Tehillim — Book III

(1) mizmor leasaf akh tov leyisrael elohim levarei levav

(2) vaani kimat nt natayu raglai keayin shfkh shupkhu ashurai

(3) ki-kineti bahollim shelom reshaim ere

(4) ki ein chartzubot lemotam uvari ulam

(5) baamal enosh einemo veim-adam lo yenugau

(6) lakhen anakatmo gaava yaataf-shit chamas lamo

(7) yatza mechelev einemo avru maskiot levav

(8) yamiku vidabru vera oshek mimarom yedaberu

(9) shatu vashamayim pihem ulshonam tihalakh baaretz

(10) lakhen shv yashuv amo halom umei male yimatzu lamo

(11) veamru eikha yada-el veyesh dea veelyon

(12) hine-ele reshaim veshalvei olam hisgu-chayil

(13) akh-rik zikiti levavi vaerchatz benikayon kapai

(14) vaehi nagua kal-haiom vetokhachti labkarim

(15) im-amarti asapra khemo hine dor baneikha vagadti

(16) vaachashva ladaat zot amal h hu veeinai

(17) ad-avo el-mikdeshei-el avina leacharitam

(18) akh bachalakot tashit lamo hipaltam lemashuot

(19) eikh hayu leshama kheraga safu tamu min-balahot

(20) kachalom mehakitz adonai bair tzalmam tivze

(21) ki yitchametz levavi vekhilyotai eshtonan

(22) vaani-vaar velo eda behemot hayiti imakh

(23) vaani tamid imakh achazta beyad-yemini

(24) baatzatkha tancheni veachar kavod tikacheni

(25) mi-li vashamayim veimkha lo-chafatzti vaaretz

(26) kala sheeri ulvavi tzur-levavi vechelki elohim leolam

(27) ki-hine rechekeikha yovedu hitzmata kal-zone mimeka

(28) vaani kiravat elohim li-tov shati badonai Ado-nai machsi lesaper kal-malakhoteikha

(1) A Psalm of Asaph. Surely God is good to Israel, even to such as are pure in heart.

(2) But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

(3) For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

(4) For there are no pangs at their death, and their body is sound.

(5) In the trouble of man they are not; neither are they plagued like men.

(6) Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; violence covereth them as a garment.

(7) Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart.

(8) They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression; they speak as if there were none on high.

(9) They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.

(10) Therefore His people return hither; And waters of fullness are drained out by them.

(11) And they say: 'How doth God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

(12) Behold, such are the wicked; And they that are always at ease increase riches.

(13) Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;

(14) For all the day have I been plagued, And my chastisement came every morning.

(15) If I had said: 'I will speak thus', Behold, I had been faithless to the generation of Thy children.

(16) And when I pondered how I might know this, It was wearisome in mine eyes;

(17) Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, And considered their end.

(18) Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

(19) How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are wholly consumed by terrors.

(20) As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance.

(21) For my heart was in a ferment, And I was pricked in my reins. .

(22) But I was brutish, and ignorant; I was as a beast before Thee.

(23) Nevertheless I am continually with Thee; Thou holdest my right hand.

(24) Thou wilt guide me with Thy counsel, And afterward receive me with glory.

(25) Whom have I in heaven but Thee? And beside Thee I desire none upon earth.

(26) My flesh and my heart faileth; But God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever.

(27) For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

(28) But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Thy works.

(1) maskil leasaf lama elohim zanachta lanetzach yeshan apkha betzon maritekha

(2) zekhor adatkha kanita kedem gaalta shevet nachalatekha har-tzion ze shakhanta bo

(3) harima feameikha lemashuot netzach kal-hera oyev bakodesh

(4) shaagu tzorreikha bekerev moadekha samu ototam otot

(5) yivada kemevi lemala bisavakh-etz kardumot

(6) t veata pitucheiha yachad bekhashil vekheilapot yahalomun

(7) shilchu vaesh mikdashekha laaretz chillu mishkan-shemekha

(8) amru velibam ninam yachad sarfu khal-moadei-el baaretz

(9) ototeinu lo rainu ein-od navi velo-itanu yodea ad-ma

(10) ad-matai elohim yecharef tzar yenaetz oyev shimkha lanetzach

(11) lama tashiv yadkha viminekha mikerev chkkh cheikkha khale

(12) velohim malki mikedem poel yeshuot bekerev haaretz

(13) ata forarta veazkha yam shibarta rashei taninim al-hamayim

(14) ata ritzatzta rashei livyatan titnenu maakhal leam letziyim

(15) ata vakata mayan vanachal ata hovashta naharot eitan

(16) lekha yom af-lekha layla ata hakhinota maor vashamesh

(17) ata hitzavta kal-gevulot aretz kayitz vachoref ata yetzartam

(18) zekhar-zot oyev cheref Ado-nai veam naval niatzu shemekha

(19) al-titen lechayat nefesh torekha chayat aniyeikha al-tishkach lanetzach

(20) habet labrit ki malu machashakei-eretz neot chamas

(21) al-yashov dakh nikhlam ani veevyon yehallu shemekha

(22) kuma elohim riva rivekha zekhor cherpatkha mini-naval kal-haiom

(23) al-tishkach kol tzorreikha sheon kameikha ole tamid

(1) Maschil of Asaph. Why, O God, hast Thou cast us off for ever? Why doth Thine anger smoke against the flock of Thy pasture?

(2) Remember Thy congregation, which Thou hast gotten of old, Which Thou hast redeemed to be the tribe of Thine inheritance; And mount Zion, wherein Thou hast dwelt.

(3) Lift up Thy steps because of the perpetual ruins, Even all the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

(4) Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of Thy meeting-place; They have set up their own signs for signs.

(5) It seemed as when men wield upwards Axes in a thicket of trees.

(6) And now all the carved work thereof together They strike down with hatchet and hammers.

(7) They have set Thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.

(8) They said in their heart: 'Let us make havoc of them altogether'; They have burned up all the meeting-places of God in the land.

