🔊 Audio of Psalm 39
Psalm 39
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַֽמְנַצֵּ֥חַ לִֽידוּת֗וּן (כתיב לִֽ֜ידיּת֗וּן) מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד: | La-me-nat-tsé-akh li-dí-du-tún miz-mór le-Da-víd. | To the Chief Musician, to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. |
| 2 | אָמַרְתִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה דְרָכַי מֵחֲטוֹא בִלְשׁוֹנִי אֶשְׁמְרָה לְפִי מַחְסוֹם בְּעֹד רָשָׁע לְנֶגְדִּי | A-mar-tí esh-me-ráh de-ra-k-ái me-khato mi-le-sho-ní; esh-me-ráh le-fi makh-sóm be-od ra-shá le-neg-dí. | I said, ‘I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long as the wicked are in my presence.’ |
| 3 | נֶאֱלַמְתִּי דוּמִיָּה הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מִטּוֹב וּכְאֵבִי נֶעְכָּר | Ne-e-lam-tí du-mi-yáh he-khe-shí-ti mi-tóv; u-khe-e-bí ne-e-kár. | I was mute and silent; I held my peace to no avail, and my distress grew worse. |
| 4 | חַם־לִבִּי בְּקִרְבִּי בַּהֲגִיגִי תִבְעַר־אֵשׁ דִּבַּרְתִּי בִּלְשׁוֹנִי | Kham lib-bí be-kir-bí; be-ha-gí-gi tiv-ar-eésh; dib-bar-tí bil-sho-ní. | My heart became hot within me. As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue. |
| 5 | הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה־הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה־חָדֵל אָנִי | Ho-dí-e-ni Ado-nái kit-zí; u-me-dat ya-m-ái mah hi; e-d-áh meh kha-dél a-ní. | ‘O the LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! |
| 6 | הִנֵּה טְפָחוֹת נָתַתָּה יָמַי וְחֶלְדִּי כְאַיִן נֶגְדֶּךָ אַךְ כָּל־הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם נִצָּב סֶלָה | Hin-néh te-fa-khot na-tát-ta ya-m-ái; ve-khel-dí ke-a-yín ne-g-de-kha; akh kól he-vél kál a-dám nitz-záv sé-lah. | Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah. |
| 7 | אַךְ־בְּצֶלֶם יִתְהַלֶּךְ־אִישׁ אַךְ־הֶבֶל יֶהֱמָיוּן יִצְבֹּר וְלֹא־יֵדַע מִי־אֹסְפָם | Akh be-tzel-em yi-ta-ha-lékh ísh; akh he-vél ye-he-má-yun; yitz-bór ve-lo yé-da‘ mi a-saf-fám. | Surely a man goes about as a shadow! Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather! |
| 8 | וְעַתָּה מַה־קִּוִּיתִי אֲדֹנָי תּוֹחַלְתִּי לְךָ הִיא | Ve-at-táh A-do-n-ái mah ki-ví-ti; tok-va-tí le-kha hí. | And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. |
| 9 | מִכָּל־פְּשָׁעַי הַצִּילֵנִי חֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל־תְּשִׂימֵנִי | Mi-kál pe-sha-a-ái hatz-tzi-lé-ni; kher-paát na-vál al te-si-mé-ni. | Deliver me from all my transgressions. Do not make me the scorn of the fool! |
| 10 | נֶאֱלַמְתִּי לֹא אֶפְתַּח־פִּי כִּי אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ | Ne-e-lam-tí lo ef-taákh pi; ki at-táh a-sí-ta. | I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is You who have done it. |
| 11 | הָסֵר מֵעָלַי נִגְעֶךָ מִתִּגְרַת יָדְךָ אֲנִי כָלִיתִי | Ha-sér me-al-ái nig-e-kha; mi-tig-rat ya-de-kha a-ní kha-lí-ti. | Remove Your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of Your hand. |
| 12 | בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה | Be-to-kha-khót al a-vón yi-sár-ta ísh; va-ta-mes ka-a-sh ke-mo-da‘ kham-u-dó; akh he-vél kál a-dám sé-lah. | When You discipline a man with rebukes for sin, You consume like a moth what is dear to him; surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah. |
| 13 | שִׁמְעָה־תְפִלָּתִי יְהוָה וְשַׁוְעָתִי הַאֲזִינָה אֶל־דִּמְעָתִי אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ כִּי גֵר אָנֹכִי עִמָּךְ תּוֹשָׁב כְּכָל־אֲבוֹתָי | Shim-áh te-fi-la-tí Ado-nái; ve-sha-va-tí ha-a-zí-nah; el dim-a-tí al tekhe-rásh; ki gér a-nó-khi im-ma-kh; to-sháv ke-khál a-vo-t-ái. | Hear my prayer, O the LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am a sojourner with You, a guest, like all my fathers. |
| 14 | הָשַׁע מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְאֵינֶנִּי | Ha-sha‘ mim-mé-ni ve-ab-lí-gah; be-té-rem e-lékh ve-ein-e-n-ní. | Look away from me, that I may smile again, before I depart and am no more! |