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Psalms · Chapter 41

תהלים מ"א

א׳ לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

1 For the leader. A psalm of David.

1 For the Leader. A Psalm of David.

ב׳ אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃

2 Happy is he who is thoughtful of the wretched;
in bad times may the LORD keep him from harm.

2 Happy is he that considereth the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

אֶל דָּל. חוֹלֶה, לְבַקְּרוֹ; כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה כָּכָה דַּל״ (שמואל ב יג:ד) דְּאַמְנוֹן:

the poor Heb. דל, the ill, to visit him, as the matter that is stated (in II Sam. 13:4): “Why are you so poor (דל)...?” mentioned in reference to Amnon.

בְּיוֹם רָעָה. זֶה גֵּיהִנֹּם (נדרים מ.), וּבָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה מַה שְּׂכָרוֹ?

on a day of calamity This is Gehinnom (Ned. 40a). And in this world, what is his [the visitor’s] reward?...

ג׳ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ יאשר [וְאֻשַּׁ֣ר] בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַֽל־תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃

3 May the LORD guard him and preserve him;
and may he be thought happy in the land.
Do not subject him to the will of his enemies.

3 The LORD preserve him, and keep him alive, let him be called happy in the land; and deliver not Thou him unto the greed of his enemies.

ה׳ יִשְׁמְרֵהוּ וִיחַיֵּהוּ. לְמִי שֶׁמְּבַקְּרוֹ וּמֵטִיב לוֹ (נדרים מ.):

The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive i.e., the visitor and benefactor who visits him and benefits him.

ד׳ יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃

4 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed;
You shall wholly transform his bed of suffering.

4 The LORD support him upon the bed of illness; mayest Thou turn all his lying down in his sickness.

עַל עֶרֶשׂ דְּוָי. עֶרֶשׂ לִי״ט בְּלַעַ״ז. וְ״הִנֵּה עַרְשׂוֹ עֶרֶשׂ בַּרְזֶל״ (דברים ג:יא), כְּשֶׁיֶּחֱלֶה גַּם הוּא יִסְעָדֶנּוּ, מַהוּ עַל עֶרֶשׂ דְּוָי? זֶה יוֹם שְׁבִיעִי שֶׁל חוֹלִי שֶׁהוּא דָּוֶה מְאוֹד, כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים:

on his sickbed Heb. ערש, lit in French, as (in Deut. 3:11): “Behold his bed is an iron bed.” When he too takes ill, He will support him. What is the meaning of “on his sickbed”? This is the seventh day of the sickness, when he is very ill. In this manner, it is explained in Aggadath Tehillim (Mid. Ps. 41:5).

כָּל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ הָפַכְתָּ בְחָלְיוֹ. אַף בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁחָלְיוֹ כָּבֵד עָלָיו, שֶׁנֶּהְפַּךְ כָּל מַרְגּוֹעוֹ וּמְנוּחָתוֹ:

when You have transformed his entire restfulness in his illness Even in the time that his illness has become more acute, when all his restfulness and tranquility have been transformed.

ה׳ אֲ‍ֽנִי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃

5 I said, “O LORD, have mercy on me,
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”

5 As for me, I said: 'O LORD, be gracious unto me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against Thee.'

אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי ה׳ חָנֵּנִי. אֲנִי אֵין לִי מְבַקְּרִים לְטוֹבָה, וּכְשֶׁאֲנִי צוֹעֵק מִתּוֹךְ חוֹלְיִי וְאוֹמֵר ה׳ חָנֵּנִי וְגוֹ׳, אוֹיְבַי שְׂמֵחִים עָלַי וְאוֹמְרִים דָּבָר הָרַע לִי: מָתַי יָמוּת וְגוֹ׳:

I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me” As for me, I have none who visit for good, and when I cry out from my illness and say, “O Lord, be gracious to me, etc,” my enemies rejoice over me and say evil things about me: “When will he die, etc.”

ו׳ אוֹיְבַ֗י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְאָבַ֥ד שְׁמֽוֹ׃

6 My enemies speak evilly of me,
“When will he die and his name perish?”

6 Mine enemies speak evil of me: 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'

ז׳ וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת ׀ שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבָּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃

7 If one comes to visit, he speaks falsely;
his mind stores up evil thoughts;
once outside, he speaks them.

7 And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he speaketh of it.

שָׁוְא יְדַבֵּר. מַרְאֶה עַצְמוֹ כְּאִלּוּ הוּא מֵיצֵר, וּכְשֶׁהוּא יוֹשֵׁב לְפָנַי, יִקְבָּץ לִבּוֹ מַחְשְׁבוֹת אָוֶן לְעַצְמוֹ, מָה רָעָה יְדַבֵּר בְּצֵאתוֹ; וּכְשֶׁיּוֹצֵא לַחוּץ מְדַבֵּר אוֹתָהּ:

he speaks falsely He pretends to be troubled, and when he sits before me, his heart gathers thoughts of violence to himself, [of] what evil he will speak when he leaves, and when he goes outside, he speaks of it.

ח׳ יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י ׀ יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃

8 All my enemies whisper together against me,
imagining the worst for me.

8 All that hate me whisper together against me, against me do they devise my hurt:

עָלַי יַחְשְׁבוּ דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא רָעָה לִי, וּמָה הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה?

whisper about me something that is harmful to me, and what is that thought?...

ט׳ דְּֽבַר־בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָצ֣וּק בּ֑וֹ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁ֝כַ֗ב לֹא־יוֹסִ֥יף לָקֽוּם׃

9 “Something baneful has settled in him;
he’ll not rise from his bed again.”

9 'An evil thing cleaveth fast unto him; and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more.'

דְּבַר בְּלִיַּעַל יָצוּק בּוֹ. כָּל רִשְׁעֻיּוֹת שֶׁעָשָׂה, יָצוּקוּ וְיִשְׁתַּפְּכוּ בְּגוּפוֹ; וְהוֹאִיל וַאֲשֶׁר שָׁכַב לֹא יוֹסִיף לָקוּם, כָּךְ מְקַלְלִים אוֹתִי:

An evil thing shall be poured into him All the wicked things that he did shall be poured and spilled into his body, and if he lay down, he shall not rise. This is how they curse me.

י׳ גַּם־אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֨י ׀ אֲשֶׁר־בָּטַ֣חְתִּי ב֭וֹ אוֹכֵ֣ל לַחְמִ֑י הִגְדִּ֖יל עָלַ֣י עָקֵֽב׃

10 My ally in whom I trusted,
even he who shares my bread,
has been utterly false to me.

10 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who did eat of my bread, Hath lifted up his heel against me.

הִגְדִּיל עָלַי עָקֵב. מַאֲרָב, כְּמוֹ ״וְאֶת עֲקֵבוֹ מִיָּם לָעִיר״ (יהושע ח:יג):

developed an ambush for me Heb. עקב, an ambush, as (in Josh. 8:13): “and their ambush party (עקבו) on the west of the city.”

י"א וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה חָנֵּ֥נִי וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִי וַֽאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃

11 But You, O LORD, have mercy on me;
let me rise again and repay them.

11 But Thou, O LORD, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.

י"ב בְּזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־חָפַ֣צְתָּ בִּ֑י כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יָרִ֖יעַ אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃

12 Then shall I know that You are pleased with me:
when my enemy cannot shout in triumph over me.

12 By this I know that Thou delightest in me, that mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

בְּזֹאת יָדַעְתִּי וְגוֹ׳. כְּשֶׁתְּחָנֵּנוּ וּתְקִימֵנוּ אֵדַע כִּי חָפַצְתָּ בִּי, כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא יָרִיעַ אוֹיְבִי תְּרוּעַת שִׂמְחָה עָלַי, וְאֶרְאֶה כִּי בְּתֻמִּי תָּמַכְתָּ בִּי:

With this I shall know, etc. When You are gracious to me and raise me up, I shall know that You have desired me; when my enemy will not shout with shouts of joy over me, and I will see that because of my innocence, You have supported me.

י"ג וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃

13 You will support me because of my integrity,
and let me abide in Your presence forever.

13 And as for me, Thou upholdest me because of mine integrity, and settest me before Thy face for ever.

י"ד בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭הָעוֹלָם וְעַ֥ד הָעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן ׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃

14 Blessed is the LORD, God of Israel,
from eternity to eternity.
Amen and Amen.

14 Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

בָּרוּךְ ה׳. כְּשֶׁאָקוּם מֵחָלְיִי אֲבָרֶכְךָ כֵּן:

Blessed is the Lord When I stand up from my illness, I will bless You in this manner.

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