(9) We see not our signs; There is no more any prophet; Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.

(10) How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?

(11) Why withdrawest Thou Thy hand, even Thy right hand? Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.

(12) Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.

(13) Thou didst break the sea in pieces by Thy strength; Thou didst shatter the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.

(14) Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.

(15) Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

(16) Thine is the day, Thine also the night; Thou hast established luminary and sun.

(17) Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

(18) Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, And how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

(19) O deliver not the soul of Thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; Forget not the life of Thy poor for ever.

(20) Look upon the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence.

(21) O let not the oppressed turn back in confusion; Let the poor and needy praise Thy name.

(22) Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause; Remember Thy reproach all the day at the hand of the base man.

(23) Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.

(1) lamnatzeach al-tashchet mizmor leasaf shir

(2) hodinu lekha elohim hodinu vekarov shemekha sipru nifleoteikha

(3) ki ekach moed ani meisharim eshpot

(4) nemogim eretz vekhal-yoshveiha anokhi tikanti amudeiha sela

(5) amarti lahollim al-taholu velarshaim al-tarimu karen

(6) al-tarimu lamarom karnekhem tedabru vetzavar atak

(7) ki lo mimotza umimaarav velo mimidbar harim

(8) ki-elohim shofet ze yashpil veze yarim

(9) ki khos beyad-Ado-nai veyayin chamar male mesekh vayager mize akh-shemareiha yimtzu yishtu kol rishei-aretz

(10) vaani agid leolam azamra lelohei yaakov

(11) vekhal-karnei reshaim agadea teromamna karnot tzadik

(1) For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

(2) We give thanks unto Thee, O God, We give thanks, and Thy name is near; Men tell of Thy wondrous works.

(3) 'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.

(4) When the earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, I Myself establish the pillars of it.' Selah

(5) I say unto the arrogant 'Deal not arrogantly'; And to the wicked 'Lift not up the horn.'

(6) Lift not up your horn on high; Speak not insolence with a haughty neck.

(7) For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the wilderness, cometh lifting up.

(8) For God is judge; He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

(9) For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, And He poureth out of the same; Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

(10) But as for me, I will declare for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.

(11) All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

(1) lamnatzeach binginot mizmor leasaf shir

(2) noda bihuda elohim beyisrael gadol shemo

(3) vayhi veshalem suko umonato vetzion

(4) shama shibar rishfei-kashet magen vecherev umilchama sela

(5) naor ata adir meharrei-taref

(6) eshtollu abirei lev namu shenatam velo-matzu khal-anshei-chayil yedeihem

(7) migaaratkha elohei yaakov nirdam verekhev vasus

(8) ata nora ata umi-yaamod lefaneikha meaz apekha

(9) mishamayim hishmata din eretz yara veshakata

(10) bekum-lamishpat elohim lehoshia kal-anvei-eretz sela

(11) ki-chamat adam todeka sheerit chemot tachgor

(12) nidaru veshalmu la-Ado-nai eloheikhem kal-sevivai yovilu shai lamora

(13) yivtzor ruach negidim nora lemalkhei-aretz

(1) For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of Asaph, a Song.

(2) In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel.

(3) In Salem also is set His tabernacle, And His dwelling-place in Zion.

(4) There He broke the fiery shafts of the bow; The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah

(5) Glorious art Thou and excellent, coming down from the mountains of prey.

(6) The stout-hearted are bereft of sense, they sleep their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.

(7) At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, They are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

(8) Thou, even Thou, art terrible; And who may stand in Thy sight when once Thou art angry?

(9) Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,

(10) When God arose to judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. Selah

(11) Surely the wrath of man shall praise Thee; The residue of wrath shalt Thou gird upon Thee.

(12) Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; Let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;

(13) He minisheth the spirit of princes; He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

(1) lamnatzeach al-dtn yedutun leasaf mizmor

(2) koli el-elohim veetzaka koli el-elohim vehaazin elai

(3) beyom tzarati adonai darashti yadi layla nigra velo tafug meana hinachem nafshi

(4) ezkera elohim veehemaya asicha vetitatef ruchi sela

(5) achazta shemurot einai nifamti velo adaber

(6) chishavti yamim mikedem shenot olamim

(7) ezkera neginati balayla im-levavi asicha vaychapes ruchi

(8) halolamim yiznach adonai velo-yosif lirtzot od

(9) heafes lanetzach chasdo gamar omer ledor vador

(10) hashakhach chanot el im-kafatz beaf rachamai sela

(11) vaomar chaloti hi shenot yemin elyon

(12) zkhr ezkor maallei-yah ki-ezkera mikedem pilekha

(13) vehagiti vekhal-paolekha uvaaliloteikha asicha

(14) elohim bakodesh darkekha mi-el gadol kelohim

(15) ata hael ose fele hodata vaamim uzekha

(16) gaalta bizroa amekha benei-yaakov veyosef sela

(17) raukha mayim elohim raukha mayim yachilu af yirgezu tehomot

(18) zormu mayim avot kol natnu shechakim af-chatzatzeikha yithalakhu

(19) kol raamkha bagalgal heiru verakim tevel ragza vatirash haaretz

(20) bayam darkekha shvlkh ushvilkha bemayim rabim veikvoteikha lo nodau

(21) nachita khatzon amekha beyad-moshe veaharon

(1) For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.

(2) I will lift up my voice unto God, an cry; I will lift up my voice unto God, that He may give ear unto me.

(3) In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; With my hand uplifted, [mine eye] streameth in the night without ceasing; My soul refuseth to be comforted.

(4) When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; When I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth. Selah .

(5) Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.

(6) I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.

(7) In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search

(8) 'Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will He be favourable no more?

(9) Is His mercy clean gone for ever? Is His promise come to an end for evermore?

(10) Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger shut up his compassions?' Selah

(11) And I say 'This is my weakness, That the right hand of the Most High could change.

(12) I will make mention of the deeds of the LORD; Yea, I will remember Thy wonders of old.

(13) I will meditate also upon all Thy work, And muse on Thy doings.'

(14) O God, Thy way is in holiness; Who is a great god like unto God?

(15) Thou art the God that doest wonders; Thou hast made known Thy strength among the peoples.

(16) Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

(17) The waters saw Thee, O God; The waters saw Thee, they were in pain; The depths also trembled.

(18) The clouds flooded forth waters; The skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.

(19) The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lighted up the world; The earth trembled and shook.

(20) Thy way was in the sea, And Thy path in the great waters, And Thy footsteps were not known.

(21) Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

(1) maskil leasaf haazina ami torati hatu aznekhem leimrei-fi

(2) eftecha vemashal pi abia chidot mini-kedem

(3) asher shamanu vanedaem vaavoteinu sipru-lanu

(4) lo nekhached mibneihem ledor acharon mesaprim tehilot Ado-nai veezuzo venifleotai asher asa

(5) vayakem edut beyaakov vetora sam beyisrael asher tziva et-avoteinu lehodiam livneihem

(6) lemaan yedu dor acharon banim yivaledu yakumu visapru livneihem

(7) veyasimu velohim kislam velo yishkechu maallei-el umitztai yintzoru

(8) velo yihyu kaavotam dor sorer umore dor lo-hekhin libo velo-neemna et-el rucho

(9) benei-efrayim noshkei romei-kashet hafkhu beyom kerav

(10) lo shamru berit elohim uvtorato meanu lalekhet

(11) vayishkechu alilotai venifleotai asher heram

(12) neged avotam asa fele beeretz mitzrayim sede-tzoan

(13) baka yam vayaavirem vayatzev-mayim kemo-ned

(14) vayanchem beanan yomam vekhal-halayla beor esh

(15) yevaka tzurim bamidbar vayashke kithomot raba

(16) vaiotzi nozlim misala vaiored kanharot mayim

(17) vaiosifu od lachato-lo lamrot elyon batziya

(18) vaynasu-el bilvavam lishal-okhel lenafsham

(19) vaydabru belohim amru hayukhal el laarokh shulchan bamidbar

(20) hen hika-tzur vayazuvu mayim unchalim yishtofu hagam-lechem yukhal tet im-yakhin sheer leamo

(21) lakhen shama Ado-nai vayitabar veesh niska veyaakov vegam-af ala veyisrael

(22) ki lo heeminu belohim velo vatchu bishuato

(23) vaytza shechakim mimaal vedaltei shamayim patach

(24) vayamter aleihem man leekhol udgan-shamayim natan lamo

(25) lechem abirim akhal ish tzeida shalach lahem lasova

(26) yasa kadim bashamayim vaynaheg beuzo teiman

(27) vayamter aleihem keafar sheer ukhchol yamim of kanaf

(28) vayapel bekerev machanehu saviv lemishkenotai

(29) vayokhlu vayisbeu meod vetaavatam yavi lahem

(30) lo-zaru mitaavatam od akhlam befihem

(31) veaf elohim ala vahem vayaharog bemishmaneihem uvachurei yisrael hikhria

(32) bekhal-zot chatu-od velo-heeminu benifleotai

(33) vaykhal-bahevel yemeihem ushnotam babehala

(34) im-haragam udrashuhu veshavu veshicharu-el

(35) vayizkeru ki-elohim tzuram veel elyon goalam

(36) vayfatuhu befihem uvilshonam yekhazvu-lo

(37) velibam lo-nakhon imo velo neemnu bivrito

(38) vehu rachum yekhaper an velo-yashchit vehirba lehashiv apo velo-yair kal-chamato

(39) vayizkor ki-vasar hema ruach holekh velo yashuv

(40) kama yamruhu vamidbar yaatzivuhu bishimon

(41) vayashuvu vaynasu el ukdosh yisrael hitu

(42) lo-zakhru et-yado yom asher-padam mini-tzar

(43) asher-sam bemitzrayim ototai umoftai bisde-tzoan

(44) vayahafokh ledam yeoreihem venozleihem bal-yishtayun

(45) yeshalach bahem arov vayokhlem utzfardea vatashchitem

(46) vayiten lechasil yevulam vigiam laarbe

(47) yaharog babarad gafnam veshikmotam bachanamal

(48) vayasger labarad beiram umikneihem larshafim

(49) yeshalach-bam charon apo evra vazaam vetzara mishlachat malakhei raim

(50) yefales nativ leapo lo-chasakh mimavet nafsham vechayatam ladever hisgir

(51) vayakh kal-bekhor bemitzrayim reshit onim beaholei-cham

(52) vayasa katzon amo vaynahagem kaeder bamidbar

(53) vayanchem lavetach velo fachadu veet-oyveihem kisa hayam

(54) vayviem el-gevul kadsho har-ze kanta yemino

(55) vaygaresh mipneihem goyim vayapilem bechevel nachala vayashken beaholeihem shivtei yisrael

(56) vaynasu vayamru et-elohim elyon veedotai lo shamaru

(57) vayisogu vayivgedu kaavotam nehpekhu kekeshet remiya

(58) vayakhisuhu bevamotam uvifsileihem yakniuhu

(59) shama elohim vayitabar vayimas meod beyisrael

(60) vayitosh mishkan shilo ohel shiken baadam

(61) vayiten lashvi uzo vetifarto veyad-tzar

(62) vayasger lacherev amo uvnachalato hitabar

(63) bachurai akhla-esh uvtulotai lo hulalu

(64) kohanai bacherev nafalu vealmenotai lo tivkeina

(65) vayikatz keyashen adonai kegibor mitronen miyayin

(66) vayakh-tzarai achor cherpat olam natan lamo

(67) vayimas beohel yosef uvshevet efrayim lo vachar

(68) vayivchar et-shevet yehuda et-har tzion asher ahev

(69) vayiven kemo-ramim mikdasho keeretz yesadah leolam

(70) vayivchar bedavid avdo vayikachehu mimikhleot tzon

(71) meachar alot hevio lirot beyaakov amo uvyisrael nachalato

(72) vayirem ketom levavo uvitvunot kapai yanchem

(1) Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

(2) I will open my mouth with a parable; I will utter dark sayings concerning days of old;

(3) That which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us,

(4) We will not hide from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength, and His wondrous works that He hath done. .

(5) For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;

(6) That the generation to come might know them, even the children that should be born; Who should arise and tell them to their children,

(7) That they might put their confidence in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments;

(8) And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation; A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

(9) The children of Ephraim were as archers handling the bow, That turned back in the day of battle.

(10) They kept not the covenant of God, And refused to walk in His law;

(11) And they forgot His doings, And His wondrous works that He had shown them.

(12) Marvellous things did He in the sight of their fathers, In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

(13) He cleaved the sea, and caused them to pass through; And He made the waters to stand as a heap.

(14) By day also He led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.

(15) He cleaved rocks in the wilderness, And gave them drink abundantly as out of the great deep.

(16) He brought streams also out of the rock, And caused waters to run down like rivers.

(17) Yet went they on still to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert.

(18) And they tried God in their heart By asking food for their craving.

(19) Yea, they spoke against God; They said 'Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

(20) Behold, He smote the rock, that waters gushed out, And streams overflowed; Can He give bread also? Or will He provide flesh for His people?'

(21) Therefore the LORD heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;

(22) Because they believed not in God, And trusted not in His salvation.

(23) And He commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;

(24) And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, And gave them of the corn of heaven.

(25) Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.

(26) He caused the east wind to set forth in heaven; And by His power He brought on the south wind.

(27) He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, And winged fowl as the sand of the seas;

(28) And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings.

(29) So they did eat, and were well filled; And He gave them that which they craved.

(30) They were not estranged from their craving, Their food was yet in their mouths,

(31) When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the lustieth among them, And smote down the young men of Israel.

(32) For all this they sinned still, And believed not in His wondrous works.

(33) Therefore He ended their days as a breath, And their years in terror.

(34) When He slew them, then they would inquire after Him, And turn back and seek God earnestly.

(35) And they remembered that God was their Rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.

(36) But they beguiled Him with their mouth, And lied unto Him with their tongue.

(37) For their heart was not stedfast with Him, Neither were they faithful in His covenant.

(38) But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; Yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, And doth not stir up all His wrath.

(39) So He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

(40) How oft did they rebel against Him in the wilderness, And grieve Him in the desert!

(41) And still again they tried God, And set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.

(42) They remembered not His hand, Nor the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.

(43) How He set His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan; .

(44) And turned their rivers into blood, So that they could not drink their streams.

(45) He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.

(46) He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, And their labour unto the locust.

(47) He destroyed their vines with hail, And their sycamore-trees with frost.

(48) He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to fiery bolts.

(49) He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger, Wrath, and indignation, and trouble, A sending of messengers of evil.

(50) He levelled a path for His anger; He spared not their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence;

(51) And smote all the first-born in Egypt, The first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

(52) But He made His own people to go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

(53) And He led them safely, and they feared not; But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

(54) And He brought them to His holy border, To the mountain, which His right hand had gotten.

(55) He drove out the nations also before them, And allotted them for an inheritance by line, And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

(56) Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, And kept not His testimonies;

(57) But turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers; They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

(58) For they provoked Him with their high places, And moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.

(59) God heard, and was wroth, And He greatly abhorred Israel;

(60) And He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent which He had made to dwell among men;

(61) And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the adversary's hand.

(62) He gave His people over also unto the sword; And was wroth with His inheritance.

(63) Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.

(64) Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation. .

(65) Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, Like a mighty man recovering from wine.

(66) And He smote His adversaries backward; He put upon them a perpetual reproach.

(67) Moreover He abhorred the tent of Joseph, And chose not the tribe of Ephraim;

(68) But chose the tribe of Judah, The mount Zion which He loved.

(69) And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He hath founded for ever.

(70) He chose David also His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;

(71) From following the ewes that give suck He brought him, To be shepherd over Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

(72) So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart; And lead them by the skilfulness of his hands.

(1) mizmor leasaf elohim bau goyim benachalatekha timu et-heikhal kadshekha samu et-yerushalim leiyim

(2) natnu et-nivlat avadeikha maakhal leof hashamayim besar chasideikha lechayto-aretz

(3) shafkhu damam kamayim sevivot yerushalim veein kover

(4) hayinu cherpa lishkheneinu laag vakeles lisvivoteinu

(5) ad-ma Ado-nai teenaf lanetzach tivar kemo-esh kinatekha

(6) shefokh chamatkha el-hagoyim asher lo-yedaukha veal mamlakhot asher beshimkha lo karau

(7) ki akhal et-yaakov veet-navehu heshamu

(8) al-tizkar-lanu anot rishonim maher yekadmunu rachameikha ki dalonu meod

(9) azrenu elohei yishenu al-devar kevod-shemekha vehatzilenu vekhaper al-chatoteinu lemaan shemekha

(10) lama yomru hagoyim aye eloheihem yivada vgm bagoyim leeineinu nikmat dam-avadeikha hashafukh

(11) tavo lefaneikha enkat asir kegodel zeroakha hoter benei temuta

(12) vehashev lishkheneinu shivatayim el-cheikam cherpatam asher cherfukha adonai

(13) vaanachnu amkha vetzon maritekha node lekha leolam ledor vador nesaper tehilatekha

(1) A Psalm of Asaph. O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; They have defiled Thy holy temple; They have made Jerusalem into heaps.

(2) They have given the dead bodies of Thy servants to be food unto the fowls of the heaven, The flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

(3) They have shed their blood like water Round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them.

(4) We are become a taunt to our neighbours, A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

(5) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou be angry for ever? How long will Thy jealousy burn like fire?

(6) Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, And upon the kingdoms that call not upon Thy name.

(7) For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste his habitation.

(8) Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; Let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; For we are brought very low.

