תהילים ק״ט:כ״ב
Psalms 109:22
Hebrew
לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִ֣ד מִזְמ֑וֹר אֱלֹהֵ֥י תְ֝הִלָּתִ֗י אַֽל־תֶּחֱרַֽשׁ׃ כִּ֤י פִ֪י רָשָׁ֡ע וּֽפִי־מִ֭רְמָה עָלַ֣י פָּתָ֑חוּ דִּבְּר֥וּ אִ֝תִּ֗י לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃ וְדִבְרֵ֣י שִׂנְאָ֣ה סְבָב֑וּנִי וַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֥וּנִי חִנָּֽם׃ תַּֽחַת־אַהֲבָתִ֥י יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי וַאֲנִ֥י תְפִלָּֽה׃ וַיָּ֘שִׂ֤ימוּ עָלַ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃ הַפְקֵ֣ד עָלָ֣יו רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝שָׂטָ֗ן יַעֲמֹ֥ד עַל־יְמִינֽוֹ׃ בְּ֭הִשָּׁ֣פְטוֹ יֵצֵ֣א רָשָׁ֑ע וּ֝תְפִלָּת֗וֹ תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה לַחֲטָאָֽה׃ יִֽהְיוּ־יָמָ֥יו מְעַטִּ֑ים פְּ֝קֻדָּת֗וֹ יִקַּ֥ח אַחֵֽר׃ יִֽהְיוּ־בָנָ֥יו יְתוֹמִ֑ים וְ֝אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ אַלְמָנָֽה׃ וְנ֤וֹעַ יָנ֣וּעוּ בָנָ֣יו וְשִׁאֵ֑לוּ וְ֝דָרְשׁ֗וּ מֵחׇרְבֽוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃ אַל־יְהִי־ל֭וֹ מֹשֵׁ֣ךְ חָ֑סֶד וְֽאַל־יְהִ֥י ח֝וֹנֵ֗ן לִֽיתוֹמָֽיו׃ יְהִי־אַחֲרִית֥וֹ לְהַכְרִ֑ית בְּד֥וֹר אַ֝חֵ֗ר יִמַּ֥ח שְׁמָֽם׃ יִזָּכֵ֤ר ׀ עֲוֺ֣ן אֲ֭בֹתָיו אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה וְחַטַּ֥את אִ֝מּ֗וֹ אַל־תִּמָּֽח׃ יִהְי֣וּ נֶגֶד־יְהֹוָ֣ה תָּמִ֑יד וְיַכְרֵ֖ת מֵאֶ֣רֶץ זִכְרָֽם׃ יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א זָכַר֮ עֲשׂ֢וֹת חָ֥֫סֶד וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ף אִישׁ־עָנִ֣י וְ֭אֶבְיוֹן וְנִכְאֵ֨ה לֵבָ֬ב לְמוֹתֵֽת׃ וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ב קְ֭לָלָה וַתְּבוֹאֵ֑הוּ וְֽלֹא־חָפֵ֥ץ בִּ֝בְרָכָ֗ה וַתִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ קְלָלָ֗ה כְּמַ֫דּ֥וֹ וַתָּבֹ֣א כַמַּ֣יִם בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ וְ֝כַשֶּׁ֗מֶן בְּעַצְמוֹתָֽיו׃ תְּהִי־ל֭וֹ כְּבֶ֣גֶד יַעְטֶ֑ה וּ֝לְמֵ֗זַח תָּמִ֥יד יַחְגְּרֶֽהָ׃ זֹ֤את פְּעֻלַּ֣ת שֹׂ֭טְנַי מֵאֵ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וְהַדֹּבְרִ֥ים רָ֝֗ע עַל־נַפְשִֽׁי׃ וְאַתָּ֤ה ׀ יֱ֘הֹוִ֤ה אֲדֹנָ֗י עֲֽשֵׂה־אִ֭תִּי לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־ט֥וֹב חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ הַצִּילֵֽנִי׃ כִּי־עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְי֣וֹן אָנֹ֑כִי וְ֝לִבִּ֗י חָלַ֥ל בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃ כְּצֵל־כִּנְטוֹת֥וֹ נֶהֱלָ֑כְתִּי נִ֝נְעַ֗רְתִּי כָּאַרְבֶּֽה׃ בִּ֭רְכַּי כָּשְׁל֣וּ מִצּ֑וֹם וּ֝בְשָׂרִ֗י כָּחַ֥שׁ מִשָּֽׁמֶן׃ וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ הָיִ֣יתִי חֶרְפָּ֣ה לָהֶ֑ם יִ֝רְא֗וּנִי יְנִיע֥וּן רֹאשָֽׁם׃ עׇ֭זְרֵנִי יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י ה֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי כְחַסְדֶּֽךָ׃ וְֽ֭יֵדְעוּ כִּי־יָ֣דְךָ זֹּ֑את אַתָּ֖ה יְהֹוָ֣ה עֲשִׂיתָֽהּ׃ יְקַֽלְלוּ־הֵמָּה֮ וְאַתָּ֢ה תְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ קָ֤מוּ ׀ וַיֵּבֹ֗שׁוּ וְֽעַבְדְּךָ֥ יִשְׂמָֽח׃ יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שׂוֹטְנַ֣י כְּלִמָּ֑ה וְיַעֲט֖וּ כַמְעִ֣יל בׇּשְׁתָּֽם׃ א֘וֹדֶ֤ה יְהֹוָ֣ה מְאֹ֣ד בְּפִ֑י וּבְת֖וֹךְ רַבִּ֣ים אֲהַלְלֶֽנּוּ׃ כִּֽי־יַ֭עֲמֹד לִימִ֣ין אֶבְי֑וֹן לְ֝הוֹשִׁ֗יעַ מִשֹּׁפְטֵ֥י נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃ {פ}
English Translation
For the leader. Of David. A psalm.
