🔊 Audio of Psalm 31
Psalm 31
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד | Lamnatze’aḥ mizmor leDavid. | For the leader. A psalm of David. |
| 2 | בְּךָ יְהוָה חָסִיתִי אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָם בְּצִדְקָתְךָ פַלְּטֵנִי | Bekha Adonai ḥasiti; al evoshah le‘olam; betzidkatekha falleteni. | In You, Adonai, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; in Your righteousness deliver me. |
| 3 | הַטֵּה אֵלַי אָזְנְךָ מְהֵרָה הַצִּילֵנִי הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר־מָעוֹז לְבֵית מְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי | Hatteh elai oznekha; meherah hatzileni; heyeh li letzur ma‘oz, leveit metzudot lehoshi‘eni. | Incline Your ear to me; rescue me quickly. Be for me a rock of strength, a house of fortresses to save me. |
| 4 | כִּי־סַלְעִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אָתָּה וּלְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וּתְנַהֲלֵנִי | Ki sal‘i umetzudati attah; ulema‘an shimkha tanḥeni utenahaleni. | For You are my rock and my fortress; for the sake of Your name, lead me and guide me. |
| 5 | תּוֹצִיאֵנִי מֵרֶשֶׁת זוּ טָמְנוּ לִי כִּי־אַתָּה מָעוּזִּי | Totzi’eni mereshet zu tamnu li, ki attah ma‘uzzi. | Bring me out of the net they have hidden for me, for You are my refuge. |
| 6 | בְּיָדְךָ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי פָּדִיתָה אוֹתִי יְהוָה אֵל אֱמֶת | Beyadekha afkid ruḥi; paditah oti Adonai El emet. | Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, Adonai, God of truth. |
| 7 | שָׂנֵאתִי הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַבְלֵי־שָׁוְא וַאֲנִי אֶל־יְהוָה בָּטָחְתִּי | Saneti hashomerim havlei shav; va’ani el Adonai bataḥti. | I hate those who regard worthless vanities, but I trust in Adonai. |
| 8 | אָגִילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בְּחַסְדֶּךָ אֲשֶׁר רָאִיתָ אֶת־עָנְיִי יָדַעְתָּ בְּצָרוֹת נַפְשִׁי | Agilah ve’esmeḥah beḥasdekha; asher ra’ita et ‘onyi; yada‘ta betzarot nafshi. | I will rejoice and be glad in Your kindness, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul. |
| 9 | וְלֹא הִסְגַּרְתַּנִי בְּיַד־אוֹיֵב הֶעֱמַדְתָּ בַמֶּרְחָב רַגְלָי | Velo hisgartani beyad oyev; he‘emadta vammerḥav raglai. | You have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place. |
| 10 | חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי צַר־לִי עָשְׁשָׁה בְכַעַס עֵינִי נַפְשִׁי וּבִטְנִי | Ḥonneni Adonai, ki tzar li; ‘asheshah vekha‘as ‘eini, nafshi uvitni. | Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am in distress; my eye wastes away from grief, my soul and my body also. |
| 11 | כִּי כָלוּ בְיָגוֹן חַיַּי וּשְׁנוֹתַי בַּאֲנָחָה כָּשַׁל בַּעֲוֹנִי כֹחִי וַעֲצָמַי עָשֵׁשׁוּ | Ki khalu veyagon ḥayyai, ushenotai ba’anaḥah; kashal ba‘avoni koḥi, va‘atzamai ‘asheshu. | For my life is spent in sorrow and my years in sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. |
| 12 | מִכָּל־צֹרְרַי הָיִיתִי חֶרְפָּה וְלִשֲׁכֵנַי מְאֹד וּפַחַד לִמְיֻדָּעָי רֹאַי בַחוּץ נָדְדוּ מִמֶּנִּי | Mikkol tzorerai hayiti ḥerpah, velishakhenai me’od; ufaḥad limeyudda‘ai; ro’ai vaḥutz nadedu mimmeni. | Because of all my adversaries I became a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me outside flee from me. |
| 13 | נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב הָיִיתִי כִּכְלִי אֹבֵד | Nishkaḥti kemet millev; hayiti kikhli oved. | I have been forgotten like one dead from the heart; I have become like a lost vessel. |
