| א לַמְנַצֵּחַ אַל-תַּשְׁחֵת, לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם. |
1 For the Leader; Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David; Michtam. |
| ב הַאֻמְנָם–אֵלֶם צֶדֶק, תְּדַבֵּרוּן; מֵישָׁרִים תִּשְׁפְּטוּ, בְּנֵי אָדָם. |
2 Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men? |
| ג אַף-בְּלֵב, עוֹלֹת תִּפְעָלוּן: בָּאָרֶץ–חֲמַס יְדֵיכֶם, תְּפַלֵּסוּן. |
3 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands. |
| ד זֹרוּ רְשָׁעִים מֵרָחֶם; תָּעוּ מִבֶּטֶן, דֹּבְרֵי כָזָב. |
4 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born. |
| ה חֲמַת-לָמוֹ, כִּדְמוּת חֲמַת-נָחָשׁ; כְּמוֹ-פֶתֶן חֵרֵשׁ, יַאְטֵם אָזְנוֹ. |
5 Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear; |
| ו אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יִשְׁמַע, לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים; חוֹבֵר חֲבָרִים מְחֻכָּם. |
6 Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells. |
| ז אֱלֹהִים–הֲרָס שִׁנֵּימוֹ בְּפִימוֹ; מַלְתְּעוֹת כְּפִירִים, נְתֹץ יְהוָה. |
7 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth; break out the cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD. |
ח יִמָּאֲסוּ כְמוֹ-מַיִם, יִתְהַלְּכוּ-לָמוֹ;
יִדְרֹךְ חִצָּו, כְּמוֹ יִתְמֹלָלוּ. |
8 Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; {N}
when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off. |
| ט כְּמוֹ שַׁבְּלוּל, תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ; נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת, בַּל-חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ. |
9 Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have not seen the sun. |
| י בְּטֶרֶם, יָבִינוּ סִּירֹתֵכֶם אָטָד; כְּמוֹ-חַי כְּמוֹ-חָרוֹן, יִשְׂעָרֶנּוּ. |
10 Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike. |
| יא יִשְׂמַח צַדִּיק, כִּי-חָזָה נָקָם; פְּעָמָיו יִרְחַץ, בְּדַם הָרָשָׁע. |
11 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance; he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. |
| יב וְיֹאמַר אָדָם, אַךְ-פְּרִי לַצַּדִּיק; אַךְ יֵשׁ-אֱלֹהִים, שֹׁפְטִים בָּאָרֶץ. |
12 And men shall say: ‘Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.’ {P} |
