1Fretתִּתְחַ֥רtit.CharH2734notאַל־'al-H408thyself because of evil-doers,neitherאַל־'al-H408be thouenviousתְּ֝קַנֵּ֗אte.ka.Ne'H7065againstH2734them that workunrighteousnessעַוְלָֽה׃'av.LahH5766.
2For they shallsoonמְהֵרָ֣הme.he.RahH4120be cutdownכִּ֣יkiH3588like thegrassכֶ֭חָצִירKhe.cha.tzirH2682, andwitherיִבּוֹלֽוּן׃yi.bo.LunH5034as thegreenוּכְיֶ֥רֶקu.khe.Ye.rekH3418herbדֶּ֝֗שֶׁאDe.she'H1877.
4Delightוְהִתְעַנַּ֥גve.hit.'a.NagH6026thyself also in theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068; and he shallgiveוְיִֽתֶּן־ve.yi.ten-H5414thee thedesiresH3820of thineheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820.
5Commitגּ֣וֹלGolH1556thywayדַּרְכֶּ֑ךָdar.Ke.khaH1870unto theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068;trustוּבְטַ֥חu.ve.TachH982also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.
6Add he shallmakeH4941thyrighteousnessצִדְקֶ֑ךָtzid.Ke.chaH6664togoH3318forthוְהוֹצִ֣יאve.ho.Tzi'H3318as thelightכָא֣וֹרkha.'OrH216, and thyjudgmentH4941as the noonday.
7Rest in theLORDלַיהוָה֮la.Yah.wehH3068, and wait patiently for him:fretתִּ֭תְחַרTit.charH2734notאַל־'al-H408thyself because of him who prospereth in hiswayדַּרְכּ֑וֹdar.KoH1870, because of themanבְּ֝אִ֗ישׁbe.'IshH376who bringethwickedH4209devicesH4209to pass.
8Ceaseהֶ֣רֶףHe.refH7503fromangerמֵ֭אַףMe.'afH639, andforsakeוַעֲזֹ֣בva.'a.ZoH5800wrathחֵמָ֑הche.MahH2534:fretתִּ֝תְחַ֗רtit.CharH2734notאַל־'al-H408thyself, it tendethonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389to evil-doing.
9For evil-doers shall becutיִכָּרֵת֑וּןyi.ka.re.TunH3772offH3772: butthoseהֵ֣מָּהHe.mahH1992thatwaitוְקֹוֵ֥יve.ko.VeiH6960upon theLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068, they shallinheritיִֽירְשׁוּ־yi.re.shu-H3423thelandאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.
10For yet alittleמְ֭עַטMe.'atH4592whileוְע֣וֹדve.'odH5750, and thewickedרָשָׁ֑עra.Sha'H7563shallnotוְאֵ֣יןve.'EinH369be: yea, thou shaltdiligentlyH995considerH995hisplaceמְקוֹמ֣וֹme.ko.MoH4725, and he shallnotוְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ve.'ei.Ne.nuH369be.
11But the meek shallinheritיִֽירְשׁוּ־yi.re.shu-H3423thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776; and shalldelightוְ֝הִתְעַנְּג֗וּve.hit.'a.ne.GuH6026themselvesעַל־'al-H5921in theabundanceרֹ֥בroH7230ofpeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.
12Thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563plottethagainstH5921thejustלַצַּדִּ֑יקla.tza.DikH6662, and gnashethuponH5921him with histeethשִׁנָּֽיו׃shi.NavH8127.
13TheLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136shalllaughיִשְׂחַק־yis.chak-H7832at him: for he seeth that hisdayיוֹמֽוֹ׃yo.MoH3117iscomingיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935.