O God of my praise,
do not keep aloof, for the wicked and the deceitful
open their mouth against me;
they speak to me with lying tongue. They encircle me with words of hate;
they attack me without cause. They answer my love with accusation
and I must stand judgmentaand I must stand judgment Or “but I am all prayer”; meaning of Heb. uncertain, but see v. 7. They repay me with evil for good,
with hatred for my love. Appoint someone wicked over him;
may an accuser stand at his right side; may he be tried and convicted;
may he be judged and found guilty. May his days be few;
may another take over his position.bhis position Meaning of Heb. uncertain. May his children be orphans,
his wife a widow. May his children wander from their hovels,
begging in search of [bread]. May his creditor seize all his possessions;
may strangers plunder his wealth. May no one show him mercy;
may none pity his orphans; may his posterity be cut off;
may their names be blotted out in the next generation. May God be ever mindful of his father’s iniquity,
and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. May GOD be aware of them always
and cause their names to be cut off from the earth, because he was not minded to act kindly,
and hounded to death the poor and needy man,cthe poor and needy man The psalmist himself; cf. vv. 22, 31.
one crushed in spirit. He loved to curse—may a curse come upon him!
He would not bless—may blessing be far from him! May he be clothed in a curse like a garment,
may it enter his body like water,
his bones like oil. Let it be like the cloak he wraps around him,
like the belt he always wears. May GOD thus repay my accusers,
all those who speak evil against me. Now You, O GOD, my Sovereign,
act in my behalf as befits Your name.
Good and faithful as You are, save me. For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me. I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like locusts. My knees give way from fasting;
my flesh is lean, has lost its fat. I am the object of their scorn;
when they see me, they shake their head. Help me, O my ETERNAL God;
save me in accord with Your faithfulness— that all may know that it is Your hand,
that You, O ETERNAL One, have done it. Let them curse, but You bless;
let them rise up, but come to grief,
while Your servant rejoices. My accusers shall be clothed in shame,
wrapped in their disgrace as in a robe. My mouth shall sing much praise to GOD;
I will acclaim in the midst of a throng, because [God] stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save them from those who would condemn them.
O God of my praise,
do not keep aloof, for the wicked and the deceitful
open their mouth against me;
they speak to me with lying tongue. They encircle me with words of hate;
they attack me without cause. They answer my love with accusation
and I must stand judgmentaand I must stand judgment Or “but I am all prayer”; meaning of Heb. uncertain, but see v. 7. They repay me with evil for good,
with hatred for my love. Appoint someone wicked over him;
may an accuser stand at his right side; may he be tried and convicted;
may he be judged and found guilty. May his days be few;
may another take over his position.bhis position Meaning of Heb. uncertain. May his children be orphans,
his wife a widow. May his children wander from their hovels,
begging in search of [bread]. May his creditor seize all his possessions;
may strangers plunder his wealth. May no one show him mercy;
may none pity his orphans; may his posterity be cut off;
may their names be blotted out in the next generation. May God be ever mindful of his father’s iniquity,
and may the sin of his mother not be blotted out. May GOD be aware of them always
and cause their names to be cut off from the earth, because he was not minded to act kindly,
and hounded to death the poor and needy man,cthe poor and needy man The psalmist himself; cf. vv. 22, 31.
one crushed in spirit. He loved to curse—may a curse come upon him!
He would not bless—may blessing be far from him! May he be clothed in a curse like a garment,
may it enter his body like water,
his bones like oil. Let it be like the cloak he wraps around him,
like the belt he always wears. May GOD thus repay my accusers,
all those who speak evil against me. Now You, O GOD, my Sovereign,
act in my behalf as befits Your name.
Good and faithful as You are, save me. For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me. I fade away like a lengthening shadow;
I am shaken off like locusts. My knees give way from fasting;
my flesh is lean, has lost its fat. I am the object of their scorn;
when they see me, they shake their head. Help me, O my ETERNAL God;
save me in accord with Your faithfulness— that all may know that it is Your hand,
that You, O ETERNAL One, have done it. Let them curse, but You bless;
let them rise up, but come to grief,
while Your servant rejoices. My accusers shall be clothed in shame,
wrapped in their disgrace as in a robe. My mouth shall sing much praise to GOD;
I will acclaim in the midst of a throng, because [God] stands at the right hand of the needy,
to save them from those who would condemn them.
About This Text
Source
Psalms
Category
Tanach
Reference
Psalms 109:22
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