| 14 | כִּי שָׁמַעְתִּי דִּבַּת רַבִּים מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב בְּהִוָּסְדָם יַחַד עָלַי לָקַחַת נַפְשִׁי זָמָמוּ | Ki shama‘ti dibbat rabbim, magor missaviv; behivvasdam yaḥad ‘alai, lakaḥat nafshi zamamu. | For I heard the slander of many, terror on every side; when they conspired together against me, they plotted to take my life. |
| 15 | וַאֲנִי עָלֶיךָ בָטַחְתִּי יְהוָה אָמַרְתִּי אֱלֹהַי אָתָּה | Va’ani ‘alekha vataḥti Adonai; amarti: Elohai attah. | But I trusted in You, Adonai; I said, “You are my God.” |
| 16 | בְּיָדְךָ עִתֹּתָי הַצִּילֵנִי מִיַּד־אוֹיְבַי וּמֵרֹדְפָי | Beyadekha ‘ittotai; hatzileni miyad oyvai umerodefai. | My times are in Your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my pursuers. |
| 17 | הָאִירָה פָנֶיךָ עַל־עַבְדֶּךָ הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי בְחַסְדֶּךָ | Ha’irah fanekha ‘al ‘avdekha; hoshi‘eni veḥasdekha. | Make Your face shine upon Your servant; save me in Your kindness. |
| 18 | יְהוָה אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה כִּי קְרָאתִיךָ יֵבֹשׁוּ רְשָׁעִים יִדְּמוּ לִשְׁאוֹל | Adonai, al evoshah ki keratikha; yevoshu resha‘im, yiddemu lish’ol. | Adonai, let me not be put to shame, for I have called upon You; let the wicked be ashamed and be silent in Sheol. |
| 19 | תֵּאָלַמְנָה שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר הַדֹּבְרוֹת עַל־צַדִּיק עָתָק בְּגַאֲוָה וָבוּז | Te’alamnah siftei shaker, haddoverot ‘al tzaddik ‘atak bege’avah vavuz. | Let lying lips be mute, those that speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt. |
| 20 | מָה רַב־טוּבְךָ אֲשֶׁר־צָפַנְתָּ לִּירֵאֶיךָ פָּעַלְתָּ לַחֹסִים בָּךְ נֶגֶד בְּנֵי אָדָם | Mah rav tuvkha asher tzafanta lire’ekha; pa‘alta laḥosim bakh neged benei adam. | How abundant is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You have performed for those who take refuge in You before the children of man. |
| 21 | תַּסְתִּירֵם בְּסֵתֶר פָּנֶיךָ מֵרֻכְסֵי אִישׁ תִּצְפְּנֵם בְּסֻכָּה מֵרִיב לְשֹׁנוֹת | Tastirem beseter panekha merukhsei ish; titzpenem besukkah meriv leshonot. | You hide them in the shelter of Your presence from the plots of men; You conceal them in a sukkah from the strife of tongues. |
| 22 | בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה כִּי הִפְלִיא חַסְדּוֹ לִי בְּעִיר מָצוֹר | Barukh Adonai, ki hifli ḥasdo li be‘ir matzor. | Blessed is Adonai, for He has wondrously shown His kindness to me in a besieged city. |
| 23 | וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי נִגְרַזְתִּי מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ אָכֵן שָׁמַעְתָּ קוֹל תַּחֲנוּנַי בְּשַׁוְּעִי אֵלֶיךָ | Va’ani amarti veḥofzi: nigrazti minneged ‘enekha; akhen shamata kol taḥanunai beshavve‘i eilekha. | I had said in my alarm, “I am cut off from before Your eyes.” Yet You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You. |
| 24 | אֶהֱבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כָּל־חֲסִידָיו אֱמוּנִים נֹצֵר יְהוָה וּמְשַׁלֵּם עַל־יֶתֶר עֹשֵׂה גַאֲוָה | Ehevu et Adonai kol ḥasidav; emunim notzer Adonai, umeshallem ‘al yeter ‘oseh ga’avah. | Love Adonai, all His faithful ones. Adonai preserves the faithful and repays abundantly the one who acts with pride. |
| 25 | חִזְקוּ וְיַאֲמֵץ לְבַבְכֶם כָּל־הַמְיַחֲלִים לַיהוָה | Ḥizku veya’ametz levavkhem, kol hameyaḥalim la-Adonai. | Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for Adonai. |