַי וְרֵעַי, מִנֶּגֶד נִגְעִי יַעֲמֹדוּ, וּקְרוֹבַי
מֵרָחֹק עָמָדוּ: יג וַיְנַקְשׁוּ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי, וְדֹרְשֵׁי רָעָתִי דִּבְּרוּ
הַוּוֹת, וּמִרְמוֹת כָּל־הַיּוֹם יֶהְגּוּ: יד וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע,
וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּיו: טו וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שֹׁמֵעַ, וְאֵין
בְּפִיו תּוֹכָחוֹת: טז כִּי־לְךָ יְהוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי, אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי
אֱלֹהָי: יז כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי, בְּמוֹט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּילוּ:
יח כִּי־אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכוֹן, וּמַכְאוֹבִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִיד: יט כִּי־עֲוֹנִי אַגִּיד,
אֶדְאַג מֵחַטָּאתִי: כ וְאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ, וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָׁקֶר:
כא וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה, יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת רָדְפִי־טוֹב:
כב אַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי יְהוָה, אֱלֹהַי אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי: כג חוּשָׁה
לְעֶזְרָתִי, אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִי:
Sephardi
38 mizmor leDavid lehazkir: 2 Adonai, al-b'ketzp'cha
tochicheni, uvachamat'cha t'yas'reni: 3 ki-chitzecha nichatu vi, vatinchat
alai yadecha: 4 ein-m'tom bivsari mipnei za'amecha, ein-shalom
ba'atzamai mipnei chatati: 5 ki avonotai av'ru roshi, k'masa
chaved yichb'du mimeni: 6 hiv'ishu namaku chaburotai, mipnei ivalti:
7 na'aveiti shachoti ad-me'od, kal-hayom qoder hilachti: 8 ki-ch'salai
mal'u niqleh, v'ein m'tom bivsari: 9 n'fugoti v'nidkeiti ad-
me'od, sha'agti minahamat libi: 10 Adonai, negd'cha chal-ta'avati, v'anachati
mimcha lo-nistarah: 11 libi s'charchar azavani kochi, v'or einai
gam-hem ein iti: 12 ohavai v're'ai, mineged nig'i ya'amodu, uq'rovai
merachoq amadu: 13 vaynaqshu m'vaqshei nafshi, v'dorshei ra'ati dib'ru
havot, umirmot kal-hayom yehgu: 14 va'ani ch'cheresh lo eshma,
uch'ilem lo yiftach-piv: 15 va'ehi k'ish asher lo-shome'a, v'ein
b'fiv tochaot: 16 ki-l'cha Adonai hochalti, atah ta'aneh Adonai
Elohai: 17 ki-amarti pen-yism'chu-li, b'mot ragli alai higdilu:
18 ki-ani l'tzela nachon, umach'ovi negdi tamid: 19 ki-avoni agid,
ed'ag mechatati: 20 v'oyevai chayim atzeimu, v'rabu son'ai shaqer:
21 umshalmei ra'ah tachat tovah, yist'nuni tachat rod'fi-tov:
22 al-ta'azveni Adonai, Elohai al-tirchaq mimeni: 23 chushah
l'ezrati, Adonai t'shu'ati:
English
38 A psalm of David, for a memorial. 2 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your rage. 3 For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has come down upon me. 4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. 5 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 6 My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness. 7 I am bent and bowed down greatly; all day long I go about mourning. 8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. 9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. 10 Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You. 11 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. 12 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand far off. 13 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and meditate treachery all day long. 14 But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear; like a mute man who does not open his mouth. 15 Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. 16 But for You, O Lord, I wait; it is You, O Lord my God, who will answer. 17 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me—when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. 18 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me. 19 For I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. 20 But my foes are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are many. 21 Those who render evil for good oppose me, because I follow after good. 22 Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me. 23 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
יוֹם ז

Day 7

Hebrew
לט לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִידוּתוּן מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: ב אָמַרְתִּי, אֶשְׁמְרָה
דְרָכַי מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי, אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם, בְּעֹד רָשָׁע
לְנֶגְדִּי: ג נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב, וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּר:
