א׳
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃
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For the leader. A psalm of David.
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For the Leader. A Psalm of David.
ב׳
עַד־אָ֣נָה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי נֶ֑צַח עַד־אָ֓נָה ׀ תַּסְתִּ֖יר אֶת־פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃
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How long, O LORD; will You ignore me forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
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How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever? How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?
עַד אָנָה. אַרְבַּע פְּעָמִים כְּנֶגֶד אַרְבָּעָה גָּלֻיּוֹת, וּבִשְׁבִיל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל נֶאֱמַר:
How long Four times, corresponding to the four kingdoms [Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Edom] and it is stated concerning all Israel.
ג׳
עַד־אָ֨נָה אָשִׁ֪ית עֵצ֡וֹת בְּנַפְשִׁ֗י יָג֣וֹן בִּלְבָבִ֣י יוֹמָ֑ם עַד־אָ֓נָה ׀ יָר֖וּם אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃
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How long will I have cares on my mind,
grief in my heart all day?
How long will my enemy have the upper hand?
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How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
ד׳
הַבִּ֣יטָֽה עֲ֭נֵנִי יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י הָאִ֥ירָה עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃
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Look at me, answer me, O LORD, my God!
Restore the luster to my eyes,
lest I sleep the sleep of death;
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Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
פֶּן אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת. שֶׁהַמִּיתָה נִקְרֵאת שֵׁינָה, ״וְיָשְׁנוּ שְׁנַת עוֹלָם״ (ירמיהו נא:לט):
lest I sleep the sleep of death For death is called sleep, (as in Jer. 51:39): “and sleep a perpetual sleep.”
ה׳
פֶּן־יֹאמַ֣ר אֹיְבִ֣י יְכָלְתִּ֑יו צָרַ֥י יָ֝גִ֗ילוּ כִּ֣י אֶמּֽוֹט׃
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lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,”
my foes exult when I totter.
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Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him'; Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.
ו׳
וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ בְּחַסְדְּךָ֣ בָטַחְתִּי֮ יָ֤גֵ֥ל לִבִּ֗י בִּֽישׁוּעָ֫תֶ֥ךָ אָשִׁ֥ירָה לַיהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י גָמַ֣ל עָלָֽי׃
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But I trust in Your faithfulness,
my heart will exult in Your deliverance.
I will sing to the LORD,
for He has been good to me.
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But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, Because He hath dealt bountifully with me.