| א לַמְנַצֵּחַ, מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִד. |
1 For the Leader. Maschil of David; |
ב בְּבוֹא, דּוֹאֵג הָאֲדֹמִי– וַיַּגֵּד לְשָׁאוּל:
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ– בָּא דָוִד, אֶל-בֵּית אֲחִימֶלֶךְ. |
2 when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, {N}
and said unto him: ‘David is come to the house of Ahimelech.’ |
| ג מַה-תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּרָעָה, הַגִּבּוֹר; חֶסֶד אֵל, כָּל-הַיּוֹם. |
3 Why boastest thou thyself of evil, O mighty man? The mercy of God endureth continually. |
| ד הַוּוֹת, תַּחְשֹׁב לְשׁוֹנֶךָ; כְּתַעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ, עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּה. |
4 Thy tongue deviseth destruction; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. |
| ה אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטּוֹב; שֶׁקֶר, מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶלָה. |
5 Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood rather than speaking righteousness. Selah |
| ו אָהַבְתָּ כָל-דִּבְרֵי-בָלַע; לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָה. |
6 Thou lovest all devouring words, the deceitful tongue. |
ז גַּם-אֵל, יִתָּצְךָ לָנֶצַח:
יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל; וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים סֶלָה. |
7 God will likewise break thee for ever, {N}
He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah |
| ח וְיִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִירָאוּ; וְעָלָיו יִשְׂחָקוּ. |
8 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: |
ט הִנֵּה הַגֶּבֶר– לֹא יָשִׂים אֱלֹהִים, מָעוּזּוֹ:
וַיִּבְטַח, בְּרֹב עָשְׁרוֹ; יָעֹז, בְּהַוָּתוֹ. |
9 ‘Lo, this is the man that made not God his stronghold; {N}
but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.’ |
י וַאֲנִי, כְּזַיִת רַעֲנָן– בְּבֵית אֱלֹהִים;
בָּטַחְתִּי בְחֶסֶד-אֱלֹהִים, עוֹלָם וָעֶד. |
10 But as for me, I am like a leafy olive-tree in the house of God; {N}
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. |
| יא אוֹדְךָ לְעוֹלָם, כִּי עָשִׂיתָ; וַאֲקַוֶּה שִׁמְךָ כִי-טוֹב, נֶגֶד חֲסִידֶיךָ. |
11 I will give Thee thanks for ever, because Thou hast done it; and I will wait for Thy name, for it is good, in the presence of Thy saints. {P} |
