PSALMS
Chapter 10
1. Why, O Lord, do You stand
afar, do You hide Yourself in times of distress?2. The wicked man in his
arrogance pursues the poor; they are caught by the schemes they have
contrived. 3. For the wicked man glories in the desire of his heart,
and the robber boasts that he has scorned the Lord. 4. The wicked one
in his insolence [thinks], “He does not avenge”; all his thoughts are, “There
is no God.” 5. His ways always succeed; Your retribution is far
removed from before him; he puffs at all his foes. 6. He says in his
heart, “I shall not falter; for all generations no evil will befall
me.” 7. His mouth is full of oaths, deceit and malice; mischief and
iniquity are under his tongue. 8. He sits in ambush near open cities;
in hidden places he murders the innocent; his eyes stealthily watch for the
helpless. 9. He lurks in hiding like a lion in his lair; he lurks to
seize the poor, then seizes the poor when he draws his net. 10. He
crouches and stoops, then the helpless fall prey to his might. 11. He
says in his heart, “God has forgotten, He conceals His countenance, He will
never see.” 12.Arise, O Lord! O God, lift Your hand! Do not forget the
lowly. 13. Why does the wicked man scorn God? Because he says in his
heart, “You do not avenge.”14. Indeed, You do see! For You behold the
mischief and vexation. To recompense is in Your power; the helpless place their
trust in You; You have [always] helped the orphan. 15. Break the
strength of the wicked; then search for the wickedness of the evil one and You
will not find it. 16. The Lord reigns for all eternity; the nations
have vanished from His land. 17. Lord, You have heard the desire of
the humble; direct their hearts, let Your ear listen, 18. to bring
justice to the orphan and the downtrodden, so that [the wicked] shall no longer
crush the frail of the earth.
Chapter 11
1. For the Conductor, by David.
I have placed my trust in the Lord; [thus] how can you say of my soul, your
mountain,1 that it flees like a bird?2 2. For behold, the
wicked bend the bow, they have readied their arrow upon the bowstring, to shoot
in darkness at the upright of heart. 3. They destroyed the
foundations; 3 what [wrong] has the
righteous man done? 4. The Lord is in His holy Sanctuary, the Lord's
throne is in heaven, [yet] His eyes behold, His pupils probe [the deeds of]
mankind. 5. The Lord tests the righteous, but He hates the wicked and
the lover of violence. 6. He will rain down upon the wicked fiery
coals and brimstone; a scorching wind will be their allotted
portion. 7. For the Lord is righteous, He loves [the man of]
righteous deeds; the upright will behold His countenance.
Chapter 12
1. For the Conductor, upon the
eight-stringed instrument, a psalm by David. 2.Help us, Lord, for the
pious are no more; for the faithful have vanished from among
men. 3. Men speak falsehood to one another; with flattering lips,
with a duplicitous heart do they speak. 4. May the Lord cut off all
flattering lips, the tongue that speaks boastfully- 5. those who have
said, "With our tongues we shall prevail, our lips are with us, who is
master over us!” 6. Because of the plundering of the poor, because of
the moaning of the needy, the Lord says, "Now I will arise!" "I
will grant deliverance," He says to him. 7. The words of the
Lord are pure words, like silver refined in the finest earthen crucible,
purified seven times. 8. May You, O Lord, watch over them; may You
forever guard them from this generation, 9. [in which] the wicked
walk on every side; when they are exalted it is a disgrace to mankind.
TIKKUN HAKLALI
Chapter 16
11. Make known to me the path of
life, that I may be satiated with the joy of Your presence, with the bliss of
Your right hand forever.
Chapter 32
1. Of David, a maskil Praiseworthy is
he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is concealed.
2. Praiseworthy is the man to whom
the Lord ascribes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3. When I was silent, my bones
decayed with my moaning all day long.
CHAPTER 89
5. Until eternity, I shall
establish your seed, and I shall build your throne for all generations forever.
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