(9) Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake.

(10) Wherefore should the nations say: 'Where is their God?' Let the avenging of Thy servants' blood that is shed Be made known among the nations in our sight. .

(11) Let the groaning of the prisoner come before Thee; According to the greatness of Thy power set free those that are appointed to death;

(12) And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.

(13) So we that are Thy people and the flock of Thy pasture Will give Thee thanks for ever; We will tell of Thy praise to all generations.

(1) lamnatzeach el-shoshanim edut leasaf mizmor

(2) roe yisrael haazina noheg katzon yosef yoshev hakruvim hofia

(3) lifnei efrayim uvinyamin umnashe orra et-gevuratekha ulkha lishuata lanu

(4) elohim hashivenu vehaer paneikha venivashea

(5) Ado-nai elohim tzevaot ad-matai ashanta bitfilat amekha

(6) heekhaltam lechem dima vatashkemo bidmaot shalish

(7) tesimenu madon lishkheneinu veoyveinu yilagu-lamo

(8) elohim tzevaot hashivenu vehaer paneikha venivashea

(9) gefen mimitzrayim tasia tegaresh goyim vatitaeha

(10) pinita lefaneiha vatashresh sharasheiha vatmale-aretz

(11) kasu harim tzilah vaanafeiha arzei-el

(12) teshalach ketzireha ad-yam veel-nahar yonkoteiha

(13) lama paratzta gedereiha vearuha kal-ovrei darekh

(14) yekharsemena chazir miyaar veziz sadai yirena

(15) elohim tzevaot shuv-na habet mishamayim ure ufkod gefen zot

(16) vekhana asher-nata yeminekha veal-ben imatzta lakh

(17) serufa vaesh kesucha migaarat paneikha yovedu

(18) tehi-yadkha al-ish yeminekha al-ben-adam imatzta lakh

(19) velo-nasog mimeka techayenu uvshimkha nikra

(20) Ado-nai elohim tzevaot hashivenu haer paneikha venivashea

(1) For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph.

(2) Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.

(3) Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, And come to save us.

(4) O God, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

(5) O LORD God of hosts, How long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?

(6) Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

(7) Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; And our enemies mock as they please.

(8) O God of hosts, restore us; And cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

(9) Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.

(10) Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.

(11) The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.

(12) She sent out her branches unto the sea, And her shoots unto the River.

(13) Why hast Thou broken down her fences, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

(14) The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, That which moveth in the field feedeth on it.

(15) O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; Look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,

(16) And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, And the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself. .

(17) It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.

(18) Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.

(19) So shall we not turn back from Thee; Quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.

(20) O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.

(1) lamnatzeach al-hagitit leasaf

(2) harninu lelohim uzenu hariu lelohei yaakov

(3) seu-zimra utnu-tof kinor naim im-navel

(4) tiku vachodesh shofar bakese leyom chagenu

(5) ki chok leyisrael hu mishpat lelohei yaakov

(6) edut bihosef samo betzeto al-eretz mitzrayim sefat lo-yadati eshma

(7) hasiroti misevel shikhmo kapai midud taavorna

(8) batzara karata vaachaltzeka eenkha beseter raam evchankha al-mei meriva sela

(9) shema ami veaida bakh yisrael im-tishma-li

(10) lo-yihye vekha el zar velo tishtachave leel nekhar

(11) anokhi Ado-nai eloheikha hamaalkha meeretz mitzrayim harchev-pikha vaamalehu

(12) velo-shama ami lekoli veyisrael lo-ava li

(13) vaashalchehu bishrirut libam yelkhu bemoatzoteihem

(14) lu ami shomea li yisrael bidrakhai yehalekhu

(15) kimat oyveihem akhnia veal tzareihem ashiv yadi

(16) mesanei Ado-nai yekhachashu-lo vihi itam leolam

(17) vayaakhilehu mechelev chita umitzur devash asbiekha

(1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.

(2) Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.

(3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

(4) Blow the horn at the new moon, at the full moon for our feast-day.

(5) For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

(6) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:

(7) 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket.

(8) Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

(9) Hear, O My people, and I will admonish thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto Me!

(10) There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.

(11) I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

(12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; And Israel would none of Me.

(13) So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.

(14) Oh that My people would hearken unto Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

(15) I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.

(16) The haters of the LORD should dwindle away before Him; And their punishment should endure for ever.

(17) They should also be fed with the fat of wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy thee.'

(1) mizmor leasaf elohim nitzav baadat-el bekerev elohim yishpot

(2) ad-matai tishpetu-avel ufnei reshaim tisu-sela

(3) shiftu-dal veyatom ani varash hatzdiku

(4) paltu-dal veevyon miyad reshaim hatzilu

(5) lo yadu velo yavinu bachashekha yithalakhu yimotu kal-mosdei aretz

(6) ani-amarti elohim atem uvnei elyon kulkhem

(7) akhen keadam temutun ukhachad hasarim tipolu

(8) kuma elohim shafta haaretz ki-ata tinchal bekhal-hagoyim

(1) A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of God; in the midst of the judges He judgeth:

(2) 'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah

(3) Judge the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

(4) Rescue the poor and needy; deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

(5) They know not, neither do they understand; they go about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are moved.

(6) I said: Ye are godlike beings, and all of you sons of the Most High.

(7) Nevertheless ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.'

(8) Arise, O God, judge the earth; for Thou shalt possess all the nations.

(1) shir mizmor leasaf

(2) elohim al-domi-lakh al-techerash veal-tishkot el

(3) ki-hine oyveikha yehemayun umsaneikha nasu rosh

(4) al-amkha yaarimu sod veyityaatzu al-tzefuneikha

(5) amru lekhu venakhchidem migo velo-yizakher shem-yisrael od

(6) ki noatzu lev yachda aleikha berit yikhrotu

(7) aholei edom veyishmeelim moav vehagrim

(8) geval veamon vaamalek peleshet im-yoshvei tzor

(9) gam-ashur nilva imam hayu zeroa livnei-lot sela

(10) ase-lahem kemidyan kesisra kheyavin benachal kishon

(11) nishmedu veein-dor hayu domen laadama

(12) shitemo nedivemo keorev vekhizev ukhzevach ukhtzalmuna kal-nesikhemo

(13) asher amru nirasha lanu et neot elohim

(14) elohai shitemo khagalgal kekash lifnei-ruach

(15) keesh tivar-yaar ukhlehava telahet harim

(16) ken tirdefem besaarekha uvsufatkha tevahalem

(17) male feneihem kalon vivakshu shimkha Ado-nai

(18) yevoshu veyibahalu adei-ad veyachperu veyovedu

(19) veyedu ki-ata shimkha Ado-nai levadekha elyon al-kal-haaretz

(1) A Song, a Psalm of Asaph.

(2) O God, keep not Thou silence; Hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O God.

(3) For, lo, Thine enemies are in an uproar; And they that hate Thee have lifted up the head.

(4) They hold crafty converse against Thy people, And take counsel against Thy treasured ones.

(5) They have said: 'Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.'

(6) For they have consulted together with one consent; Against Thee do they make a covenant;

(7) The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;

(8) Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;

(9) Assyria also is joined with them; They have been an arm to the children of Lot. Selah

(10) Do Thou unto them as unto Midian; As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon;

(11) Who were destroyed at En-dor; They became as dung for the earth.

(12) Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, And like Zebah and Zalmunna all their princes;

(13) Who said: 'Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.'

(14) O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

(15) As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

(16) So pursue them with Thy tempest, And affright them with Thy storm.

(17) Fill their faces with shame; That they may seek Thy name, O LORD.

(18) Let them be ashamed and affrighted for ever; Yea, let them be abashed and perish;

(19) That they may know that it is Thou alone whose name is the LORD, The Most High over all the earth.

(1) lamnatzeach al-hagitit livnei-korach mizmor

(2) ma-yedidot mishkenoteikha Ado-nai tzevaot

(3) nikhsefa vegam-kalta nafshi lechatzrot Ado-nai libi uvsari yerannu el el-chai

(4) gam-tzipor matza vayit udror ken lah asher-shata efrocheiha et-mizbechoteikha Ado-nai tzevaot malki velohai

(5) ashrei yoshvei veitekha od yehallukha sela

(6) ashrei adam oz-lo vakh mesilot bilvavam

(7) ovrei beemek habakha mayan yeshituhu gam-berakhot yate more

(8) yelkhu mechayil el-chayil yerae el-elohim betzion

(9) Ado-nai elohim tzevaot shima tefilati haazina elohei yaakov sela

(10) maginenu ree elohim vehabet penei meshichekha

(11) ki tov-yom bachatzereikha mealef bacharti histofef beveit elohai midur beaholei-resha

(12) ki shemesh umagen Ado-nai elohim chen vekhavod yiten Ado-nai lo yimna-tov laholkhim betamim

(13) Ado-nai tzevaot ashrei adam boteach bakh

(1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

(2) How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

(3) My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.

(4) Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My King, and my God—

(5) Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah

(6) Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.

(7) Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.

(8) They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.

(9) O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah

(10) Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.

(11) For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

(12) For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.

(13) O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.

(1) lamnatzeach livnei-korach mizmor

(2) ratzita Ado-nai artzekha shavta shvt shevit yaakov

(3) nasata an amekha kisita khal-chatatam sela

(4) asafta khal-evratekha heshivota mecharon apekha

(5) shuvenu elohei yishenu vehafer kaaskha imanu

(6) halolam teenaf-banu timshokh apkha ledor vador

(7) halo-ata tashuv techayenu veamkha yismechu-vakh

(8) harenu Ado-nai chasdekha veyeshakha titen-lanu

(9) eshmea ma-yedaber hael Ado-nai ki yedaber shalom el-amo veel-chasidai veal-yashuvu lekhisla

(10) akh karov lireai yisho lishkon kavod beartzenu

(11) chesed-veemet nifgashu tzedek veshalom nashaku

(12) emet meeretz titzmach vetzedek mishamayim nishkaf

(13) gam-Ado-nai yiten hatov veartzenu titen yevulah

(14) tzedek lefanai yehalekh veyasem lederekh peamai

(1) For the Leader. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

(2) LORD, Thou hast been favourable unto Thy land, Thou hast turned the captivity of Jacob.

(3) Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast pardoned all their sin. Selah .

(4) Thou hast withdrawn all Thy wrath; Thou hast turned from the fierceness of Thine anger.

(5) Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Thine indignation toward us to cease.

(6) Wilt Thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt Thou draw out Thine anger to all generations?

(7) Wilt Thou not quicken us again, That Thy people may rejoice in Thee?

(8) Show us Thy mercy, O LORD, And grant us Thy salvation.

(9) I will hear what God the LORD will speak; For He will speak peace unto His people, and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.

(10) Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear Him; That glory may dwell in our land.

(11) Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

(12) Truth springeth out of the earth; And righteousness hath looked down from heaven.

(13) Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; And our land shall yield her produce.

(14) Righteousness shall go before Him, And shall make His footsteps a way.

(1) tefila ledavid hate-Ado-nai aznekha aneni ki-ani veevyon ani

(2) shamra nafshi ki-chasid ani hosha avdekha ata elohai haboteach eleikha

(3) chaneni adonai ki eleikha ekra kal-haiom

(4) sameach nefesh avdekha ki eleikha adonai nafshi esa

(5) ki-ata adonai tov vesalach verav-chesed lekhal-koreikha

(6) haazina Ado-nai tefilati vehakshiva bekol tachanunotai

(7) beyom tzarati ekraeka ki taaneni

(8) ein-kamokha vaelohim adonai veein kemaaseikha

(9) kal-goyim asher asita yavou veyishtachau lefaneikha adonai vikhabdu lishmekha

(10) ki-gadol ata veose niflaot ata elohim levadekha

(11) horeni Ado-nai darkekha ahalekh baamitekha yached levavi leyira shemekha

(12) odkha adonai elohai bekhal-levavi vaakhabda shimkha leolam

(13) ki-chasdekha gadol alai vehitzalta nafshi mishol tachtiya

(14) elohim zedim kamu-alai vaadat aritzim bikshu nafshi velo samukha lenegdam

(15) veata adonai el-rachum vechanun erekh apayim verav-chesed veemet

(16) pene elai vechaneni tena-uzkha leavdekha vehoshia leven-amatekha

(17) ase-imi ot letova veyiru sonai veyevoshu ki-ata Ado-nai azartani venichamtani

(1) A Prayer of David. Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

(2) Keep my soul, for I am godly; O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee.

