Psalms
Ps 139
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, you have searched me, and you know me. (LXX 138:1; Rahlfs 138:1)
לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר יְהוָ֥ה חֲ֝קַרְתַּ֗נִי וַתֵּדָֽע׃
2You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar. (LXX 138:2; Rahlfs 138:2)
אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃
3You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. (LXX 138:3; Rahlfs 138:3)
אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ וְֽכָל־דְּרָכַ֥י הִסְכַּֽנְתָּה׃
4For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether. (LXX 138:4; Rahlfs 138:4)
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין מִ֭לָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִ֑י הֵ֥ן יְ֝הוָ֗ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ כֻלָּֽהּ׃
5You hem me in behind and before. You laid your hand on me. (LXX 138:5; Rahlfs 138:5)
אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי וַתָּ֖שֶׁת עָלַ֣י כַּפֶּֽכָה׃
6This knowledge is beyond me. It’s lofty. I can’t attain it. (LXX 138:6; Rahlfs 138:6)
פלאיה דַ֣עַת מִמֶּ֑נִּי נִ֝שְׂגְּבָ֗ה לֹא־א֥וּכַֽל לָֽהּ׃
7Where could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence? (LXX 138:7; Rahlfs 138:7)
אָ֭נָ֥ה אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵרוּחֶ֑ךָ וְ֝אָ֗נָה מִפָּנֶ֥יךָ אֶבְרָֽח׃
8If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there! (LXX 138:8; Rahlfs 138:8)
אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְאַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽךָּ׃
9If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, (LXX 138:9; Rahlfs 138:9)
אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃
10even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me. (LXX 138:10; Rahlfs 138:10)
גַּם־שָׁ֭ם יָדְךָ֣ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְֽתֹאחֲזֵ֥נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,” (LXX 138:11; Rahlfs 138:11)
וָ֭אֹמַר אַךְ־חֹ֣שֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵ֑נִי וְ֝לַ֗יְלָה א֣וֹר בַּעֲדֵֽנִי׃
12even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you. (LXX 138:12; Rahlfs 138:12)
גַּם־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ לֹֽא־יַחְשִׁ֪יךְ מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָ וְ֭לַיְלָה כַּיּ֣וֹם יָאִ֑יר כַּ֝חֲשֵׁיכָ֗ה כָּאוֹרָֽה׃
13For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. (LXX 138:13; Rahlfs 138:13)
כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃
14I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well. (LXX 138:14; Rahlfs 138:14)
אֽוֹדְךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָ וְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד׃
15My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth. (LXX 138:15; Rahlfs 138:15)
לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃
16Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them. (LXX 138:16; Rahlfs 138:16)
גָּלְמִ֤י ׀ רָ֘א֤וּ עֵינֶ֗יךָ וְעַֽל־סִפְרְךָ֮ כֻּלָּ֪ם יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּ יָמִ֥ים יֻצָּ֑רוּ ולא אֶחָ֣ד בָּהֶֽם׃
17How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is their sum! (LXX 138:17; Rahlfs 138:17)
וְלִ֗י מַה־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃
18If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you. (LXX 138:18; Rahlfs 138:18)
אֶ֭סְפְּרֵם מֵח֣וֹל יִרְבּ֑וּן הֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִי וְעוֹדִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃
19If only you, God, would kill the wicked. Get away from me, you bloodthirsty men! (LXX 138:19; Rahlfs 138:19)
אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃
20For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain. (LXX 138:20; Rahlfs 138:20)
אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹ֭אמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּ֑ה נָשֻׂ֖א לַשָּׁ֣וְא עָרֶֽיךָ׃
21Yahweh, don’t I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you? (LXX 138:21; Rahlfs 138:21)
הֲלֽוֹא־מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ יְהוָ֥ה ׀ אֶשְׂנָ֑א וּ֝בִתְקוֹמְמֶ֗יךָ אֶתְקוֹטָֽט׃
22I hate them with perfect hatred. They have become my enemies. (LXX 138:22; Rahlfs 138:22)
תַּכְלִ֣ית שִׂנְאָ֣ה שְׂנֵאתִ֑ים לְ֝אוֹיְבִ֗ים הָ֣יוּ לִֽי׃
23Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts. (LXX 138:23; Rahlfs 138:23)
חָקְרֵ֣נִי אֵ֭ל וְדַ֣ע לְבָבִ֑י בְּ֝חָנֵ֗נִי וְדַ֣ע שַׂרְעַפָּֽי׃
24See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way. (LXX 138:24; Rahlfs 138:24)
וּרְאֵ֗ה אִם־דֶּֽרֶךְ־עֹ֥צֶב בִּ֑י וּ֝נְחֵ֗נִי בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ עוֹלָֽם׃