For the choir director; set to Lit Do Not DestroyAl-tashheth. A Possibly Epigrammatic Poem or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David.
1Do you indeedהַֽאֻמְנָ֗םha.'um.NamH552speakתְּדַבֵּר֑וּןte.da.be.RunH1696righteousnessצֶ֭דֶקTze.dekH6664, OgodsH410? Do youjudgeתִּ֝שְׁפְּט֗וּtish.pe.TuH8199uprightlyמֵישָׁרִ֥יםmei.sha.RimH4339,O sonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of menאָדָֽם׃'a.DamH120?
2Noאַף־'af-H637,in heartבְּלֵב֮be.LevH3820youworkתִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּןtif.'A.LunH6466unrighteousnessH5767;On earthבָּאָ֡רֶץba.'A.retzH776youweighתְּפַלֵּֽסֽוּן׃te.fa.Le.SunH6424out the violenceחֲמַ֥סcha.MasH2555of your handsיְ֝דֵיכֶ֗םye.dei.KhemH3027.
3The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563are estrangedזֹ֣רוּZo.ruH2114from the wombמֵרָ֑חֶםme.Ra.chemH7358;These who speakדֹּבְרֵ֥יdoe.ReiH1696liesכָזָֽב׃kha.ZavH3577goתָּע֥וּta.'UH8582astrayH8582frombirthמִ֝בֶּ֗טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.
4They have venomחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534likeכִּדְמ֥וּתkid.MutH1823thevenomחֲמַת־cha.mat-H2534of a serpentנָחָ֑שׁna.ChashH5175;Likeכְּמוֹ־ke.mov-H3644a deafחֵ֝רֵ֗שׁche.ReshH2795cobraפֶ֥תֶןFe.tenH6620that stopsיַאְטֵ֥םya'.TemH331up its earאָזְנֽוֹ׃'a.ze.NoH241,
5Soאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834that itdoes not hearיִ֭שְׁמַעYish.ma'H8085the voiceלְק֣וֹלle.KolH6963ofcharmersמְלַחֲשִׁ֑יםme.la.cha.ShimH3907, Ora skillfulמְחֻכָּֽם׃me.chu.KamH2449casterחוֹבֵ֖רcho.VerH2266of spellsחֲבָרִ֣יםcha.va.RimH2267.
6O Godאֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimH430,shatterהֲרָס־ha.ros-H2040their teethשִׁנֵּ֥ימוֹshi.Nei.movH8127in their mouthבְּפִ֑ימוֹbe.Fi.movH6310;Breakנְתֹ֣ץ׀ne.TotzH5422out the fangsH4973of the youngכְּ֝פִירִ֗יםke.fi.RimH3715lionsH3715, O Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.
7Let themflowיִמָּאֲס֣וּyi.ma.'a.SuH3988away likeH3644waterמַ֭יִםMa.yimH4325that runsH1980offH1980; When heaimsיִדְרֹ֥ךְyid.RokhH1869his arrowsחִ֝צָּ֗יוchi.TzavH2671, let them be asheadlessH4448shaftsיִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃yit.mo.La.luH4135.
8Let them beas a snailשַׁ֭בְּלוּלShe.be.lulH7642whichmeltsH8557awayH8557as it goesH1980along, Like themiscarriagesנֵ֥פֶלNe.felH5309of a womanאֵ֝֗שֶׁת'E.shetH802which neverבַּל־bal-H1077seeחָ֥זוּCha.zuH2372the sunשָֽׁמֶשׁ׃Sha.meshH8121.
9Beforeבְּטֶ֤רֶםbe.Te.remH2962yourpotsסִּֽירֹתֵיכֶ֣םsi.ro.tei.KhemH5518can feelיָבִ֣ינוּya.Vi.nuH995the fire ofthornsאָטָ֑ד'a.TadH329He willsweepH8175them awayיִשְׂעָרֶֽנּוּ׃yis.'a.Re.nuH8175with a whirlwindH8175, thegreenחַ֥יchaiH2416and the burningחָ֝ר֗וֹןcha.RonH2740alikeH3644.
10Therighteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662will rejoiceיִשְׂמַ֣חyis.MachH8055whenכִּי־ki-H3588heseesחָזָ֣הcha.ZahH2372the vengeanceנָקָ֑םna.KamH5359; He willwashיִ֝רְחַ֗ץyir.ChatzH7364his feetפְּעָמָ֥יוpe.'a.MavH6471in the bloodבְּדַ֣םbe.DamH1818of the wickedהָרָשָֽׁע׃ha.ra.Sha'H7563.
11And menאָ֭דָם'A.domH120will sayוְיֹאמַ֣רve.yo.MarH559, “Surelyאַךְ־'akh-H389there is arewardפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529for the righteousH6662;Surelyאַ֥ךְ'akhH389thereיֵשׁ־yesh-H3426is a Godאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430whojudgesשֹׁפְטִ֥יםsho.fe.TimH8199on earthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776!”
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