14Thewickedרְשָׁעִים֮re.sha.'ImH7563havedrawnפָּֽתְח֣וּpa.te.ChuH6605outH1869theswordחֶ֤רֶב׀Che.revH2719, and havebentוְדָרְכ֪וּve.da.re.KhuH1869theirbowקַ֫שְׁתָּ֥םkash.TamH7198; tocastH5307downH5307thepoorעָנִ֣י'a.NiH6041andneedyוְאֶבְי֑וֹןve.'ev.YonH34, toslayלִ֝טְב֗וֹחַlit.Vo.achH2873such as beuprightיִשְׁרֵי־yish.rei-H3477in thewayדָֽרֶךְ׃Da.rekhH1870:
15Theirswordחַ֭רְבָּםChar.bomH2719shallenterH935intoH935their ownheartבְלִבָּ֑םve.li.BamH3820, and theirbowsוְ֝קַשְּׁתוֹתָ֗םve.ka.she.to.TamH7198shall bebrokenתִּשָּׁבַֽרְנָה׃ti.sha.Var.nahH7665.
17For thearmsזְרוֹע֣וֹתze.ro.'otH2220of thewickedרְ֭שָׁעִיםRe.sha.'imH7563shall bebrokenתִּשָּׁבַ֑רְנָהti.sha.Var.nahH7665: but theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068upholdeth therighteousצַדִּיקִ֣יםtza.di.KimH6662.
18TheLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068knoweth thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117of theperfectתְמִימִ֑םte.mi.MimH8549: and theirinheritanceוְ֝נַחֲלָתָ֗םve.na.cha.la.TamH5159shall be foreverלְעוֹלָ֥םle.'o.LamH5769.
19They shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808beashamedיֵ֭בֹשׁוּYe.vo.shuH954in the time ofevilרָעָ֑הra.'AhH7451: and in thedaysוּבִימֵ֖יu.vi.MeiH3117offamineרְעָב֣וֹןre.'a.VonH7459they shall besatisfiedיִשְׂבָּֽעוּ׃yis.Ba.'uH7646.
20But thewickedרְשָׁעִ֨ים׀re.sha.'ImH7563shallperishיֹאבֵ֗דוּyo.Ve.duH6, and theenemiesוְאֹיְבֵ֣יve.'o.ye.VeiH341of theLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068shall be as the excellency of thepasturesכָּרִ֑יםka.RimH3733: they shallconsumeH3615; insmokeבֶעָשָׁ֣ןve.'a.ShanH6227shall theyconsumeH3615awayH3615.
21Thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563borroweth, and payethnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808again: but therighteousוְ֝צַדִּ֗יקve.tza.DikH6662dealethgraciouslyחוֹנֵ֥ןcho.NenH2603, and giveth.
22For such as beblessedמְ֭בֹרָכָיוMe.vo.ra.khavH1288of him shallinheritיִ֣ירְשׁוּYi.re.shuH3423thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776; and they that becursedוּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יוu.me.ku.la.LavH7043of him shall becutיִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃yi.ka.Re.tuH3772offH3772.
23Aman’sגֶ֥בֶרGe.verH1397goings areestablishedכּוֹנָ֗נוּko.Na.nuH3559of theLORDמֵ֭יְהוָהme.Yah.wehH3068; and he delighteth in hiswayוְדַרְכּ֥וֹve.dar.KoH1870.
24ThoughH3588hefallיִפֹּ֥לyi.PolH5307, he shallnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808be utterlycastH5307downH5307: for theLORDיְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehH3068upholdeth him with hishandיָדֽוֹ׃ya.DoH3027.
25I have beenyoungנַ֤עַר׀Na.'arH5288, andnowהָיִ֗יתִיha.Yi.tiH1961amoldזָ֫קַ֥נְתִּיza.Kan.tiH2204; yet have InotH3808seenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200therighteousצַדִּ֣יקtza.DikH6662forsaken,norH3808hisseedוְ֝זַרְע֗וֹve.zar.'OH2233beggingמְבַקֶּשׁ־me.va.kesh-H1245theirbreadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.
26Allכָּל־kol-H3605thedayהַ֭יּוֹםHai.yomH3117longH3117he dealethgraciouslyחוֹנֵ֣ןcho.NenH2603, and lendeth; and hisseedוְ֝זַרְע֗וֹve.zar.'OH2233isblessedלִבְרָכָֽה׃liv.ra.KhahH1293.
