1 אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר רָאָה עֳנִי בְּשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו | 1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. |
2 אֹותִי נָהַג וַיֹּלַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹור | 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. |
3 אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֹךְ יָדֹו כָּל־הַיֹּום׃ ס | 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. |
4 בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעֹורִי שִׁבַּר עַצְמֹותָי | 4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. |
5 בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף רֹאשׁ וּתְלָאָה | 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. |
6 בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הֹושִׁיבַנִי כְּמֵתֵי עֹולָם׃ ס | 6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. |
7 גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי וְלֹא אֵצֵא הִכְבִּיד נְחָשְׁתִּי | 7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. |
8 גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשַׁוֵּעַ שָׂתַם תְּפִלָּתִי | 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. |
9 גָּדַר דְּרָכַי בְּגָזִית נְתִיבֹתַי עִוָּה׃ ס | 9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. |
10 דֹּב אֹרֵב הוּא לִי [אַרְיֵה כ] (אֲרִי ק) בְּמִסְתָּרִים | 10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. |
11 דְּרָכַי סֹורֵר וַיְפַשְּׁחֵנִי שָׂמַנִי שֹׁמֵם | 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. |
12 דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתֹּו וַיַּצִּיבֵנִי כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ׃ ס | 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
13 הֵבִיא בְּכִלְיֹותָי בְּנֵי אַשְׁפָּתֹו | 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. |
14 הָיִיתִי שְּׂחֹק לְכָל־עַמִּי נְגִינָתָם כָּל־הַיֹּום | 14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. |
15 הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרֹורִים הִרְוַנִי לַעֲנָה׃ ס | 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. |
16 וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ שִׁנָּי הִכְפִּישַׁנִי בָּאֵפֶר | 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. |
17 וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלֹום נַפְשִׁי נָשִׁיתִי טֹובָה | 17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. |
18 וָאֹמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי וְתֹוחַלְתִּי מֵיְהוָה׃ ס | 18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: |
19 זְכָר־עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי לַעֲנָה וָרֹאשׁ | 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. |
20 זָכֹור תִּזְכֹּור [וְתָשִׁיחַ כ] (וְתָשֹׁוחַ ק) עָלַי נַפְשִׁי | 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. |
21 זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל־לִבִּי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל׃ ס | 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. |
22 חַסְדֵי יְהוָה כִּי לֹא־תָמְנוּ כִּי לֹא־כָלוּ רַחֲמָיו | 22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. |
23 חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ | 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. |
24 חֶלְקִי יְהוָה אָמְרָה נַפְשִׁי עַל־כֵּן אֹוחִיל לֹו׃ ס | 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. |
25 טֹוב יְהוָה לְקֹוָו לְנֶפֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶׁנּוּ | 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. |
26 טֹוב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לִתְשׁוּעַת יְהוָה | 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. |
27 טֹוב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי־יִשָּׂא עֹל בִּנְעוּרָיו׃ ס | 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. |
28 יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֹּם כִּי נָטַל עָלָיו | 28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. |
29 יִתֵּן בֶּעָפָר פִּיהוּ אוּלַי יֵשׁ תִּקְוָה | 29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. |
30 יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי יִשְׂבַּע בְּחֶרְפָּה׃ ס | 30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. |
31 כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעֹולָם אֲדֹנָי | 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever: |
32 כִּי אִם־הֹוגָה וְרִחַם כְּרֹב [חַסְדֹּו כ] (חֲסָדָיו׃ ק) | 32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. |
33 כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִּבֹּו וַיַּגֶּה בְּנֵי־אִישׁ׃ ס | 33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. |
34 לְדַכֵּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו כֹּל אֲסִירֵי אָרֶץ | 34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, |
35 לְהַטֹּות מִשְׁפַּט־גָּבֶר נֶגֶד פְּנֵי עֶלְיֹון | 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, |
36 לְעַוֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבֹו אֲדֹנָי לֹא רָאָה׃ ס | 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. |
37 מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי אֲדֹנָי לֹא צִוָּה | 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? |
38 מִפִּי עֶלְיֹון לֹא תֵצֵא הָרָעֹות וְהַטֹּוב | 38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? |
39 מַה־יִּתְאֹונֵן אָדָם חָי גֶּבֶר עַל־ [חֶטְאֹו כ] (חֲטָאָיו׃ ק) ס | 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? |
40 נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ וְנַחְקֹרָה וְנָשׁוּבָה עַד־יְהוָה | 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. |
41 נִשָּׂא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל־כַּפָּיִם אֶל־אֵל בַּשָּׁמָיִם | 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. |
42 נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ אַתָּה לֹא סָלָחְתָּ׃ ס | 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. |
43 סַכֹּתָה בָאַף וַתִּרְדְּפֵנוּ הָרַגְתָּ לֹא חָמָלְתָּ | 43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. |
44 סַכֹּותָה בֶעָנָן לָךְ מֵעֲבֹור תְּפִלָּה | 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. |
45 סְחִי וּמָאֹוס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ בְּקֶרֶב הָעַמִּים׃ ס | 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. |
46 פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אֹיְבֵינוּ | 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. |
47 פַּחַד וָפַחַת הָיָה לָנוּ הַשֵּׁאת וְהַשָּׁבֶר | 47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. |
48 פַּלְגֵי־מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּי׃ ס | 48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
49 עֵינִי נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תִדְמֶה מֵאֵין הֲפֻגֹות | 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, |
50 עַד־יַשְׁקִיף וְיֵרֶא יְהוָה מִשָּׁמָיִם | 50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. |
51 עֵינִי עֹולְלָה לְנַפְשִׁי מִכֹּל בְּנֹות עִירִי׃ ס | 51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. |
52 צֹוד צָדוּנִי כַּצִּפֹּור אֹיְבַי חִנָּם | 52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. |
53 צָמְתוּ בַבֹּור חַיָּי וַיַּדּוּ־אֶבֶן בִּי | 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. |
54 צָפוּ־מַיִם עַל־רֹאשִׁי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְזָרְתִּי׃ ס | 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. |
55 קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה מִבֹּור תַּחְתִּיֹּות | 55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. |
56 קֹולִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵם אָזְנְךָ לְרַוְחָתִי לְשַׁוְעָתִי | 56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. |
57 קָרַבְתָּ בְּיֹום אֶקְרָאֶךָּ אָמַרְתָּ אַל־תִּירָא׃ ס | 57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. |
58 רַבְתָּ אֲדֹנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי גָּאַלְתָּ חַיָּי | 58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. |
59 רָאִיתָה יְהוָה עַוָּתָתִי שָׁפְטָה מִשְׁפָּטִי | 59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. |
60 רָאִיתָה כָּל־נִקְמָתָם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לִי׃ ס | 60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. |
61 שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם יְהוָה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם עָלָי | 61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; |
62 שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיֹונָם עָלַי כָּל־הַיֹּום | 62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. |
63 שִׁבְתָּם וְקִימָתָם הַבִּיטָה אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָם׃ ס | 63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. |
64 תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל יְהוָה כְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶם | 64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
65 תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת־לֵב תַּאֲלָתְךָ לָהֶם | 65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. |
66 תִּרְדֹּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם מִתַּחַת שְׁמֵי יְהוָה׃ פ | 66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. |