Chapter 41
Victory over Betrayal
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For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 1Blessed [is] the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤉𐤋 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤈𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤓𐤏𐤄
לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־ דָּ֑ל יְהוָֽה׃ יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ בְּי֥וֹם רָ֝עָ֗ה lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ miz·mō·wr lə·ḏā·wiḏ ’aš·rê maś·kîl ’el- dāl Yah·weh yə·mal·lə·ṭê·hū bə·yō·wm rā·‘āh — WLC · 1
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The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤉𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤕𐤍𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤐𐤔 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤅
יְהוָ֤ה׀ יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ יֶאְשֹּׁר בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַֽל־ תִּ֝תְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃ Yah·weh yiš·mə·rê·hū wî·ḥay·yê·hū yɛʾš·šōr bā·’ā·reṣ wə·’al- tit·tə·nê·hū bə·ne·p̄eš ’ō·yə·ḇāw — WLC · 2
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The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed… of sickness.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤎𐤏𐤃𐤍𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤏𐤓𐤔 𐤃𐤅𐤉 𐤄𐤐𐤊𐤕 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤁𐤅 𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤇𐤋𐤉𐤅
יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־ עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י הָפַ֥כְתָּ מִ֝שְׁכָּב֗וֹ כָּל־ בְחָלְיֽוֹ׃ Yah·weh yis·‘ā·ḏen·nū ‘al- ‘e·reś də·wāy hā·p̄aḵ·tā miš·kā·ḇōw kāl- ḇə·ḥā·lə·yōw — WLC · 3
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I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤓𐤐𐤀𐤄 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤊
אֲֽנִי־ אָ֭מַרְתִּי יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־ חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃ ’ănî- ’ā·mar·tî Yah·weh ḥān·nê·nî rə·p̄ā·’āh nap̄·šî kî- ḥā·ṭā·ṯî lāḵ — WLC · 4
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My enemies say with malice “When will he die and be forgotten…?”
𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤓𐤏 𐤋𐤉 𐤌𐤕𐤉 𐤉𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤃 𐤔𐤌𐤅
אוֹיְבַ֗י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְאָבַ֥ד שְׁמֽוֹ׃ ’ō·wy·ḇay yō·mə·rū ra‘ lî mā·ṯay yā·mūṯ wə·’ā·ḇaḏ šə·mōw — WLC · 5
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My visitor… speaks falsehood; he gathers slander in his heart; he goes out and spreads it abroad.
𐤅𐤀𐤌 𐤁𐤀 𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤔𐤅𐤀 𐤉𐤒𐤁𐤑 𐤀𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤁𐤅 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤋𐤇𐤅𐤑 𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓
וְאִם־ בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת׀ יְדַבֵּ֗ר שָׁ֤וְא יִקְבָּץ־ אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ לִבּ֗וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃ wə·’im- bā lir·’ō·wṯ yə·ḏab·bêr šāw yiq·bāṣ- ’ā·wen lōw lib·bōw yê·ṣê la·ḥūṣ yə·ḏab·bêr — WLC · 6
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All who hate me whisper… against me; they imagine the worst for me:
𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤕𐤋𐤇𐤔𐤅 𐤉𐤇𐤃 𐤏𐤋𐤉 𐤉𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤉
כָּל־ שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י׀ יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃ kāl- śō·nə·’āy ‘ā·lay yiṯ·la·ḥă·šū ya·ḥaḏ ‘ā·lay yaḥ·šə·ḇū rā·‘āh lî — WLC · 7
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“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never… get up from where he lies!”
𐤁𐤋𐤉𐤏𐤋 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤑𐤅𐤒 𐤁𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤉𐤐 𐤋𐤒𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤊𐤁
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל דְּֽבַר־ יָצ֣וּק בּ֑וֹ לֹא־ יוֹסִ֥יף לָקֽוּם׃ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁ֝כַ֗ב bə·lî·ya·‘al də·ḇar- yā·ṣūq bōw lō- yō·w·sîp̄ lā·qūm wa·’ă·šer šā·k̲ab̲ — WLC · 8
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Even my close friend… whom I trusted the one who shared my bread, has lifted up [his] heel against me.
𐤂𐤌 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤈𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤉 𐤄𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤋 𐤏𐤒𐤁 𐤏𐤋𐤉
גַּם־ אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֨י׀ אֲשֶׁר־ בָּטַ֣חְתִּי ב֭וֹ אוֹכֵ֣ל לַחְמִ֑י הִגְדִּ֖יל עָקֵֽב׃ עָלַ֣י gam- ’îš šə·lō·w·mî ’ă·šer- bā·ṭaḥ·tî ḇōw ’ō·w·ḵêl laḥ·mî hiḡ·dîl ‘ā·qêḇ ‘ā·lay — WLC · 9
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But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤇𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤒𐤉𐤌𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤔𐤋𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤌
וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה חָנֵּ֥נִי וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִי וַֽאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃ wə·’at·tāh Yah·weh ḥān·nê·nî wa·hă·qî·mê·nî wa·’ă·šal·lə·māh lā·hem — WLC · 10
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By this I know that You delight in me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.
𐤁𐤆𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤇𐤐𐤑𐤕 𐤁𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤓𐤉𐤏 𐤏𐤋𐤉
בְּזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־ חָפַ֣צְתָּ בִּ֑י כִּ֤י אֹיְבִ֣י לֹֽא־ יָרִ֖יעַ עָלָֽי׃ bə·zōṯ yā·ḏa‘·tî kî- ḥā·p̄aṣ·tā bî kî ’ō·yə·ḇî lō- yā·rî·a‘ ‘ā·lāy — WLC · 11
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In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤕𐤌𐤉 𐤕𐤌𐤊𐤕 𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤑𐤉𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌
וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ wa·’ă·nî bə·ṯum·mî tā·maḵ·tā bî wat·taṣ·ṣî·ḇê·nî lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā lə·‘ō·w·lām — WLC · 12
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤌 𐤀𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤌𐤍
בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭הָעוֹלָם וְעַ֥ד הָעוֹלָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן׀ וְאָמֵֽן׃ bā·rūḵ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl mê·hā·‘ō·w·lām wə·‘aḏ hā·‘ō·w·lām ’ā·mên wə·’ā·mên — WLC · 13