Psalms 43
5 verses · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear a verse
שׇׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה רִיבִ֗י מִגּ֥וֹי לֹֽא־חָסִ֑יד מֵ֤אִישׁ־מִרְמָ֖ה וְעַוְלָ֣ה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃
shofteni elohim verivah rivi miggoy lo-khasid me'ish-mirmah ve'avlah tefalleteni
Vindicate me, O God, champion my cause against faithless people; rescue me from treacherous, dishonest opponents.
כִּי־אַתָּ֤ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֢ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃
ki-attah elohe ma'uzzi lamah zenakhtani lammah-qoder ethallekh belakhats oyev
For You are my God, my stronghold; why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in gloom, oppressed by the enemy?
שְׁלַח־אוֹרְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־קׇ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃
shelakh-orekha va'amittekha hemmah yankhuni yevi'uni el-har-qodshekha ve'el-mishkenotekha
Send forth Your light and Your truth; they will lead me; they will bring me to Your holy mountain, to Your dwelling-place,
וְאָב֤וֹאָה ׀ אֶל־מִזְבַּ֬ח אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־אֵל֮ שִׂמְחַ֢ת גִּ֫ילִ֥י וְאוֹדְךָ֥ בְכִנּ֗וֹר אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהָֽי׃
ve'avo'ah el-mizbakh elohim el-el simkhat gili ve'odekha vekhinnor elohim elohay
that I may come to the altar of God, God, my delight, my joy; that I may praise You with the lyre, O God, my God.
מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֢י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֣וֹד אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵאלֹהָֽי׃ {פ}
mah-ttishtokhakhi nafshi umah-ttehemi alay hokhili lelohim ki-od odennu yeshu'ot panay velohay
Why so downcast, my soul, why disquieted within me? Have hope in God; I will yet give praise, my ever-present help, my God.
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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