Revised Version 1895

Psalms 17

A Prayer of David.

1Hearשִׁמְעָ֤הshim.'AhH8085therightצֶ֗דֶקTze.dekH6664, OLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068, attend unto mycryרִנָּתִ֗יri.na.TiH7440;giveהַאֲזִ֥ינָהha.'a.Zi.nahH238earH238unto myprayerH8605, that goethnotבְּ֝לֹ֗אbe.Lo'H3808out of feignedlipsשִׂפְתֵ֥יsif.TeiH8193.

2Let mysentenceמִשְׁפָּטִ֣יmish.pa.TiH4941comeיֵצֵ֑אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318from thypresenceמִ֭לְּפָנֶיךָMi.le.fa.nei.khaH6440; let thineeyesעֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869lookH5869uponתֶּחֱזֶ֥ינָהte.che.Zei.nahH2372equityמֵישָׁרִֽים׃mei.sha.RimH4339.

3Thou hastprovedH974mineheartלִבִּ֨י׀li.BiH3820; thou hastvisitedפָּ֘קַ֤דְתָּpa.Kad.taH6485meH4672in thenightלַּ֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915; thou hasttriedH974meH4672, and findestnothingבַל־val-H1077; I ampurposedזַ֝מֹּתִ֗יza.mo.TiH2161that mymouthפִּֽי׃PiH6310shallnotבַּל־bal-H1077transgressיַעֲבָר־ya.'a.vor-H5674.

4As for theworksלִפְעֻלּ֣וֹתlif.'u.LotH6468ofmenאָ֭דָם'A.domH120, by thewordבִּדְבַ֣רbid.VarH1697of thylipsשְׂפָתֶ֑יךָse.fa.Tei.khaH8193I havekeptשָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּיSha.Mar.tiH8104meאֲנִ֥י'a.NiH589from thewaysאָרְח֥וֹת'a.re.ChotH734of theviolentפָּרִֽיץ׃pa.RitzH6530.

5MystepsH6471haveheldH8551fastH8551to thypathsבְּמַעְגְּלוֹתֶ֑יךָbe.ma'.ge.lo.Tei.khaH4570, myfeetH6471havenotבַּל־bal-H1077slippedנָמ֥וֹטּוּna.Mo.tuH4131.

6I havecalledקְרָאתִ֣יךָke.ra.Ti.chaH7121uponH7121thee, for thou wiltanswerתַעֲנֵ֣נִיta.'a.Ne.niH6030meH7121, OGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410:inclineהַֽט־hat-H5186thineearאָזְנְךָ֥'a.ze.ne.KhaH241untomeH7121, andhearשְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'H8085my speech.

7Shew thy marvelous lovingkindness, O thou that savest them which put their trust in thee fromthoseמוֹשִׁ֣יעַmo.Shi.a'H3467thatriseמִ֝מִּתְקוֹמְמִ֗יםmi.mit.ko.MimH6965upH6965against them, by thyrightבִּֽימִינֶֽךָ׃Bi.mi.Ne.khaH3225handH3225.

8Keepשָׁ֭מְרֵנִיSham.re.niH8104meH5641as theappleכְּאִישׁ֣וֹןke.'i.ShonH380of theeyeעָ֑יִן'A.yinH5869,hideתַּסְתִּירֵֽנִי׃tas.ti.Re.niH5641meH5641under theshadowבְּצֵ֥לbe.TzelH6738of thywingsכְּ֝נָפֶ֗יךָke.na.Fei.khaH3671,

9From thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563that spoilmeH5315, mydeadlyH5315enemiesאֹיְבַ֥י'o.ye.VaiH341, that compassmeH5315aboutעָלָֽי׃'a.LaiH5921.

10They are enclosed in their ownfatחֶלְבָּ֥מוֹchel.Ba.movH2459: with theirmouthפִּ֝֗ימוֹpi.moH6310theyspeakדִּבְּר֥וּdi.be.RuH1696proudlyבְגֵאֽוּת׃ve.ge.'UtH1348.

11They havenowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258compassedusH5869in ourstepsאַ֭שֻּׁרֵינוּ'A.shu.rei.nuH838: theysetיָ֝שִׁ֗יתוּya.Shi.tuH7896theireyesעֵינֵיהֶ֥ם'ei.nei.HemH5869tocastH7896usH5869downלִנְט֥וֹתlin.TotH5186to theearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

12He is like alionכְּ֭אַרְיֵהKe.'ar.yehH738that is greedy of his prey, and as it were ayoungוְ֝כִכְפִ֗ירve.khikh.FirH3715lionH738lurkingיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427insecretH4565placesH4565.

13Ariseקוּמָ֤הku.MahH6965, OLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068,confrontקַדְּמָ֣הka.de.MahH6923him, cast himdownהַכְרִיעֵ֑הוּhakh.ri.'E.huH3766:deliverפַּלְּטָ֥הpa.le.TahH6403mysoulנַ֝פְשִׁ֗יnaf.ShiH5315from thewickedמֵרָשָׁ֥עme.ra.Sha'H7563by thyswordחַרְבֶּֽךָ׃char.Be.khaH2719;

14FrommenH1121, by thyhandיָדְךָ֨׀ya.de.KhaH3027, OLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068, frommenH1121of theworldמֵחֶ֗לֶדme.Che.ledH2465,whoseH1121portionחֶלְקָ֥םchel.KamH2506is in thislifeבַּֽחַיִּים֮ba.chai.YimH2416, andwhoseH1121bellyבִ֫טְנָ֥םvit.NamH990thou fillest with thytreasureH6840: they aresatisfiedיִשְׂבְּע֥וּyis.be.'UH7646withchildrenH1121, andleaveH3240therestיִ֝תְרָ֗םyit.RamH3499of their substance to theirbabesלְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם׃le.'o.lei.HemH5768.

15As formeH6440, I shallbeholdאֶחֱזֶ֣ה'e.che.ZehH2372thyfaceפָנֶ֑יךָfa.Nei.khaH6440inrighteousnessבְּ֭צֶדֶקBe.tze.dekH6664: I shall besatisfiedאֶשְׂבְּעָ֥ה'es.be.'AhH7646, when I awake, with thylikenessתְּמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃te.mu.na.Te.khaH8544.

Commentaries on Psalms 17

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain