Salmi תהילים (Tehillim) 39

Stuttgartensia - Delitzsch	New Jerusalem Bible
¹ לַמְנַצֵּחַ [לִידִיתוּן כ] (לִידוּתוּן ק) מִזְמֹור לְדָוִד	¹ [For the choirmaster For Jeduthun Psalm Of David] I said, 'I wil watch how I behave so that I do notsin by my tongue. I will keep a muzzle on my mouth as long as any sinner is near.'
² אָמַרְתִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי מֵחֲטֹוא בִלְשֹׁונִי אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסֹום בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּי	² I stayed dumb, silent, speechless, but the sinner's prosperity redoubled my torment.
³ נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטֹּוב וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּר	³ My heart had been smouldering within me, but at the thought of this it flared up and the words camebursting out,
⁴ חַם־לִבִּי ׀ בְּקִרְבִּי בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּלְשֹׁונִי	⁴ 'Yahweh, let me know my fate, how much longer I have to live. Show me just how frail I am.
⁵ הֹודִיעֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה־הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה־חָדֵל אָנִי	⁵ 'Look, you have given me but a hand's breadth or two of life, the length of my life is as nothing to you.Every human being that stands on earth is a mere puff of wind,
⁶ הִנֵּה טְפָחֹות ׀ נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה	⁶ every human being that walks only a shadow; a mere puff of wind is the wealth stored away -- noknowing who wil profit from it.'
⁷ אַךְ־בְּצֶלֶם ׀ יִתְהַלֶּךְ־אִישׁ אַךְ־הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן יִצְבֹּר וְלֹא־יֵדַע מִי־אֹסְפָם	⁷ So now, Lord, what am I to hope for? My hope is in you.
⁸ וְעַתָּה מַה־קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי תֹּוחַלְתִּי לְךָ הִיא	⁸ Save me from al my sins, do not make me the butt of fools.
⁹ מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי חֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵנִי	⁹ I keep silence, I speak no more since you yourself have been at work.
¹⁰ נֶאֱלַמְתִּי לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ	¹⁰ Take your scourge away from me. I am worn out by the blows you deal me.
¹¹ הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ אֲנִי כָלִיתִי	¹¹ You correct human beings by punishing sin, like a moth you eat away all their desires -- a humanbeing is a mere puff of wind.
¹² בְּתֹוכָחֹות עַל־עָוֹן ׀ יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדֹו אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה	¹² Yahweh, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for help, do not remain deaf to my weeping. For I am astranger in your house, a nomad like al my ancestors.
¹³ שִׁמְעָה־תְפִלָּתִי ׀ יְהוָה וְשַׁוְעָתִי ׀ הַאֲזִינָה אֶל־דִּמְעָתִי אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ תֹּושָׁב כְּכָל־אֲבֹותָי	¹³ Turn away your gaze that I may breathe freely before I depart and am no more!
¹⁴ הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי