To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.
1Saveהוֹשִׁיעֵ֥נִיho.shi.'E.niH3467me, OGodאֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimH430; for thewatersמַ֣יִםMa.yimH4325arecomeבָ֖אוּVa.'uH935in to mysoulנָֽפֶשׁ׃Na.feshH5315.
2Isinkטָבַ֤עְתִּי׀ta.Va'.tiH2883indeepמְ֭צוּלָהMe.tzu.lahH4688mireבִּיוֵ֣ןbi.VenH3121, where there is nostandingמָעֳמָ֑דmo.'o.MadH4613: I amcomeH935intodeepבְמַעֲמַקֵּי־ve.ma.'a.ma.kei-H4615watersH4325, where thefloodsוְשִׁבֹּ֥לֶתve.shi.Bo.letH7641overflowשְׁטָפָֽתְנִי׃she.ta.Fa.te.niH7857me.
4They thathateשֹׂנְאַ֪יso.ne.'AiH8130me without acauseחִ֫נָּ֥םchi.NamH2600aremoreרַבּ֤וּ׀ra.BuH7231than thehairsמִשַּׂעֲר֣וֹתmi.sa.'a.RotH8185of myheadרֹאשִׁי֮ro.ShiH7218: they that woulddestroyמַ֭צְמִיתַיMatz.mi.taiH6789me, being myenemiesאֹיְבַ֣י'o.ye.VaiH341wrongfullyשֶׁ֑קֶרShe.kerH8267, aremightyעָצְמ֣וּ'a.tze.MuH6105: then Irestoredאָשִֽׁיב׃'a.ShivH7725that which I took notawayגָ֝זַ֗לְתִּיga.Zal.tiH1497.
5OGodאֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimH430, thouknowestיָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.taH3045myfoolishnessלְאִוַּלְתִּ֑יle.'i.val.TiH200; and mysinsוְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗יve.'ash.mo.TaiH819are nothidנִכְחָֽדוּ׃nikh.Cha.duH3582from thee.
6Let not them thatwaitקֹוֶיךָ֮koei.ChaH6960on thee, OLordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136GODיְהוִ֗הYah.wehH3069ofhostsצְבָ֫א֥וֹתtze.Va.'otH6635, beashamedיֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּye.Vo.shuH954for my sake: let not those thatseekמְבַקְשֶׁ֑יךָme.vak.Shei.chaH1245thee beconfoundedיִכָּ֣לְמוּyi.Kal.muH3637for my sake, OGodH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.
7Because for thy sake I haveborneנָשָׂ֣אתִיna.Sa.tiH5375reproachחֶרְפָּ֑הcher.PahH2781;shameכְלִמָּ֣הkhe.li.MahH3639hathcoveredכִּסְּתָ֖הki.se.TahH3680myfaceפָנָֽי׃fa.NaiH6440.
8I am become astrangerמ֭וּזָרMu.zorH2114to mybrethrenלְאֶחָ֑יle.'e.ChaiH251, and analienוְ֝נָכְרִ֗יve.na.khe.RiH5237to mymother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517childrenלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121.
9For thezealקִנְאַ֣תkin.'AtH7068of thyhouseבֵּיתְךָ֣bei.te.KhaH1004hath eaten meupאֲכָלָ֑תְנִי'a.kha.La.te.niH398; and thereproachesוְחֶרְפּ֥וֹתve.cher.PotH2781of them thatreproachedח֝וֹרְפֶ֗יךָchor.Fei.khaH2778thee havefallenנָפְל֥וּna.fe.LuH5307upon me.
10When Iweptוָאֶבְכֶּ֣הva.'ev.KehH1058, and chastened mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315withfastingבַצּ֣וֹםva.TzomH6685, that was to myreproachH2781.
11Imadeוָאֶתְּנָ֣הva.'e.te.NahH5414sackclothשָׂ֑קSakH8242also mygarmentלְבוּשִׁ֣יle.vu.ShiH3830; and I became aproverbלְמָשָֽׁל׃le.ma.ShalH4912to them.
12They that sitinיֹ֣שְׁבֵיYo.she.veiH3427thegateשָׁ֑עַרSha.'arH8179speakיָשִׂ֣יחוּya.Si.chuH7878against me; and I was thesongוּ֝נְגִינ֗וֹתu.ne.gi.NotH5058of thedrunkardsשׁוֹתֵ֥י שֵׁכָֽר׃sho.Tei she.KharH8354H7941.
