| א מִכְתָּם לְדָוִד: שָׁמְרֵנִי אֵל, כִּי-חָסִיתִי בָךְ. |
1 Michtam of David. Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee. |
| ב אָמַרְתְּ לַיהוָה, אֲדֹנָי אָתָּה; טוֹבָתִי, בַּל-עָלֶיךָ. |
2 I have said unto the LORD: ‘Thou art my Lord; I have no good but in Thee’; |
| ג לִקְדוֹשִׁים, אֲשֶׁר-בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה; וְאַדִּירֵי, כָּל-חֶפְצִי-בָם. |
3 As for the holy that are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight. |
ד יִרְבּוּ עַצְּבוֹתָם, אַחֵר מָהָרוּ:
בַּל-אַסִּיךְ נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם; וּבַל-אֶשָּׂא אֶת-שְׁמוֹתָם, עַל-שְׂפָתָי. |
4 Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; {N}
their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. |
| ה יְהוָה, מְנָת-חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי– אַתָּה, תּוֹמִיךְ גּוֹרָלִי. |
5 O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot. |
| ו חֲבָלִים נָפְלוּ-לִי, בַּנְּעִמִים; אַף-נַחֲלָת, שָׁפְרָה עָלָי. |
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. |
| ז אֲבָרֵךְ–אֶת-יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר יְעָצָנִי; אַף-לֵילוֹת, יִסְּרוּנִי כִלְיוֹתָי. |
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me. |
| ח שִׁוִּיתִי יְהוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד: כִּי מִימִינִי, בַּל-אֶמּוֹט. |
8 I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. |
| ט לָכֵן, שָׂמַח לִבִּי–וַיָּגֶל כְּבוֹדִי; אַף-בְּשָׂרִי, יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח. |
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also dwelleth in safety; |
| י כִּי, לֹא-תַעֲזֹב נַפְשִׁי לִשְׁאוֹל; לֹא-תִתֵּן חֲסִידְךָ, לִרְאוֹת שָׁחַת. |
10 For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world; neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit. |
יא תּוֹדִיעֵנִי, אֹרַח חַיִּים:
שֹׂבַע שְׂמָחוֹת, אֶת-פָּנֶיךָ; נְעִמוֹת בִּימִינְךָ נֶצַח. |
11 Thou makest me to know the path of life; {N}
in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore. {P} |
