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א
לַמְנַצֵּחַ לידיתון (לִידוּתוּן), מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד.
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For the Leader, for Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
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ב
אָמַרְתִּי-- אֶשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי, מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי:
אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם-- בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּי.
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2
I said: 'I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue;
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I will keep a curb upon my mouth, while the wicked is before me.'
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ג
נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה, הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב; וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּר.
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3
I was dumb with silence; I held my peace, had no comfort; and my pain was held in check.
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ד
חַם-לִבִּי, בְּקִרְבִּי--בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר-אֵשׁ; דִּבַּרְתִּי, בִּלְשׁוֹנִי.
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4
My heart waxed hot within me; while I was musing, the fire kindled; then spoke I with my tongue:
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ה
הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה, קִצִּי--וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה-הִיא; אֵדְעָה, מֶה-חָדֵל אָנִי.
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'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; let me know how short-lived I am.
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הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת, נָתַתָּה יָמַי-- וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ;
אַךְ כָּל-הֶבֶל כָּל-אָדָם, נִצָּב סֶלָה.
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Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee;
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surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. Selah
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ז
אַךְ-בְּצֶלֶם, יִתְהַלֶּךְ-אִישׁ-- אַךְ-הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן;
יִצְבֹּר, וְלֹא-יֵדַע מִי-אֹסְפָם.
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Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil;
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he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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ח
וְעַתָּה מַה-קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי-- תּוֹחַלְתִּי, לְךָ הִיא.
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8
And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope, it is in Thee.
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ט
מִכָּל-פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי; חֶרְפַּת נָבָל, אַל-תְּשִׂימֵנִי.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the reproach of the base.
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י
נֶאֱלַמְתִּי, לֹא אֶפְתַּח-פִּי: כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ.
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10
I am dumb, I open not my mouth; because Thou hast done it.
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יא
הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ; מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ, אֲנִי כָלִיתִי.
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Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
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יב
בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל-עָון, יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ-- וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ;
אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל-אָדָם סֶלָה.
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With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, and like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away;
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surely every man is vanity. Selah
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יג
שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי יְהוָה, וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה--
אֶל-דִּמְעָתִי, אַל-תֶּחֱרַשׁ:
כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ; תּוֹשָׁב, כְּכָל-אֲבוֹתָי.
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Hear my prayer, O YAHOWAH, and give ear unto my cry;
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keep not silence at my tears;
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for I am a stranger with Thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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יד
הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה-- בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי.
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Look away from me, that I may take comfort, before I go hence, and be no more.'
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