🔊 Audio of Psalm 144
Psalm 144
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לְדָוִד בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה צוּרִי הַמְלַמֵּד יָדַי לַקְרָב אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי לַמִּלְחָמָה | Le-Da-víd. Ba-rúkh Ado-nái tzu-rí; ha-me-lam-méd ya-d-ái la-ke-ráv; etz-be-o-t-ái la-mil-kha-máh. | Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. |
| 2 | חַסְדִּי וּמְצוּדָתִי מִשְׂגַּבִּי וּמְפַלְטִי לִי מָגִנִּי וּבוֹ חָסִיתִי הָרוֹדֵד עַמִּי תַחְתָּי | Khas-dí u-me-tzu-da-tí; mis-ga-bí u-me-fa-le-tí-li; ma-gi-n-ní u-vo bá-takh-ti; ha-ro-déd am-mí ta-kha-t-ái. | He is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and He in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me. |
| 3 | יְהוָה מָה־אָדָם וַתֵּדָעֵהוּ בֶּן־אֱנוֹשׁ וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ | Ado-nái mah a-dám va-te-de-e-hú; ben e-nósh va-te-kha-sh-ve-hú. | O the LORD, what is man that You regard him, or the son of man that You think of him? |
| 4 | אָדָם לַהֶבֶל דָּמָה יָמָיו כְּצֵל עוֹבֵר | A-dám la-hé-vel da-máh; ya-máv ke-tzel o-vér. | Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. |
| 5 | יְהוָה הַט־שָׁמֶיךָ וְתֵרֵד גַּע בֶּהָרִים וְיֶעֱשָׁנוּ | Ado-nái hat sha-ma-yím-kha ve-réd; gá‘ be-harím ve-ye-a-shé-nu. | Bow Your heavens, O the LORD, and come down! Touch the mountains so that they smoke! |
| 6 | בְּרוֹק בָּרָק וּתְפִיצֵם שְׁלַח חִצֶּיךָ וּתְהֻמֵּם | Be-rók ba-rák u-fe-tzém; sh-laákh khi-tzé-kha va-te-hu-mém. | Flash forth the lightning and scatter them; send out Your arrows and rout them! |
| 7 | שְׁלַח יָדֶיךָ מִמָּרוֹם פְּצֵנִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי מִמַּיִם רַבִּים מִיַּד בְּנֵי נֵכָר | Sh-laákh ya-de-kha mi-ma-róm; pe-té-ni ve-hatz-tzi-lé-ni mi-ma-yím ra-bím; mi-yad be-néi né-khar. | Stretch out Your hand from on high; rescue me and deliver me from the many waters, from the hand of foreigners. |
| 8 | אֲשֶׁר פִּיהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁוְא וִימִינָם יְמִין שָׁקֶר | A-shér pi-hém di-b-bér sháv; vi-mi-nám ye-mín shá-ker. | Whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| 9 | אֱלֹהִים שִׁיר חָדָשׁ אָשִׁירָה לָּךְ בְּנֵבֶל עָשׂוֹר אֲזַמְּרָה־לָּךְ | E-lo-hím shír kha-dásh a-shí-rah lákh; be-né-vel a-sór a-zam-me-ráh lákh. | I will sing a new song to You, O God; upon a ten-stringed harp I will play to You. |
| 10 | הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה לַמְּלָכִים הַפּוֹצֶה אֶת־דָּוִד עַבְדּוֹ מֵחֶרֶב רָעָה | Ha-notén te-shu-aáh la-me-la-khím; ha-po-déh et Da-víd av-dó me-khé-rev ra-áh. | Who gives victory to kings, who rescues David His servant from the cruel sword. |
| 11 | פְּצֵנִי וְהַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד בְּנֵי־נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר פִּיהֶם דִּבֶּר־שָׁוְא וִימִינָם יְמִין שָׁקֶר | Pe-né-ni ve-hatz-tzi-lé-ni mi-yad be-néi né-khar; a-shér pi-hém di-b-bér sháv; vi-mi-nám ye-mín shá-ker. | Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, whose mouths speak lies and whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. |
| 12 | אֲשֶׁר בָּנֵינוּ כִּנְטִעִים מְגֻדָּלִים בִּנְעוּרֵיהֶם בְּנוֹתֵינוּ כְזָוִיֹּת מְחֻטָּבוֹת תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל | A-shér ba-ne-nú ki-ne-ti-ím ge-du-lím bi-ne-u-ré-hem; be-no-te-nú ke-za-v-i-yót me-khu-ta-bót tav-nít hé-khal. | May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace. |
| 13 | מְזָוֵינוּ מְלֵאִים מְפִיקִים מִזַּן אֶל־זַן צֹאונֵנוּ מַאֲלִיפוֹת מְרֻבָּבוֹת בְּחוּצוֹתֵינוּ | Me-ze-ve-né-nu me-le-im me-fi-kím mi-zán el zán; tzo-ne-nú me-al-fót me-ru-ba-vót be-khu-tze-no-té-nu. | May our granaries be full, providing all kinds of produce; may our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields. |
| 14 | אַלּוּפֵינוּ מְסֻבָּלִים אֵין־פֶּרֶץ וְאֵין יוֹצֵאת וְאֵין צְוָחָה בִּרְחֹבֹתֵינוּ | A-lu-pé-nu me-su-ba-lím; ein pé-retz ve-ein yo-tze-ét ve-ein tze-va-kháh bir-kho-vó-te-nu. | May our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mishap or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets! |
| 15 | אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיֲהוָה אֱלֹהָיו | Ash-réi ha-am she-ka-kha lo; ash-réi ha-am she-Ado-nái E-lo-háv. | Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! |