| א לַמְנַצֵּחַ, עַל-שׁוּשַׁן עֵדוּת; מִכְתָּם לְדָוִד לְלַמֵּד. |
1 For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach; |
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ב בְּהַצּוֹתוֹ, אֶת אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם-- וְאֶת-אֲרַם צוֹבָה: וַיָּשָׁב יוֹאָב, וַיַּךְ אֶת-אֱדוֹם בְּגֵיא-מֶלַח-- שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אָלֶף. |
2 when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, {N} and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand. |
| ג אֱלֹהִים, זְנַחְתָּנוּ פְרַצְתָּנוּ; אָנַפְתָּ, תְּשׁוֹבֵב לָנוּ. |
3 O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; O restore us. |
| ד הִרְעַשְׁתָּה אֶרֶץ פְּצַמְתָּהּ; רְפָה שְׁבָרֶיהָ כִי-מָטָה. |
4 Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth. |
| ה הִרְאִיתָ עַמְּךָ קָשָׁה; הִשְׁקִיתָנוּ, יַיִן תַּרְעֵלָה. |
5 Thou hast made Thy people to see hard things; Thou hast made us to drink the wine of staggering. |
| ו נָתַתָּה לִּירֵאֶיךָ נֵּס, לְהִתְנוֹסֵס-- מִפְּנֵי, קֹשֶׁט סֶלָה. |
6 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear Thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah |
| ז לְמַעַן, יֵחָלְצוּן יְדִידֶיךָ; הוֹשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ ועננו וַעֲנֵנִי. |
7 That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me. |
| ח אֱלֹהִים, דִּבֶּר בְּקָדְשׁוֹ--אֶעְלֹזָה: אֲחַלְּקָה שְׁכֶם; וְעֵמֶק סֻכּוֹת אֲמַדֵּד. |
8 God spoke in His holiness, that I would exult; that I would divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. |
| ט לִי גִלְעָד, וְלִי מְנַשֶּׁה, וְאֶפְרַיִם, מָעוֹז רֹאשִׁי; יְהוּדָה, מְחֹקְקִי. |
9 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre. |
| י מוֹאָב, סִיר רַחְצִי--עַל-אֱדוֹם, אַשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי; עָלַי, פְּלֶשֶׁת הִתְרוֹעָעִי. |
10 Moab is my washpot; upon Edom do I cast my shoe; Philistia, cry aloud because of me! |
| יא מִי יֹבִלֵנִי, עִיר מָצוֹר; מִי נָחַנִי עַד-אֱדוֹם. |
11 Who will bring me into the fortified city? Who will lead me unto Edom? |
| יב הֲלֹא-אַתָּה אֱלֹהִים זְנַחְתָּנוּ; וְלֹא-תֵצֵא אֱלֹהִים, בְּצִבְאוֹתֵינוּ. |
12 Hast not Thou, O God, cast us off? And Thou goest not forth, O God, with our hosts. |
| יג הָבָה-לָּנוּ עֶזְרָת מִצָּר; וְשָׁוְא, תְּשׁוּעַת אָדָם. |
13 Give us help against the adversary; for vain is the help of man. |
| יד בֵּאלֹהִים נַעֲשֶׂה-חָיִל; וְהוּא, יָבוּס צָרֵינוּ. | 14 Through God we shall do valiantly; for He it is that will tread down our adversaries. {P} |