13But as for me, myprayerתְפִלָּתִֽי־te.fi.la.ti-H8605is to thee, OLORDיְהוָ֡הYah.wehH3068, in anacceptableרָצ֗וֹןra.TzonH7522timeעֵ֤ת'etH6256: OGodאֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimH430, in themultitudeבְּרָב־be.rov-H7230of thymercyחַסְדֶּ֑ךָchas.De.khaH2617hearעֲ֝נֵ֗נִי'a.Ne.niH6030me, in thetruthבֶּאֱמֶ֥תbe.'e.MetH571of thysalvationיִשְׁעֶֽךָ׃yish.'E.khaH3468.
14Deliverהַצִּילֵ֣נִיha.tzi.Le.niH5337me out of themireמִ֭טִּיטMi.titH2916, and let me notsinkאֶטְבָּ֑עָה'et.Ba.'ahH2883: let me bedeliveredאִנָּצְלָ֥ה'i.na.tze.LahH5337from them thathateמִ֝שֹּֽׂנְאַ֗יmi.so.ne.'AiH8130me, and out of thedeepוּמִמַּֽעֲמַקֵּי־u.mi.ma.'a.ma.kei-H4615watersמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.
15Let not the waterfloodשִׁבֹּ֣לֶתshi.Bo.letH4325H7641overflowתִּשְׁטְפֵ֤נִי׀tish.te.Fe.niH7857me, neither let thedeepמְצוּלָ֑הme.tzu.LahH4688swallow meupתִּבְלָעֵ֣נִיtiv.la.'E.niH1104, and let not thepitבְּאֵ֣רbe.'ErH875shutתֶּאְטַר־te'.tar-H332hermouthפִּֽיהָ׃Pi.haH6310upon me.
16Hearעֲנֵ֣נִי'a.Ne.niH6030me, OLORDיְ֭הוָהYah.wehH3068; for thylovingkindnessחַסְדֶּ֑ךָchas.De.khaH2617isgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896:turnפְּנֵ֣הpe.NehH6437to me according to themultitudeכְּרֹ֥בke.RoH7230of thy tendermerciesרַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָra.cha.Mei.khaH7356.
17Andhideתַּסְתֵּ֣רtas.TerH5641not thyfaceפָּ֭נֶיךָPa.nei.khaH6440from thyservantמֵֽעַבְדֶּ֑ךָme.'av.De.khaH5650; for I am introubleצַר־tzar-H6887:hearH6030mespeedilyH4118.
18Drawnearקָרְבָ֣הka.re.VahH7126to mysoulנַפְשִׁ֣יnaf.ShiH5315, andredeemגְאָלָ֑הּge.'a.LahH1350it:deliverפְּדֵֽנִי׃pe.De.niH6299me because of myenemiesאֹיְבַ֣י'o.ye.VaiH341.
19Thou hastknownיָדַ֗עְתָּya.Da'.taH3045myreproachחֶרְפָּתִ֣יcher.pa.TiH2781, and myshameוּ֭בָשְׁתִּיU.va.she.tiH1322, and mydishonourוּכְלִמָּתִ֑יu.khe.li.ma.TiH3639: myadversariesצוֹרְרָֽי׃tzo.RaiH6887are all before thee.
20ReproachH2781hathbrokenשָֽׁבְרָ֥הsha.ve.RahH7665myheartלִבִּ֗יli.BiH3820; and I am full ofheavinessוָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁהva.'A.Nu.shahH5136: and Ilookedוָאֲקַוֶּ֣הva.'a.ka.VehH6960for some to takepityלָנ֣וּדla.NudH5110, but there was none; and forcomfortersוְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗יםve.lam.na.cha.MimH5162, but Ifoundמָצָֽאתִי׃ma.Tza.tiH4672none.
21Theygaveוַיִּתְּנ֣וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414me alsogallרֹ֑אשׁRoshH7219for myfoodבְּבָרוּתִ֣יbe.va.ru.TiH1267; and in mythirstוְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗יve.litz.ma.'IH6772they gave mevinegarחֹֽמֶץ׃Cho.metzH2558todrinkיַשְׁק֥וּנִיyash.Ku.niH8248.
22Let theirtableשֻׁלְחָנָ֣םshul.cha.NamH7979become asnareלְפָ֑חle.FachH6341beforeלִפְנֵיהֶ֣םlif.nei.HemH6440them: and that which should have been for theirwelfareוְלִשְׁלוֹמִ֥יםve.lish.lo.MimH7965, let it become atrapלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃le.mo.KeshH4170.
23Let theireyesעֵ֭ינֵיהֶם'Ei.nei.hemH5869bedarkenedתֶּחְשַׁ֣כְנָהtech.Shakh.nahH2821, that theyseeמֵרְא֑וֹתme.re.'otH7200not; and make theirloinsוּ֝מָתְנֵ֗יהֶםu.ma.te.Nei.hemH4975continuallyתָּמִ֥ידta.MidH8548toshakeהַמְעַֽד׃ham.'AdH4571.
24Pouroutשְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-H8210thyindignationזַעְמֶ֑ךָza'.Me.khaH2195upon them, and let thywrathfulוַחֲר֥וֹןva.cha.RonH2740angerאַ֝פְּךָ֗'a.pe.khaH639takeholdיַשִּׂיגֵֽם׃ya.si.GemH5381of them.
25Let theirhabitationטִֽירָתָ֥םti.ra.TamH2918bedesolateנְשַׁמָּ֑הne.sha.MahH8074; and let nonedwellיֹשֵֽׁב׃yo.ShevH3427in theirtentsבְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םbe.'o.ho.lei.HemH168.
26For theypersecuteרָדָ֑פוּra.Da.fuH7291him whom thou hastsmittenהִכִּ֣יתָhi.Ki.taH5221; and theytalkיְסַפֵּֽרוּ׃ye.sa.Pe.ruH5608to thegriefמַכְא֖וֹבmakh.'ovH4341of those whom thou hastwoundedחֲלָלֶ֣יךָcha.la.Lei.khaH2491.
27Addתְּֽנָה־te.nah-H5414iniquityעָ֭וֹן'A.vonH5771to theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֑ם'a.vo.NamH5771: and let them notcomeיָ֝בֹ֗אוּya.Vo.'uH935into thyrighteousnessבְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃be.tzid.ka.Te.chaH6666.
28Let them beblottedיִ֭מָּחֽוּYi.ma.chuH4229out of thebookמִסֵּ֣פֶרmi.Se.ferH5612of thelivingחַיִּ֑יםchai.YimH2416, and not bewrittenיִכָּתֵֽבוּ׃yi.ka.Te.vuH3789with therighteousצַ֝דִּיקִ֗יםtza.di.KimH6662.
29But I ampoorעָנִ֣י'a.NiH6041andsorrowfulוְכוֹאֵ֑בve.kho.'EvH3510: let thysalvationיְשׁוּעָתְךָ֖ye.shu.'a.te.KhaH3444, OGodאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430, set me up onhighתְּשַׂגְּבֵֽנִי׃te.sa.ge.Ve.niH7682.
30I willpraiseאֲהַֽלְלָ֣ה'a.ha.LahH1984thenameשֵׁם־shem-H8034ofGodH430with asongבְּשִׁ֑ירbe.ShirH7892, and willmagnifyוַאֲגַדְּלֶ֥נּוּva.'a.gad.de.Le.nuH1431him withthanksgivingבְתוֹדָֽה׃ve.to.DahH8426.
31This also shallpleaseH3190theLORDלַֽ֭יהוָהla.Yah.wehH3068betterוְתִיטַ֣בve.ti.TavH3190than anoxמִשּׁ֥וֹרmi.ShorH7794orbullפָּ֗רParH6499that hathhornsמַקְרִ֥ןmak.RinH7160andhoofsמַפְרִֽיס׃maf.RisH6536.
32Thehumbleעֲנָוִ֣ים'a.na.VimH6035shallseeרָא֣וּra.'UH7200this, and begladיִשְׂמָ֑חוּyis.Ma.chuH8055: and yourheartלְבַבְכֶֽם׃le.vav.KhemH3824shallliveוִיחִ֥יvi.ChiH2421thatseekדֹּרְשֵׁ֥יdo.re.SheiH1875Godאֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים'E.lo.HimH430.
34Let theheavenשָׁמַ֣יִםsha.Ma.yimH8064andearthוָאָ֑רֶץva.'A.retzH776praiseיְֽ֭הַלְלוּהוּYe.ha.lu.huH1984him, theseasיַ֝מִּ֗יםya.MimH3220, and every thing thatmovethרֹמֵ֥שׂro.MesH7430in it.
35ForGodאֱלֹהִ֨ים׀'E.lo.HimH430willsaveי֘וֹשִׁ֤יעַyo.Shi.a'H3467Zionצִיּ֗וֹןtzi.YonH6726, and willbuildוְ֭יִבְנֶהVe.yiv.nehH1129thecitiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063: that they maydwellוְיָ֥שְׁבוּve.Ya.she.vuH3427there, and have it inpossessionוִירֵשֽׁוּהָ׃vi.re.Shu.haH3423.
36Theseedוְזֶ֣רַעve.Ze.ra'H2233also of hisservantsעֲ֭בָדָיו'A.va.davH5650shallinheritיִנְחָל֑וּהָyin.cha.Lu.haH5157it: and they thatloveוְאֹהֲבֵ֥יve.'o.ha.VeiH157hisnameשְׁ֝מ֗וֹShe.moH8034shalldwellיִשְׁכְּנוּ־yish.ke.nu-H7931in it.
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