| א לַמְנַצֵּחַ לידיתון לִידוּתוּן, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד. |
1 For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. |
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ב אָמַרְתִּי-- אֶשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי, מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי: אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם-- בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּי. |
2 I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; {N} I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.' |
| ג נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה, הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב; וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּר. |
3 I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check. |
| ד חַם-לִבִּי, בְּקִרְבִּי--בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר-אֵשׁ; דִּבַּרְתִּי, בִּלְשׁוֹנִי. |
4 My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue: |
| ה הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה, קִצִּי--וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה-הִיא; אֵדְעָה, מֶה-חָדֵל אָנִי. |
5 'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am. |
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ו הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת, נָתַתָּה יָמַי-- וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ; אַךְ כָּל-הֶבֶל כָּל-אָדָם, נִצָּב סֶלָה. |
6 Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; {N} surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah |
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ז אַךְ-בְּצֶלֶם, יִתְהַלֶּךְ-אִישׁ-- אַךְ-הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן; יִצְבֹּר, וְלֹא-יֵדַע מִי-אֹסְפָם. |
7 Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; {N} he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. |
| ח וְעַתָּה מַה-קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי-- תּוֹחַלְתִּי, לְךָ הִיא. |
8 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee. |
| ט מִכָּל-פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי; חֶרְפַּת נָבָל, אַל-תְּשִׂימֵנִי. |
9 Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base. |
| י נֶאֱלַמְתִּי, לֹא אֶפְתַּח-פִּי: כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ. |
10 I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it. |
| יא הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ; מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ, אֲנִי כָלִיתִי. |
11 Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. |
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יב בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל-עָוֺן, יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ-- וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ; אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל-אָדָם סֶלָה. |
12 With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; {N} surely every man is vanity. Selah |
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יג שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי יְהוָה, וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה-- אֶל-דִּמְעָתִי, אַל-תֶּחֱרַשׁ: כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ; תּוֹשָׁב, כְּכָל-אֲבוֹתָי. |
13 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; {N} keep not silence at my tears; {N} for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. |
| יד הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה-- בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי. | 14 Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.' {P} |