🔊 Audio of Psalm 43
Psalm 43
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | שָׁפְטֵ֚נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים | וְרִֽ֘יבָ֚ה רִיבִ֗י מִגּ֣וֹי לֹ֣א חָסִ֑יד מֵ֚אִ֥ישׁ מִרְמָ֖ה וְעַוְלָ֣ה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי: | Shof-té-ni E-lo-hím; ve-rí-vah rí-vi mi-goí lo kha-síd; me-ísh mir-máh ve-av-láh te-pal-le-té-ni. | Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me! |
| 2 | כִּי־אַתָּה אֱלֹהֵי מָעוּזִּי לָמָה זְנַחְתָּנִי לָמָּה־קֹדֵר אֶתְהַלֵּךְ בְּלַחַץ אוֹיֵב | Ki at-táh E-lo-héi ma-oz-zí; la-máh ze-nakk-tá-ni? La-máh ko-dér et-ha-lékh be-lá-khats oyév? | For You are the God in whom I take refuge; why have You rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? |
| 3 | שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִי יְבִיאוּנִי אֶל־הַר־קָדְשְׁךָ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ | Sh-laákh or-khá va-a-mi-te-khá; hé-mah yan-khú-ni; ye-vi-á-u-ni el har kod-sh-khá; ve-el mish-ka-no-té-kha. | Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling! |
| 4 | וְאָבוֹאָה אֶל־מִזְבַּח אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אֵל שִׂמְחַת גִּילִי וְאוֹדְךָ בְכִנּוֹר אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהָי | Ve-a-vo-áh el miz-bákh E-lo-hím; el E-l sim-khát gí-li; ve-o-de-khá ve-khin-nór E-lo-hím E-lo-hái. | Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise You with the lyre, O God, my God. |
| 5 | מַה־תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי נַפְשִׁי וּמַה־תֶּהֱמִי עָלָי הוֹחִילִי לֵאלֹהִים כִּי־עוֹד אוֹדֶנּוּ יְשׁוּעֹת פָּנַי וֵאלֹהָי | Mah tish-to-kha-khí naf-shí; va-te-he-mí a-lái? Kho-lí le-E-lo-hím ki od o-dé-nu; ye-shu-ót pa-nái ve-E-lo-hái. | Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God. |