| א לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד. |
1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David. |
| ב חַלְּצֵנִי יְהוָה, מֵאָדָם רָע; מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תִּנְצְרֵנִי. |
2 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man; preserve me from the violent man; |
| ג אֲשֶׁר חָשְׁבוּ רָעוֹת בְּלֵב; כָּל-יוֹם, יָגוּרוּ מִלְחָמוֹת. |
3 Who devise evil things in their heart; every day do they stir up wars. |
| ד שָׁנְנוּ לְשׁוֹנָם, כְּמוֹ-נָחָשׁ: חֲמַת עַכְשׁוּב–תַּחַת שְׂפָתֵימוֹ סֶלָה. |
4 They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent; vipers’ venom is under their lips. Selah |
ה שָׁמְרֵנִי יְהוָה, מִידֵי רָשָׁע– מֵאִישׁ חֲמָסִים תִּנְצְרֵנִי:
אֲשֶׁר חָשְׁבוּ, לִדְחוֹת פְּעָמָי. |
5 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; {N}
who have purposed to make my steps slip. |
ו טָמְנוּ גֵאִים, פַּח לִי– וַחֲבָלִים, פָּרְשׂוּ רֶשֶׁת לְיַד-מַעְגָּל;
מֹקְשִׁים שָׁתוּ-לִי סֶלָה. |
6 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; {N}
they have set gins for me. Selah |
| ז אָמַרְתִּי לַיהוָה, אֵלִי אָתָּה; הַאֲזִינָה יְהוָה, קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי. |
7 I have said unto the LORD: ‘Thou art my God’; give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications. |
| ח יְהוִה אֲדֹנָי, עֹז יְשׁוּעָתִי; סַכֹּתָה לְרֹאשִׁי, בְּיוֹם נָשֶׁק. |
8 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, who hast screened my head in the day of battle, |
| ט אַל-תִּתֵּן יְהוָה, מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע; זְמָמוֹ אַל-תָּפֵק, יָרוּמוּ סֶלָה. |
9 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; further not his evil device, so that they exalt themselves. Selah |
| י רֹאשׁ מְסִבָּי– עֲמַל שְׂפָתֵימוֹ יכסומו (יְכַסֵּימוֹ). |
10 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. |
| יא ימיטו (יִמּוֹטוּ) עֲלֵיהֶם, גֶּחָלִים: בָּאֵשׁ יַפִּלֵם; בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת, בַּל-יָקוּמוּ. |
11 Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again. |
| יב אִישׁ לָשׁוֹן, בַּל-יִכּוֹן בָּאָרֶץ: אִישׁ-חָמָס רָע–יְצוּדֶנּוּ, לְמַדְחֵפֹת. |
12 A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust. |
| יג ידעת (יָדַעְתִּי)–כִּי-יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה, דִּין עָנִי: מִשְׁפַּט, אֶבְיֹנִים. |
13 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the poor, and the right of the needy. |
| יד אַךְ צַדִּיקִים, יוֹדוּ לִשְׁמֶךָ; יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים, אֶת-פָּנֶיךָ. |
14 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence. {P} |
