| א הַצַּדִּיק אָבָד, וְאֵין אִישׁ שָׂם עַל-לֵב; וְאַנְשֵׁי-חֶסֶד נֶאֱסָפִים בְּאֵין מֵבִין, כִּי-מִפְּנֵי הָרָעָה נֶאֱסַף הַצַּדִּיק. | 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and godly men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. |
| ב יָבוֹא שָׁלוֹם, יָנוּחוּ עַל-מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם; הֹלֵךְ, נְכֹחוֹ. {ס} | 2 He entereth into peace, they rest in their beds, each one that walketh in his uprightness. {S} |
| ג וְאַתֶּם קִרְבוּ-הֵנָּה, בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה; זֶרַע מְנָאֵף, וַתִּזְנֶה. | 3 But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the harlot. |
| ד עַל-מִי, תִּתְעַנָּגוּ--עַל-מִי תַּרְחִיבוּ פֶה, תַּאֲרִיכוּ לָשׁוֹן; הֲלוֹא-אַתֶּם יִלְדֵי-פֶשַׁע, זֶרַע שָׁקֶר. | 4 Against whom do ye sport yourselves? Against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood, |
| ה הַנֵּחָמִים, בָּאֵלִים, תַּחַת, כָּל-עֵץ רַעֲנָן; שֹׁחֲטֵי הַיְלָדִים בַּנְּחָלִים, תַּחַת סְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִים. | 5 Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths, under every leafy tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? |
| ו בְּחַלְּקֵי-נַחַל חֶלְקֵךְ, הֵם הֵם גּוֹרָלֵךְ; גַּם-לָהֶם שָׁפַכְתְּ נֶסֶךְ, הֶעֱלִית מִנְחָה--הַעַל אֵלֶּה, אֶנָּחֵם. | 6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered a meal-offering. Should I pacify Myself for these things? |
| ז עַל הַר-גָּבֹהַּ וְנִשָּׂא, שַׂמְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבֵךְ; גַּם-שָׁם עָלִית, לִזְבֹּחַ זָבַח. | 7 Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. |
| ח וְאַחַר הַדֶּלֶת וְהַמְּזוּזָה, שַׂמְתְּ זִכְרוֹנֵךְ: כִּי מֵאִתִּי גִּלִּית וַתַּעֲלִי, הִרְחַבְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבֵךְ וַתִּכְרָת-לָךְ מֵהֶם--אָהַבְתְּ מִשְׁכָּבָם, יָד חָזִית. | 8 And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy symbol; for thou hast uncovered, and art gone up from Me, thou hast enlarged thy bed, and chosen thee of them whose bed thou lovedst, whose hand thou sawest. |
| ט וַתָּשֻׁרִי לַמֶּלֶךְ בַּשֶּׁמֶן, וַתַּרְבִּי רִקֻּחָיִךְ; וַתְּשַׁלְּחִי צִרַיִךְ עַד-מֵרָחֹק, וַתַּשְׁפִּילִי עַד-שְׁאוֹל. | 9 And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, even down to the nether-world. |
| י בְּרֹב דַּרְכֵּךְ יָגַעַתְּ, לֹא אָמַרְתְּ נוֹאָשׁ; חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאת, עַל-כֵּן לֹא חָלִית. | 10 Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected. |
| יא וְאֶת-מִי דָּאַגְתְּ וַתִּירְאִי, כִּי תְכַזֵּבִי, וְאוֹתִי לֹא זָכַרְתְּ, לֹא-שַׂמְתְּ עַל-לִבֵּךְ; הֲלֹא אֲנִי מַחְשֶׁה וּמֵעֹלָם, וְאוֹתִי לֹא תִירָאִי. | 11 And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou wouldest fail? And as for Me, thou hast not remembered Me, nor laid it to thy heart. Have not I held My peace even of long time? Therefore thou fearest Me not. |
| יב אֲנִי אַגִּיד, צִדְקָתֵךְ; וְאֶת-מַעֲשַׂיִךְ, וְלֹא יוֹעִילוּךְ. | 12 I will declare thy righteousness; thy works also--they shall not profit thee. |
| יג בְּזַעֲקֵךְ יַצִּילֻךְ קִבּוּצַיִךְ, וְאֶת-כֻּלָּם יִשָּׂא-רוּחַ יִקַּח-הָבֶל; וְהַחוֹסֶה בִי יִנְחַל-אֶרֶץ, וְיִירַשׁ הַר-קָדְשִׁי. | 13 When thou criest, let them that thou hast gathered deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away, a breath shall bear them off; but he that taketh refuge in Me shall possess the land, and shall inherit My holy mountain. |
| יד וְאָמַר סֹלּוּ-סֹלּוּ, פַּנּוּ-דָרֶךְ; הָרִימוּ מִכְשׁוֹל, מִדֶּרֶךְ עַמִּי. {ס} | 14 And He will say: cast ye up, cast ye up, clear the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of My people. {S} |
| טו כִּי כֹה אָמַר רָם וְנִשָּׂא, שֹׁכֵן עַד וְקָדוֹשׁ שְׁמוֹ--מָרוֹם וְקָדוֹשׁ, אֶשְׁכּוֹן; וְאֶת-דַּכָּא, וּשְׁפַל-רוּחַ, לְהַחֲיוֹת רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים, וּלְהַחֲיוֹת לֵב נִדְכָּאִים. | 15 For thus saith the High and Lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. |
| טז כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם אָרִיב, וְלֹא לָנֶצַח אֶקְצוֹף: כִּי-רוּחַ מִלְּפָנַי יַעֲטוֹף, וּנְשָׁמוֹת אֲנִי עָשִׂיתִי. | 16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit that enwrappeth itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made. |
| יז בַּעֲוֺן בִּצְעוֹ קָצַפְתִּי וְאַכֵּהוּ, הַסְתֵּר וְאֶקְצֹף; וַיֵּלֶךְ שׁוֹבָב, בְּדֶרֶךְ לִבּוֹ. | 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, I hid Me and was wroth; and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. |
| יח דְּרָכָיו רָאִיתִי, וְאֶרְפָּאֵהוּ; וְאַנְחֵהוּ, וַאֲשַׁלֵּם נִחֻמִים לוֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָיו. | 18 I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners. |
| יט בּוֹרֵא, נוב נִיב שְׂפָתָיִם; שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לָרָחוֹק וְלַקָּרוֹב, אָמַר יְהוָה--וּרְפָאתִיו. | 19 Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the LORD that createth the fruit of the lips; and I will heal him. |
| כ וְהָרְשָׁעִים, כַּיָּם נִגְרָשׁ: כִּי הַשְׁקֵט לֹא יוּכָל, וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ מֵימָיו רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט. | 20 But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. |
| כא אֵין שָׁלוֹם, אָמַר אֱלֹהַי לָרְשָׁעִים. {פ} | 21 There is no peace, saith my God concerning the wicked. {P} |