תהילים 55
| למנצח בנגינת משכיל לדוד האזינה אלהים תפלתי ואל תתעלם מתחנתי׃ | 1 |
Unto the end. In verses, the understanding of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and despise not my supplication.
| הקשיבה לי וענני אריד בשיחי ואהימה׃ | 2 |
Be attentive to me, and heed me. I have been grieved in my training, and I have been disturbed
| מקול אויב מפני עקת רשע כי ימיטו עלי און ובאף ישטמוני׃ | 3 |
at the voice of the adversary and at the tribulation of the sinner. For they have diverted iniquities toward me, and they have been harassing me with rage.
| לבי יחיל בקרבי ואימות מות נפלו עלי׃ | 4 |
My heart has become disturbed within me, and the dread of death has fallen over me.
| יראה ורעד יבא בי ותכסני פלצות׃ | 5 |
Fear and trembling have overwhelmed me, and darkness has buried me.
| ואמר מי יתן לי אבר כיונה אעופה ואשכנה׃ | 6 |
And I said, “Who will give me wings like the dove, so that I may fly away and take rest?”
| הנה ארחיק נדד אלין במדבר סלה׃ | 7 |
Behold, I have fled far away, and I linger in solitude.
| אחישה מפלט לי מרוח סעה מסער׃ | 8 |
I waited for him who saved me from a weak-minded spirit and from a tempest.
| בלע אדני פלג לשונם כי ראיתי חמס וריב בעיר׃ | 9 |
Cast them down, O Lord, and divide their tongues. For I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
| יומם ולילה יסובבה על חומתיה ואון ועמל בקרבה׃ | 10 |
Day and night, iniquity will surround it upon its walls, and hardship is in its midst,
| הוות בקרבה ולא ימיש מרחבה תך ומרמה׃ | 11 |
with injustice. And usury and deceit have not fallen away from its streets.
| כי לא אויב יחרפני ואשא לא משנאי עלי הגדיל ואסתר ממנו׃ | 12 |
For if my enemy had spoken evil about me, certainly, I would have sustained it. And if he who hated me had been speaking great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
| ואתה אנוש כערכי אלופי ומידעי׃ | 13 |
Truly, you are a man of one mind: my leader and my acquaintance,
| אשר יחדו נמתיק סוד בבית אלהים נהלך ברגש׃ | 14 |
who took sweet food together with me. In the house of God, we walked side-by-side.
| ישימות עלימו ירדו שאול חיים כי רעות במגורם בקרבם׃ (Sheol h7585) | 15 |
Let death come upon them, and let them descend alive into Hellfire. For there is wickedness in their dwellings, in their midst. (Sheol h7585)
| אני אל אלהים אקרא ויהוה יושיעני׃ | 16 |
But I have cried out to God, and the Lord will save me.
| ערב ובקר וצהרים אשיחה ואהמה וישמע קולי׃ | 17 |
Evening and morning and midday, I will discourse and announce, and he will heed my voice.
| פדה בשלום נפשי מקרב לי כי ברבים היו עמדי׃ | 18 |
He will redeem my soul in peace from those who draw near to me. For, among the many, they were with me.
| ישמע אל ויענם וישב קדם סלה אשר אין חליפות למו ולא יראו אלהים׃ | 19 |
God will hear, and He who is before time will humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God.
| שלח ידיו בשלמיו חלל בריתו׃ | 20 |
He has stretched forth his hand in retribution. They have contaminated his covenant.
| חלקו מחמאת פיו וקרב לבו רכו דבריו משמן והמה פתחות׃ | 21 |
They were divided by the wrath of his countenance, and his heart has drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and they are arrows.
| השלך על יהוה יהבך והוא יכלכלך לא יתן לעולם מוט לצדיק׃ | 22 |
Cast your cares upon the Lord, and he will nurture you. He will not allow the just to be tossed about forever.
| ואתה אלהים תורדם לבאר שחת אנשי דמים ומרמה לא יחצו ימיהם ואני אבטח בך׃ | 23 |
Truly, O God, you will lead them away into the well of death. Bloody and deceitful men will not divide their days in half. But I will hope in you, O Lord.
