| 1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִד | 1 [For the choirmaster Poem Of David When Doeg the Edomite went and warned Saul, 'David has goneto Abimelech's house'] Why take pride in being wicked, you champion in vil ainy, al day long |
| 2 בְּבֹוא ׀ דֹּואֵג הָאֲדֹמִי וַיַּגֵּד לְשָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר לֹו בָּא דָוִד אֶל־בֵּית אֲחִימֶלֶךְ | 2 plotting crime? Your tongue is razor-sharp, you artist in perfidy. |
| 3 מַה־תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּרָעָה הַגִּבֹּור חֶסֶד אֵל כָּל־הַיֹּום | 3 You prefer evil to good, lying to uprightness. Pause |
| 4 הַוֹּות תַּחְשֹׁב לְשֹׁונֶךָ כְּתַעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּה | 4 You revel in destructive talk, treacherous tongue! |
| 5 אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטֹּוב שֶׁקֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶלָה | 5 That is why God wil crush you, destroy you once and for all, snatch you from your tent, uproot youfrom the land of the living.Pause |
| 6 אָהַבְתָּ כָל־דִּבְרֵי־בָלַע לְשֹׁון מִרְמָה | 6 The upright wil be awestruck as they see it, they wil mock him, |
| 7 גַּם־אֵל יִתָּצְךָ לָנֶצַח יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים סֶלָה | 7 'So much for someone who would not place his reliance in God, but relied on his own great wealth,and made himself strong by crime.' |
| 8 וְיִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִירָאוּ וְעָלָיו יִשְׂחָקוּ | 8 But I, like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God, put my trust in God's faithful love, for ever andever. |
| 9 הִנֵּה הַגֶּבֶר לֹא יָשִׂים אֱלֹהִים מָעוּזֹּו וַיִּבְטַח בְּרֹב עָשְׁרֹו יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתֹו | 9 I shal praise you for ever for what you have done, and shal trust in your name, so ful of goodness, inthe presence of your faithful. |
| 10 וַאֲנִי ׀ כְּזַיִת רַעֲנָן בְּבֵית אֱלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי בְחֶסֶד־אֱלֹהִים עֹולָם וָעֶד | |
| 11 אֹודְךָ לְעֹולָם כִּי עָשִׂיתָ וַאֲקַוֶּה שִׁמְךָ כִי־טֹוב נֶגֶד חֲסִידֶיךָ | |