א׳
שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה רִיבִ֗י מִגּ֥וֹי לֹא־חָסִ֑יד מֵ֤אִישׁ־מִרְמָ֖ה וְעַוְלָ֣ה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃
1
Vindicate me, O God,
champion my cause
against faithless people;
rescue me from the treacherous, dishonest man.
1
Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
שָׁפְטֵנִי. הַקְּמֵנִי:
Avenge me Heb. שפטני, lit. judge me.
מִגּוֹי לֹא חָסִיד. הוּא אֱדוֹם, שֶׁגָּר בֵּין שְׁנֵי צַדִּיקִים וְלֹא לָמַד מִמַּעֲשֵׂיהֶם (סנהדרין לט:):
against an unkind nation That is Ishmael, who dwelt between two righteous men [Abraham and Isaac] and did not learn from their deeds.
ב׳
כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃
2
For You are my God, my stronghold;
why have You rejected me?
Why must I walk in gloom,
oppressed by the enemy?
2
For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?
ג׳
שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
3
Send forth Your light and Your truth;
they will lead me;
they will bring me to Your holy mountain,
to Your dwelling-place,
3
O send out Thy light and Thy truth; let them lead me; Let them bring me unto Thy holy mountain, and to Thy dwelling-places.
שְׁלַח אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ. מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ שֶׁנִּדְמָה לְאוֹר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קלב:יז) ״עָרַכְתִּי נֵר לִמְשִׁיחִי״, וְאֵלִיָּהוּ הַנָּבִיא שֶׁהוּא אֲמִתִּי, נָבִיא נֶאֱמָן:
Send Your light and Your truth The King Messiah, who is compared to light, as it is stated (below 132:17): “I have set up a lamp for my anointed,” and Elijah the prophet, who is true, a faithful prophet.
יַנְחוּנִי. מִינְטְרוֹ״נְט מוֹ״י בְּלַעַ״ז:
that they may lead me Heb. ינחוני, menoront moi in old French, they shall lead me.
ד׳
וְאָב֤וֹאָה ׀ אֶל־מִזְבַּ֬ח אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־אֵל֮ שִׂמְחַ֪ת גִּ֫ילִ֥י וְאוֹדְךָ֥ בְכִנּ֗וֹר אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהָֽי׃
4
that I may come to the altar of God,
God, my delight, my joy;
that I may praise You with the lyre,
O God, my God.
4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God, my exceeding joy; And praise Thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
אֶל אֵל. אֶל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁהוּא שִׂמְחַת גִּילִי:
to the God To the Holy One, blessed be He, who is the joy of my exultation.
וְאוֹדְךָ בְכִנּוֹר. עַל שֶׁהוֹצֵאתַנִי:
and I will thank You with a lyre because You took me out of my exile.
ה׳
מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃
5
Why so downcast, my soul,
why disquieted within me?
Have hope in God;
I will yet praise Him,
my ever-present help, my God.
5
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God.