(3) Be gracious unto me, O Lord; For unto Thee do I cry all the day.

(4) Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; For unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

(5) For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee.

(6) Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; And attend unto the voice of my supplications.

(7) In the day of my trouble I call upon Thee; For Thou wilt answer me.

(8) There is none like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord, And there are no works like Thine.

(9) All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify Thy name.

(10) For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone.

(11) Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; Make one my heart to fear Thy name. .

(12) I will thank Thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify Thy name for evermore.

(13) For great is Thy mercy toward me; And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.

(14) O God, the proud are risen up against me, And the company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set Thee before them.

(15) But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

(16) O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, And save the son of Thy handmaid.

(17) Work in my behalf a sign for good; That they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.

(1) livnei-korach mizmor shir yesudato beharrei-kodesh

(2) ohev Ado-nai shaarei tzion mikol mishkenot yaakov

(3) nikhbadot medubar bakh ir haelohim sela

(4) azkir rahav uvavel leyodai hine feleshet vetzor im-kush ze yulad-sham

(5) ulatzion yeamar ish veish yulad-bah vehu yekhonneha elyon

(6) Ado-nai yispor bikhtov amim ze yulad-sham sela

(7) vesharim kechollim kal-mayanai bakh

(1) A Psalm of the sons of Korah; a Song. His foundation is in the holy mountains.

(2) The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

(3) Glorious things are spoken of Thee, O city of God. Selah

(4) 'I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among them that know Me; behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this one was born there.'

(5) But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; And the Most High Himself doth establish her.'

(6) The LORD shall count in the register of the peoples: 'This one was born there.' Selah

(7) And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.

(1) shir mizmor livnei korach lamnatzeach al-machalat leanot maskil leheiman haezrachi

(2) Ado-nai elohei yeshuati yom-tzaakti valayla negdekha

(3) tavo lefaneikha tefilati hate-aznekha lerinati

(4) ki-sava veraot nafshi vechayai lishol higiu

(5) nechshavti im-yordei vor hayiti kegever ein-eyal

(6) bametim chafshi kemo chalalim shokhvei kever asher lo zekhartam od vehema miyadkha nigzaru

(7) shatani bevor tachtiot bemachashakim bimtzolot

(8) alai samkha chamatekha vekhal-mishbareikha inita sela

(9) hirchakta meyudaai mimeni shatani toevot lamo kalu velo etze

(10) eini daava mini oni keratikha Ado-nai bekhal-yom shitachti eleikha khapai

(11) halametim taase-pele im-refaim yakumu yodukha sela

(12) haysupar bakever chasdekha emunatkha baavadon

(13) hayivada bachoshekh pilekha vetzidkatkha beeretz neshiya

(14) vaani eleikha Ado-nai shivati uvaboker tefilati tekadmeka

(15) lama Ado-nai tiznach nafshi tastir paneikha mimeni

(16) ani ani vegovea minoar nasati emeikha afuna

(17) alai avru charoneikha biuteikha tzimtutuni

(18) sabuni khamayim kal-haiom hikifu alai yachad

(19) hirchakta mimeni ohev varea meyudaai machshakh

(1) A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

(2) O LORD, God of my salvation, What time I cry in the night before Thee,

(3) Let my prayer come before Thee, Incline Thine ear unto my cry.

(4) For my soul is sated with troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

(5) I am counted with them that go down into the pit; I am become as a man that hath no help;

(6) Set apart among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom Thou rememberest no more; And they are cut off from Thy hand. .

(7) Thou hast laid me in the nether-most pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

(8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah

(9) Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them; I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

(10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

(11) Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah

(12) Shall Thy mercy be declared in the grave? Or Thy faithfulness in destruction?

(13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

(14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, And in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.

(15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

(16) I am afflicted and at the point of death from my youth up; I have borne Thy terrors, I am distracted.

(17) Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

(18) They came round about me like water all the day; They compassed me about together.

(19) Friend and companion hast Thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.

(1) maskil leeitan haezrachi

(2) chasdei Ado-nai olam ashira ledor vador odia emunatkha befi

(3) ki-amarti olam chesed yibane shamayim takhin emunatkha vahem

(4) karati verit livchiri nishbati ledavid avdi

(5) ad-olam akhin zarekha uvaniti ledor-vador kisakha sela

(6) veyodu shamayim pilakha Ado-nai af-emunatkha bikhal kedoshim

(7) ki mi vashachak yaarokh la-Ado-nai yidme la-Ado-nai bivnei elim

(8) el naaratz besod-kedoshim raba venora al-kal-sevivai

(9) Ado-nai elohei tzevaot mi-khamokha chasin yah veemunatkha sevivoteikha

(10) ata moshel begeut hayam beso galai ata teshabchem

(11) ata dikita khechalal rahav bizroa uzkha pizarta oyveikha

(12) lekha shamayim af-lekha aretz tevel umloah ata yesadtam

(13) tzafon veyamin ata veratam tavor vechermon beshimkha yeranenu

(14) lekha zeroa im-gevura taoz yadkha tarum yeminekha

(15) tzedek umishpat mekhon kisekha chesed veemet yekadmu faneikha

(16) ashrei haam yodei terua Ado-nai beor-paneikha yehalekhun

(17) beshimkha yegilun kal-haiom uvtzidkatkha yarumu

(18) ki-tiferet uzamo ata uvirtzonkha trm tarum karnenu

(19) ki la-Ado-nai maginenu velikdosh yisrael malkenu

(20) az dibarta-vechazon lachasideikha vatomer shiviti ezer al-gibor harimoti vachur meam