ד חַם־לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי, בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ, דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּלְשׁוֹנִי:
ה הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה קִצִּי, וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה־הִיא, אֵדְעָה מֶה־
Sephardi
39 lamnatzei'ach liYedutun mizmor leDavid: 2 amarti, eshmerah
d'rachai meichato vilshoni, eshmerah l'fi machsom, b'od rasha
l'negdi: 3 ne'elamti dumiyah hecheshiti mitov, uch'evi ne'kar:
4 cham-libi bekirbi, bahagigi tiv'ar-esh, dibarti bilshoni:
5 hodi'eni Adonai qitzi, umidat yamai mah-hi, ede'ah meh-
English
39 For the conductor, for Yeduthun. A psalm of David. 2 I said, I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will keep a muzzle on my mouth, while the wicked is before me. 3 I was mute and silent, I held my peace even from good, and my pain was stirred up. 4 My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: 5 Let me know, O Lord, my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how
Hebrew
חָדֵל אָנִי: ו הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי, וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ,
אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה: ז אַךְ־בְּצֶלֶם יִתְהַלֶּךְ־אִישׁ,
אַךְ־הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן, יִצְבֹּר וְלֹא־יֵדַע מִי־אֹסְפָם: ח וְעַתָּה מַה־
קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי, תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ הִיא: ט מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי, חֶרְפַּת
נָבָל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵנִי: י נֶאֱלַמְתִּי לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי, כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ:
יא הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ, מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ אֲנִי כָלִיתִי: יב בְּתוֹכָחוֹת
עַל־עָוֹן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ, וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ, אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם
סֶלָה: יג שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי יְהוָה, וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה, אֶל־דִּמְעָתִי
אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ, כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ, תּוֹשָׁב כְּכָל־אֲבוֹתָי: יד הָשַׁע
מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה, בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי:
Sephardi
chadel ani: 6 hineh t'fachot natatah yamai, v'cheldi ch'ayin negdecha,
ach kal-hevel kal-adam nitzav selah: 7 ach-b'tzelem yithalech-ish,
ach-hevel yehemayun, yitzbor v'lo-yeda mi-osfam: 8 v'atah mah-
qiviti Adonai, tochalti lecha hi: 9 mikal-p'sha'ai hatzileni, cherpat
naval al-t'simeni: 10 ne'elamti lo eftach-pi, ki atah asita:
11 haser me'alai nig'echa, mitigrat yad'cha ani chaliti: 12 b'tochaot
al-avon yisarta ish, vatemes ka'ash chamudo, ach hevel kal-adam
selah: 13 shim'ah t'filati Adonai, v'shav'ati ha'azinah, el-dim'ati
al-techerash, ki ger anochi imach, toshav k'chal-avotai: 14 hasha
mimeni va'abligah, b'terem elech v'einenni:
English
fleeting I am. 6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath. Selah. 7 Surely a man goes about as a shadow; surely for nothing they are in turmoil; he heaps up and does not know who will gather. 8 And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. 9 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of the fool. 10 I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is You who have done it. 11 Remove Your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of Your hand. 12 When You discipline a man with rebukes for iniquity, You consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath. Selah. 13 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with You, a guest, like all my fathers. 14 Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more.
Hebrew
מ לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר: ב קַוֺּה קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה, וַיֵּט אֵלַי
וַיִּשְׁמַע שַׁוְעָתִי: ג וַיַּעֲלֵנִי מִבּוֹר שָׁאוֹן מִטִּיט הַיָּוֵן, וַיָּקֶם
עַל־סֶלַע רַגְלַי כּוֹנֵן אֲשֻׁרָי: ד וַיִּתֵּן בְּפִי שִׁיר חָדָשׁ תְּהִלָּה
לֵאלֹהֵינוּ, יִרְאוּ רַבִּים וְיִירָאוּ, וְיִבְטְחוּ בַּיהוָה: ה אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר
אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם יְהוָה מִבְטַחוֹ, וְלֹא־פָנָה אֶל־רְהָבִים וְשָׂטֵי כָזָב:
ו רַבּוֹת עָשִׂיתָ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי, נִפְלְאֹתֶיךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ
אֵלֵינוּ, אֵין עֲרֹךְ אֵלֶיךָ אַגִּידָה וַאֲדַבֵּרָה, עָצְמוּ מִסַּפֵּר:
ז זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה לֹא־חָפַצְתָּ, אָזְנַיִם כָּרִיתָ לִּי, עוֹלָה וַחֲטָאָה
לֹא שָׁאָלְתָּ: ח אָז אָמַרְתִּי הִנֵּה־בָאתִי, בִּמְגִלַּת־סֵפֶר כָּתוּב
עָלָי: ט לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי, וְתוֹרָתְךָ בְּתוֹךְ מֵעָי:
י בִּשַּׂרְתִּי צֶדֶק בְּקָהָל רָב, הִנֵּה שְׂפָתַי לֹא אֶכְלָא, יְהוָה אַתָּה
יָדָעְתָּ: יא צִדְקָתְךָ לֹא־כִסִּיתִי בְּתוֹךְ לִבִּי, אֱמוּנָתְךָ וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ
אָמָרְתִּי, לֹא־כִחַדְתִּי חַסְדְּךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ לְקָהָל רָב: יב אַתָּה יְהוָה
לֹא־תִכְלָא רַחֲמֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי, חַסְדְּךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ תָּמִיד יִצְּרוּנִי:
יג כִּי אָפְפוּ־עָלַי רָעוֹת עַד־אֵין מִסְפָּר, הִשִּׂיגוּנִי עֲוֹנֹתַי
וְלֹא־יָכֹלְתִּי לִרְאוֹת, עָצְמוּ מִשַּׂעֲרוֹת רֹאשִׁי וְלִבִּי עֲזָבָנִי:
יד רְצֵה יְהוָה לְהַצִּילֵנִי, יְהוָה לְעֶזְרָתִי חוּשָׁה: טו יֵבֹשׁוּ
וְיַחְפְּרוּ יַחַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי לִסְפּוֹתָהּ, יִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר וְיִכָּלְמוּ,
חֲפֵצֵי רָעָתִי: טז יָשֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵקֶב בָּשְׁתָּם, הָאֹמְרִים לִי הֶאָח |
הֶאָח: יז יָשִׂישׂוּ וְיִשְׂמְחוּ בְּךָ כָּל־מְבַקְשֶׁיךָ, יֹאמְרוּ תָמִיד
יִגְדַּל יְהוָה, אֹהֲבֵי תְּשׁוּעָתֶךָ: יח וַאֲנִי עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן, אֲדֹנָי יַחֲשָׁב
לִי, עֶזְרָתִי וּמְפַלְטִי אַתָּה, אֱלֹהַי אַל־תְּאַחַר:
Sephardi
40 lamnatzei'ach leDavid mizmor: 2 qavoh kiviti Adonai, vayeit elai
vayishma shav'ati: 3 vaya'aleni mibor sha'on mitit hayaven, vayaqem
al-sela raglai konen ashurai: 4 vayiten b'fi shir chadash tehilah
leloheinu, yir'u rabim v'yira'u, v'yivt'chu baDonai: 5 ashrei hagever
asher-sam Adonai mivtacho, v'lo-fanah el-r'havim v'satei chazav:
6 rabot asita atah Adonai Elohai, nifle'otecha umachsh'votecha
eleinu, ein aroch eilecha agidah va'adaberah, atzmu misaper:
7 zevach uminchah lo-chafatzta, oznayim karita li, olah vachata'ah
lo sha'alta: 8 az amarti hineh-bati, bimgilat-sefer katuv
alai: 9 la'asot retzonekha Elohai chafatzti, vetoratkha b'toch me'ai:
10 bisarti tzedek b'qahal rav, hineh sefatai lo echla, Adonai atah
yadata: 11 tzidkatekha lo-chisiti b'toch libi, emunat'cha utshu'atecha
amarti, lo-chichadti chasdecha va'amit'cha l'qahal rav: 12 atah Adonai
lo-tichla rachamecha mimeni, chasdecha va'amit'cha tamid yitzruni:
13 ki af'fu-alai ra'ot ad-ein mispar, hisiguni avonotai
v'lo-yacholti lir'ot, atzmu misa'arot roshi v'libi azavani:
14 retzeh Adonai l'hatzileni, Adonai l'ezrati chushah: 15 yevoshu
v'yachp'ru yachad m'vaqshei nafshi lispotah, yisogu achor v'yikal'mu,
chafeitzei ra'ati: 16 yashomu al-eqev bashtam, ha'om'rim li he'ach |
he'ach: 17 yasisu v'yism'chu b'cha kal-m'vaqshecha, yomru tamid
yigdal Adonai, ohavei t'shu'atecha: 18 va'ani ani ve'evyon, Adonai yachashov
li, ezrati umfalti atah, Elohai al-t'achar:
English
40 For the conductor, of David, a psalm. 2 I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry. 3 He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 4 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord. 5 Happy is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie. 6 You have multiplied, O Lord my God, Your wondrous deeds and Your thoughts toward us; none can compare with You. Were I to proclaim and tell of them, they would be more than can be numbered. 7 In sacrifice and offering You have not delighted, but You have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. 8 Then I said, Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: 9 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Torah is within my heart. 10 I have told the glad news of righteousness in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as You know, O Lord. 11 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation. 12 As for You, O Lord, You will not restrain Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. 13 For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me. 14 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me. 15 Let those be put to shame and disappointed altogether who seek to snatch away my life; let those be turned back and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt. 16 Let those be appalled because of their shame who say to me, Aha, Aha! 17 But may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation say continually, Great is the Lord! 18 As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.
