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לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד |
Lamnatzeakh binguinot al-hasheminit, mizmor leDavid. |
For the leader, with stringed instruments, upon the Sheminith. A psalm of David. |
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יהוה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי |
Adonai al-be’apekhe tokhikheni, veal-bakhamatekhe teyasreni. |
O Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor chasten me in Your wrath. |
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חָנֵּנִי יהוה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יהוה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי |
Khoneni Adonai ki umlal áni, refa’éni Adonai ki nivhalú atsamáy. |
Be gracious to me, O Adonai, for I am weak; heal me, O Adonai, for my bones are dismayed. |
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וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד וְאַתָּה יהוה עַד־מָתָי |
Venafshí nivhaláh me’ód, ve’atá Adonai ad-matáy. |
My soul also is greatly dismayed; and You, O Adonai, how long? |
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שׁוּבָה יהוה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ |
Shuváh Adonai khaltsáh nafshí, hoshi’éni lemá’an khasdékha. |
Return, O Adonai, deliver my soul; save me for the sake of Your kindness. |
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כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּךְ |
Ki ein bamávet zikhrékha, bish’ól mi yodeh-lakh. |
For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol who will give You thanks? |
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יָגַעְתִּי בְּאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה |
Yagá’ti be’ankhatí, askhkheh vekhol-laylah mitatí, bedim’atí arsí amseh. |
I am weary with my groaning; every night I flood my bed; I drench my couch with my tears. |
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עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי עָתְקָה בְּכָל־צֹרְרָי |
Ashesháh mika’as einí, atkáh bekhol-tsoreráy. |
My eye is wasted from grief; it grows old because of all my foes. |
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סוּרוּ מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן כִּי־שָׁמַע יהוה קוֹל בִּכְיִי |
Súru miméni kol-pó’alei áven, ki-shamá Adonai kol bikhyí. |
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Adonai has heard the sound of my weeping. |
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שָׁמַע יהוה תְּחִנָּתִי יהוה תְּפִלָּתִי יִקָּח |
Shamá Adonai tkhinatí, Adonai tefilatí yikákh. |
Adonai has heard my supplication; Adonai receives my prayer. |
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יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ מְאֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע |
Yevóshu veyivahalú me’ód kol-oyeváy, yashúvu yevóshu rág’a. |
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly dismayed; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment. |