(21) matzati david avdi beshemen kadshi meshachti

(22) asher yadi tikon imo af-zeroi teamtzenu

(23) lo-yashi oyev bo uven-avla lo yeanenu

(24) vekhatoti mipanai tzarai umsanai egof

(25) veemunati vechasdi imo uvishmi tarum karno

(26) vesamti vayam yado uvanharot yemino

(27) hu yikraeni avi ata eli vetzur yeshuati

(28) af-ani bekhor etnehu elyon lemalkhei-aretz

(29) leolam shmr-eshmar- lo chasdi uvriti neemenet lo

(30) vesamti laad zaro vekhiso kimei shamayim

(31) im-yaazvu vanai torati uvmishpatai lo yelekhun

(32) im-chukotai yechalelu umitztai lo yishmoru

(33) ufakadti veshevet pisham uvingaim anam

(34) vechasdi lo-afir meimo velo-ashaker beemunati

(35) lo-achalel beriti umotza sefatai lo ashane

(36) achat nishbati vekadshi im-ledavid akhazev

(37) zaro leolam yihye vekhiso khashemesh negdi

(38) keyareach yikon olam veed bashachak neeman sela

(39) veata zanachta vatimas hitabarta im-meshichekha

(40) nearta berit avdekha chilalta laaretz nizro

(41) paratzta khal-gederotai samta mivtzarai mechita

(42) shasuhu kal-ovrei darekh haya cherpa lishkhenai

(43) harimota yemin tzarai hismachta kal-oyvai

(44) af-tashiv tzur charbo velo hakeimoto bamilchama

(45) hishbata mitharo vekhiso laaretz migarta

(46) hiktzarta yemei alumai heetita alai busha sela

(47) ad-ma Ado-nai tisater lanetzach tivar kemo-esh chamatekha

(48) zekhar-ani me-chaled al-ma-shav barata khal-benei-adam

(49) mi gever yichye velo yire-mavet yemalet nafsho miyad-sheol sela

(50) aye chasadeikha harishonim adonai nishbata ledavid beemunatekha

(51) zekhor adonai cherpat avadeikha seeti vecheiki kal-rabim amim

(52) asher cherfu oyveikha Ado-nai asher cherfu ikvot meshichekha

(53) barukh Ado-nai leolam amen veamen

(1) Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.

(2) I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever; To all generations will I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth.

(3) For I have said: 'For ever is mercy built; In the very heavens Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness.

(4) I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn unto David My servant:

(5) For ever will I establish thy seed, And build up thy throne to all generations.' Selah

(6) So shall the heavens praise Thy wonders, O LORD, Thy faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.

(7) For who in the skies can be compared unto the LORD, Who among the sons of might can be likened unto the LORD,

(8) A God dreaded in the great council of the holy ones, And feared of all them that are about Him?

(9) O LORD God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto Thee, O LORD? And Thy faithfulness is round about Thee.

(10) Thou rulest the proud swelling of the sea; When the waves thereof arise, Thou stillest them.

(11) Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scattered Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.

(12) Thine are the heavens, Thine also the earth; The world and the fulness thereof, Thou hast founded them.

(13) The north and the south, Thou hast created them; Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Thy name.

(14) Thine is an arm with might; Strong is Thy hand, and exalted is Thy right hand.

(15) Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Thy throne; Mercy and truth go before Thee.

(16) Happy is the people that know the joyful shout; They walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.

(17) In Thy name do they rejoice all the day; And through Thy righteousness are they exalted.

(18) For Thou art the glory of their strength; And in Thy favour our horn is exalted.

(19) For of the LORD is our shield; And the Holy One of Israel is our king.

(20) Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, And saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.

(21) I have found David My servant; With My holy oil have I anointed him;

(22) With whom My hand shall be established; Mine arm also shall strengthen him.

(23) The enemy shall not exact from him; Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

(24) And I will beat to pieces his adversaries before him, And smite them that hate him.

(25) But My faithfulness and My mercy shall be with him; And through My name shall his horn be exalted.

(26) I will set his hand also on the sea, And his right hand on the rivers.

(27) He shall call unto Me: Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. .

(28) I also will appoint him first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth.

(29) For ever will I keep for him My mercy, And My covenant shall stand fast with him.

(30) His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.

(31) If his children forsake My law, And walk not in Mine ordinances; :

(32) If they profane My statutes, And keep not My commandments;

(33) Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with strokes.

(34) But My mercy will I not break off from him, Nor will I be false to My faithfulness.

(35) My covenant will I not profane, Nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.

(36) Once have I sworn by My holiness: Surely I will not be false unto David;

(37) His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before Me.

(38) It shall be established for ever as the moon; And be stedfast as the witness in sky.' Selah

(39) But Thou hast cast off and rejected, Thou hast been wroth with Thine anointed.

(40) Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

(41) Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.

(42) All that pass by the way spoil him; He is become a taunt to his neighbours.

(43) Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries; Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

(44) Yea, Thou turnest back the edge of his sword, And hast not made him to stand in the battle.

(45) Thou hast made his brightness to cease, And cast his throne down to the ground.

(46) The days of his youth hast Thou shortened; Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah

(47) How long, O LORD, wilt Thou hide Thyself for ever? How long shall Thy wrath burn like fire?

(48) O remember how short my time is; For what vanity hast Thou created all the children of men!

(49) What man is he that liveth and shall not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of the grave? Selah

(50) Where are Thy former mercies, O Lord, Which Thou didst swear unto David in Thy faithfulness?

(51) Remember, Lord, the taunt of Thy servants; How I do bear in my bosom [the taunt of] so many peoples;

(52) Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, Wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.

(53) Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.