🔊 Audio of Psalm 101
Psalm 101
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר חֶסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּט אָשִׁירָה לְךָ יְהוָה אֲזַמֵּרָה | Miz-mór le-Da-víd. Khé-sed u-mish-pát a-shí-rah; le-kha Ado-nái a-zam-me-ráh. | A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to You, O the LORD, I will make music. |
| 2 | אַשְׂכִּילָה בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים מָתַי תָּבוֹא אֵלָי אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתָם־לְבָבִי בְּקֶרֶב בֵּיתִי | As-kí-lah be-dé-rekh ta-mím; ma-tái ta-vó e-lái; et-hal-lékh be-tom le-va-ví be-ké-rev béi-ti. | I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will You come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house. |
| 3 | לֹא־אָשִׁית לְנֶגֶד עֵינַי דְּבַר־בְּלִיָּעַל עֲשֹׂה־סֵטִים שָׂנֵאתִי לֹא יִדְבַּק בִּי | Lo a-shít ne-géd e-nái de-var be-li-ya-a-l; a-sót se-tím sa-né-ti; lo yid-bak bí. | I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. |
| 4 | לֵבָב עִקֵּשׁ יָסוּר מִמֶּנִּי רָע לֹא אֵדָע | Lé-vav ik-késh ya-súr mim-mé-ni; raá lo e-dá. | A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil. |
| 5 | מלושנימלושנימְלָשְׁנִי בַסֵּתֶר רֵעֵהוּ אוֹתוֹ אַצְמִית גְּבַהּ־עֵינַיִם וּרְחַב לֵבָב אֹתוֹ לֹא אוּכָל | Me-lo-shen ba-sé-ter re-e-hú o-tó atz-mít; ge-vah e-na-yím u-re-khav lé-vav o-tó lo u-khál. | Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure. |
| 6 | עֵינַי בְּנֶאֶמְנֵי־אֶרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת עִמָּדִי הֹלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים הוּא יְשָׁרְתֵנִי | E-n-ái be-ne-em-néi e-rétz la-shé-vet im-má-di; ho-lékh be-dé-rekh ta-mím hu ye-sha-re-té-ni. | I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me. |
| 7 | לֹא־יֵשֵׁב בְּקֶרֶב בֵּיתִי עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּה דֹּבֵר שְׁקָרִים לֹא־יִכּוֹן לְנֶגֶד עֵינָי | Lo ye-shév be-ké-rev béi-ti o-séh re-mi-yáh; do-vér she-ka-rím lo yi-kón le-né-ged e-nái. | No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes. |
| 8 | לַבְּקָרִים אַצְמִית כָּל־רִשְׁעֵי־אָרֶץ לְהַכְרִית מֵעִיר־יְהוָה כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן | La-ve-ka-rím az-mít kál rish-e-íi a-rétz; le-hakh-rít me-ír Ado-nái kál po-a-léi a-vén. | Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD. |