🔊 Audio of Psalm 56
Psalm 56
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִים לְדָוִד מִכְתָּם בֶּאֱחֹז אֹתוֹ פְלִשְׁתִּים בְּגַת | La-me-nat-tsé-akh al yo-nát e-lém re-kho-kím le-Da-víd mikh-tám be-o-kh-zó o-tó pe-lish-tím be-Gat. | To the Chief Musician. According to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. |
| 2 | חָנֵּנִי אֱלֹהִים כִּי־שְׁאָפַנִי אֱנוֹשׁ כָּל־הַיּוֹם לֹחֵם יִלְחָצֵנִי | Kho-né-ni E-lo-hím ki she-a-fá-ni e-nósh; kál ha-yóm lo-khém yil-kha-tzé-ni. | Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me. |
| 3 | שָׁאֲפוּ שׁוֹרְרַי כָּל־הַיּוֹם כִּי־רַבִּים לֹחֲמִים לִי מָרוֹם | Sha-a-fú shor-rái kál ha-yóm; ki ra-bím lo-kha-mím lí ma-róm. | My enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. |
| 4 | יוֹם אִירָא אֲנִי אֵלֶיךָ אֶבְטָח | Yom i-rá; a-ní e-lé-kha e-v-tákh. | When I am afraid, I put my trust in You. |
| 5 | בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דְּבָרוֹ בֵּאלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי לֹא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה בָשָׂר לִי | Be-E-lo-hím a-hal-lél de-varó; be-E-lo-hím ba-tákh-ti lo i-rá; mah ya-a-séh ba-sár lí. | In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? |
| 6 | כָּל־הַיּוֹם דְּבָרַי יְעַצֵּבוּ עָלַי כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָם לָרָע | Kál ha-yóm dev-a-rái ye-atz-tze-vú; a-lái kál makh-she-vo-tám le-ra-áh. | All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. |
| 7 | יָגוּרוּ יצפינויצפינויִצְפּוֹנוּ הֵמָּה עֲקֵבַי יִשְׁמֹרוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר קִוּוּ נַפְשִׁי | Ya-gú-ru yitz-pó-nu hé-mah; a-ké-vai yish-mó-ru; ka-a-shér ki-vú naf-shí. | They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. |
| 8 | עַל־אָוֶן פַּלֶּט־לָמוֹ בְּאַף עַמִּים הוֹרֵד אֱלֹהִים | Al a-vén pa-le-t-lé-mo; be-af am-mím ho-réd E-lo-hím. | For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! |
| 9 | נֹדִי סָפַרְתָּה אָתָּה שִׂימָה דִמְעָתִי בְנֹאדֶךָ הֲלֹא בְּסִפְרָתֶךָ | No-dí sa-pár-ta at-táh; sí-mah dim-a-tí be-nod-e-khá; ha-lo be-sif-ra-te-khá. | You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? |
| 10 | אָז יָשׁוּבוּ אוֹיְבַי אָחוֹר בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא זֶה־יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־אֱלֹהִים לִי | Az ya-shú-vu oy-e-vái a-khór; be-yom ek-rá ze ya-dá‘-ti ki E-lo-hím lí. | Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. |
| 11 | בֵּאלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּל דָּבָר בַּיהוָה אֲהַלֵּל דָּבָר | Be-E-lo-hím a-hal-lél da-vár; ba-Ado-nái a-hal-lél da-vár. | In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise. |
| 12 | בֵּאלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי לֹא אִירָא מַה־יַּעֲשֶׂה אָדָם לִי | Be-E-lo-hím ba-tákh-ti lo i-rá; mah ya-a-séh a-dám lí. | In God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? |
| 13 | עָלַי אֱלֹהִים נְדָרֶיךָ אֲשַׁלֵּם תּוֹדֹת לָךְ | A-lái E-lo-hím ne-da-ré-kha; a-sha-l-lém to-dót lákh. | I must perform my vows to You, O God; I will render thank offerings to You. |
| 14 | כִּי הִצַּלְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִמָּוֶת הֲלֹא רַגְלַי מִדֶּחִי לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי אֱלֹהִים בְּאוֹר הַחַיִּים | Ki hi-tzal-tá naf-shí mi-má-vet; ha-lo rag-lái mi-dé-khefah; le-hit-ha-lékh lif-néi E-lo-hím be-or ha-kha-y-yím. | For You have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. |