28For theLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068lovethjudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֗טmish.PatH4941, and forsakethnotוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808his saints; they arepreservedנִשְׁמָ֑רוּnish.Ma.ruH8104foreverלְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.LamH5769: but theseedוְזֶ֖רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall becutנִכְרָֽת׃nikh.RatH3772offH3772.
30Themouthפִּֽי־pi-H6310of therighteousצַ֭דִּיקTza.dikH6662talketh ofwisdomחָכְמָ֑הchokh.mahH2451, and histongueוּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹu.le.sho.NoH3956speakethjudgmentמִשְׁפָּֽט׃mish.PatH4941.
31Thelawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451of hisGodאֱלֹהָ֣יו'e.lo.HavH430is in hisheartבְּלִבּ֑וֹbe.li.BoH3820;noneלֹ֖אlo'H3808of hisstepsאֲשֻׁרָיו׃'a.shu.RavH838shall slide.
32Thewickedרָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'H7563watcheth therighteousלַצַּדִּ֑יקla.tza.DikH6662, and seeketh toslayלַהֲמִיתוֹ׃la.ha.mi.tovH4191him.
33TheLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068willnotלֹא־lo'-H3808leaveיַעַזְבֶ֣נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuH5800him in hishandבְיָד֑וֹve.ya.DoH3027,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808condemnיַ֝רְשִׁיעֶ֗נּוּyar.shi.'E.nuH7561him when he isjudgedבְּהִשָּׁפְטֽוֹ׃be.hi.sha.fe.ToH8199.
34Waitקַוֵּ֤הka.VehH6960on theLORDיְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehH3068, andkeepוּשְׁמֹ֬רu.she.MorH8104hiswayדַּרְכּ֗וֹdar.KoH1870, and he shallexaltוִֽ֭ירוֹמִמְךָVi.ro.mi.khaH7311thee toinheritלָרֶ֣שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423thelandאָ֑רֶץ'A.retzH776: when thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563arecutבְּהִכָּרֵ֖תbe.hi.ka.RetH3772offH3772, thou shaltseeתִּרְאֶֽה׃tir.'EhH7200it.
35I haveseenרָ֭אִיתִיRa.'i.tiH7200thewickedרָשָׁ֣עra.Sha'H7563in great power, andspreadingוּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗הu.mit.'a.RehH6168himself like agreenרַעֲנָֽן׃ra.'a.NanH7488treeH249in itsnativeכְּאֶזְרָ֥חke.'ez.RachH249soil.
36But onepassedוַ֭יַּֽעֲבֹרVai.ya.'a.vorH5674by, and,loוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009, he wasnotH3808: yea, Isoughtוָֽ֝אֲבַקְשֵׁ֗הוּva.'a.vak.She.huH1245him, but he couldnotH3808befoundנִמְצָֽא׃nim.Tza'H4672.
37Markשְׁמָר־she.mor-H8104theperfectתָּ֭םtamH8535manH376, andbeholdוּרְאֵ֣הu.re.'EhH7200theuprightיָשָׁ֑רya.SharH3477: for thelatterH319endH319of thatmanH376ispeaceשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965.
38As fortransgressorsוּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִיםU.fo.she.'imH6586, they shall bedestroyedנִשְׁמְד֣וּnish.me.DuH8045togetherיַחְדָּ֑וyach.DavH3162: thelatterH319endH319of thewickedרְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'ImH7563shall becutנִכְרָֽתָה׃nikh.Ra.tahH3772offH3772.
39But thesalvationוּתְשׁוּעַ֣תu.te.shu.'AtH8668of therighteousצַ֭דִּיקִיםTza.di.kimH6662is of theLORDמֵיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehH3068: he is theirstrongמָֽ֝עוּזָּ֗םma.'u.ZamH4581hold in the time oftroubleצָרָֽה׃tza.RahH6869.
40And theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068helpeth them, and rescueth them: he rescueth them from thewickedמֵ֭רְשָׁעִיםMe.re.sha.'imH7563, and saveth them,becauseכִּי־ki-H3588they havetakenH2620refugeחָ֥סוּCha.suH2620in him.
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