Hebrew
מא לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: ב אַשְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּיל אֶל־דָּל,
בְּיוֹם רָעָה יְמַלְּטֵהוּ יְהוָה: ג יְהוָה יִשְׁמְרֵהוּ וִיחַיֵּהוּ וְאֻשַּׁר
בָּאָרֶץ, וְאַל־תִּתְּנֵהוּ בְּנֶפֶשׁ אֹיְבָיו: ד יְהוָה יִסְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶרֶשׂ
דְּוָי, כָּל־מִשְׁכָּבוֹ הָפַכְתָּ בְחָלְיוֹ: ה אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי יְהוָה חָנֵּנִי,
רְפָאָה נַפְשִׁי כִּי־חָטָאתִי לָךְ: ו אוֹיְבַי יֹאמְרוּ רַע לִי, מָתַי
יָמוּת וְאָבַד שְׁמוֹ: ז וְאִם־בָּא לִרְאוֹת שָׁוְא יְדַבֵּר לִבּוֹ, יִקְבָּץ־
אָוֶן לוֹ, יֵצֵא לַחוּץ יְדַבֵּר: ח יַחַד עָלַי יִתְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָי,
עָלַי יַחְשְׁבוּ רָעָה לִי: ט דְּבַר־בְּלִיַּעַל יָצוּק בּוֹ, וַאֲשֶׁר שָׁכַב
לֹא־יוֹסִיף לָקוּם: י גַּם־אִישׁ שְׁלוֹמִי אֲשֶׁר־בָּטַחְתִּי בוֹ אוֹכֵל
לַחְמִי, הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָקֵב: יא וְאַתָּה יְהוָה, חָנֵּנִי וַהֲקִימֵנִי,
וַאֲשַׁלְּמָה לָהֶם: יב בְּזֹאת יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־חָפַצְתָּ בִּי, כִּי לֹא־יָרִיעַ
אֹיְבִי עָלָי: יג וַאֲנִי בְּתֻמִּי תָּמַכְתָּ בִּי, וַתַּצִּיבֵנִי לְפָנֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם:
יד בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, מֵהָעוֹלָם וְעַד־הָעוֹלָם, אָמֵן |
וְאָמֵן:
Sephardi
41 lamnatzei'ach mizmor leDavid: 2 ashrei maskil el-dal,
b'yom ra'ah y'maltehu Adonai: 3 Adonai yishm'rehu vichayehu v'ushar
ba'aretz, v'al-tit'nehu b'nefesh oyvav: 4 Adonai yis'adenu al-eres
d'vai, kal-mishkavo hafachta v'chalyo: 5 ani amarti Adonai chaneni,
r'fa'ah nafshi ki-chatati lach: 6 oyvai yomru ra li, matai
yamut v'avad shemo: 7 v'im-ba lir'ot shav y'daber libo, yiqbatz-
aven lo, yetze lachutz y'daber: 8 yachad alai yitlachashu kal-son'ai,
alai yachsh'vu ra'ah li: 9 d'var-b'liy'al yatzuq bo, va'asher shachav
lo-yosif laqum: 10 gam-ish sh'lomi asher-batachti vo ochel
lachmi, higdil alai aqev: 11 ve'atah Adonai, chaneni vahaqimeni,
va'ashal'mah lahem: 12 b'zot yadati ki-chafatzta bi, ki lo-yari'a
oyvi alai: 13 va'ani b'tumi tamachta bi, vatatzi'veni lefanecha le'olam:
14 baruch Adonai Elohei Yisrael, meha'olam v'ad-ha'olam, amen |
ve-amen:
English
41 For the conductor, a psalm of David. 2 Happy is he who considers the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the day of evil. 3 The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he will be called happy in the land; You will not give him over to the will of his enemies. 4 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed; in his illness You restore him to full health. 5 As for me, I said, O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned against You. 6 My enemies say of me in malice, When will he die, and his name perish? 7 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad. 8 All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me. 9 They say, A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies. 10 Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. 11 But You, O Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them. 12 By this I know that You delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me. 13 But You have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in Your presence forever. 14 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
סֵפֶר שֵׁנִי

Book Two

Hebrew
מב לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח: ב כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל־
אֲפִיקֵי־מָיִם, כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹהִים: ג צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי
לֵאלֹהִים לְאֵל חָי, מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹהִים: ד הָיְתָה־
לִּי דִמְעָתִי לֶחֶם יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה, בֶּאֱמֹר אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ: ה אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה וְאֶשְׁפְּכָה עָלַי נַפְשִׁי, כִּי אֶעֱבֹר בַּסָּךְ
אֶדַּדֵּם עַד־בֵּית אֱלֹהִים, בְּקוֹל־רִנָּה וְתוֹדָה הָמוֹן חוֹגֵג:
ו מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וַתֶּהֱמִי עָלָי, הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד
אוֹדֶנּוּ, יְשׁוּעוֹת פָּנָיו: ז אֱלֹהַי, עָלַי נַפְשִׁי תִשְׁתּוֹחָח, עַל־כֵּן
אֶזְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ יַרְדֵּן וְחֶרְמוֹנִים מֵהַר מִצְעָר: ח תְּהוֹם־אֶל־
תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ, כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ:
ט יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה חַסְדּוֹ, וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹה עִמִּי, תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל
חַיָּי: י אוֹמְרָה לְאֵל סַלְעִי לָמָה שְׁכַחְתָּנִי, לָמָּה־קֹדֵר אֵלֵךְ
בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵב: יא בְּרֶצַח בְּעַצְמוֹתַי חֵרְפוּנִי צוֹרְרָי, בְּאָמְרָם
אֵלַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֶיךָ: יב מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וּמַה־
תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי, הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ, יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי
וֵאלֹהָי:
Sephardi
42 lamnatzei'ach maskil livnei-Qorach: 2 k'ayal ta'arog al-
afiqei-mayim, ken nafshi ta'arog eilecha Elohim: 3 tzam'ah nafshi
leilohim l'El chai, matai avo ve'era'eh p'nei Elohim: 4 hayetah-
li dim'ati lechem yomam valailah, be'emor elai kal-hayom ayeh
Elohecha: 5 eleh ezk'rah v'eshp'chah alai nafshi, ki e'evor basach
edadim ad-beit Elohim, b'qol-rinah v'todah hamon chogeg:
6 mah-tishtochachi nafshi vatehemi alai, hochili leilohim ki-od
odenu, yeshu'ot panav: 7 Elohai, alai nafshi tishtochach, al-ken
ezkar'cha mei'eretz Yarden v'Chermonim mehar Mitz'ar: 8 t'hom-el-
t'hom qore l'kol tzinorecha, kal-mishbarecha v'galecha alai avaru:
9 yomam yetzaveh Adonai chasdo, uvalailah shiroh imi, tefilah l'El
chayai: 10 om'rah l'El sal'i lamah sh'chachtani, lamah-qoder elech
b'lachatz oyev: 11 b'retzach b'atzmotai cherfuni tzor'rai, b'amram
elai kal-hayom ayeh Elohecha: 12 mah-tishtochachi nafshi umah-
tehemi alai, hochili leilohim ki-od odenu, y'shu'ot panai
veloai:
English
42 For the conductor, a maskil of the sons of Korah. 2 As a hart longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for You, O God. 3 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? 4 My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, Where is your God? 5 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul within me: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. 6 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation 7 and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 8 Deep calls to deep at the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and Your waves have gone over me. 9 By day the Lord commands His lovingkindness, and at night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. 10 I say to God, my rock: Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 11 As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, Where is your God? 12 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.
Hebrew
מג שָׁפְטֵנִי אֱלֹהִים וְרִיבָה רִיבִי, מִגּוֹי לֹא־חָסִיד,
מֵאִישׁ מִרְמָה וְעַוְלָה תְפַלְּטֵנִי: ב כִּי־אַתָּה אֱלֹהֵי מָעוּזִּי
לָמָה זְנַחְתָּנִי, לָמָּה־קֹדֵר אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵב: ג שְׁלַח־
אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִי, יְבִיאוּנִי אֶל־הַר־קָדְשְׁךָ וְאֶל־
Sephardi
43 shafteni Elohim v'rivah rivi, migoy lo-chasid,
me'ish mirmah v'avlah t'falteni: 2 ki-atah Elohei ma'uzi
lamah z'nachtani, lamah-qoder ethalech b'lachatz oyev: 3 sh'lach-
or'cha va'amit'cha hemah yanchuni, y'vi'uni el-har-qodsh'cha ve-el-
English
43 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me. 2 For You are the God of my stronghold; why have You rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 3 Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain and to