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When the Wrong People Are Winning.

Hebrew (WLC) with ESV parallel

1

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אַ֤ךְ ט֭וֹב לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֱלֹהִ֗ים לְבָרֵ֥י לֵבָֽב׃

Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

2

וַאֲנִ֗י כִּ֭מְעַט ׳נָטוּי׳ ״נָטָ֣יוּ״ רַגְלָ֑י כְּ֝אַ֗יִן ׳שֻׁפְּכָה׳ ״שֻׁפְּכ֥וּ״ אֲשֻׁרָֽי׃

[2] But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped.

3

כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃

[3] For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4

כִּ֤י אֵ֖ין חַרְצֻבּ֥וֹת לְמוֹתָ֗ם וּבָרִ֥יא אוּלָֽם׃

[4] For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat and sleek.

5

בַּעֲמַ֣ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ אֵינֵ֑מוֹ וְעִם־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א יְנֻגָּֽעוּ׃

[5] They are not in trouble as others are; they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

Sources

Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) · English Standard Version (ESV)

6

לָ֭כֵן עֲנָקַ֣תְמוֹ גַאֲוָ֑ה יַעֲטָף־שִׁ֝֗ית חָמָ֥ס לָֽמוֹ׃

[6] Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.

7

יָ֭צָא מֵחֵ֣לֶב עֵינֵ֑מוֹ עָ֝בְר֗וּ מַשְׂכִּיּ֥וֹת לֵבָֽב׃

[7] Their eyes swell out through fatness; their hearts overflow with follies.

8

יָמִ֤יקוּ׀ וִידַבְּר֣וּ בְרָ֣ע עֹ֑שֶׁק מִמָּר֥וֹם יְדַבֵּֽרוּ׃

[8] They scoff and speak with malice; loftily they threaten oppression.

9

שַׁתּ֣וּ בַשָּׁמַ֣יִם פִּיהֶ֑ם וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם תִּֽהֲלַ֥ךְ בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

[9] They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongue struts through the earth.

10

לָכֵ֤ן׀ ׳יָשִׁיב׳ ״יָשׁ֣וּב״ עַמּ֣וֹ הֲלֹ֑ם וּמֵ֥י מָ֝לֵ֗א יִמָּ֥צוּ לָֽמוֹ׃

[10] Therefore his people turn back to them, and find no fault in them.

11

וְֽאָמְר֗וּ אֵיכָ֥ה יָדַֽע־אֵ֑ל וְיֵ֖שׁ דֵּעָ֣ה בְעֶלְיֽוֹן׃

[11] And they say, "How can God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High?"

12

הִנֵּה־אֵ֥לֶּה רְשָׁעִ֑ים וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י ע֝וֹלָ֗ם הִשְׂגּוּ־חָֽיִל׃

[12] Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

13

אַךְ־רִ֭יק זִכִּ֣יתִי לְבָבִ֑י וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּֽי׃

[13] All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

14

וָאֱהִ֣י נָ֭גוּעַ כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְ֝תוֹכַחְתִּ֗י לַבְּקָרִֽים׃

[14] For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.

15

אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה כְמ֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה ד֭וֹר בָּנֶ֣יךָ בָגָֽדְתִּי׃

[15] If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

16

וָֽ֭אֲחַשְּׁבָה לָדַ֣עַת זֹ֑את עָמָ֖ל ׳הִיא׳ ״ה֣וּא״ בְעֵינָֽי׃

[16] But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

17

עַד־אָ֭בוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃

[17] until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

18

אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

[18] Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

19

אֵ֤יךְ הָי֣וּ לְשַׁמָּ֣ה כְרָ֑גַע סָ֥פוּ תַ֝֗מּוּ מִן־בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

[19] How they are destroyed in a moment, swept away utterly by terrors!

20

כַּחֲל֥וֹם מֵהָקִ֑יץ אֲ֝דֹנָי בָּעִ֤יר׀ צַלְמָ֬ם תִּבְזֶֽה׃

[20] Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

21

כִּ֭י יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ לְבָבִ֑י וְ֝כִלְיוֹתַ֗י אֶשְׁתּוֹנָֽן׃

[21] When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,

22

וַאֲנִי־בַ֭עַר וְלֹ֣א אֵדָ֑ע בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת הָיִ֥יתִי עִמָּֽךְ׃

[22] I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.

23

וַאֲנִ֣י תָמִ֣יד עִמָּ֑ךְ אָ֝חַ֗זְתָּ בְּיַד־יְמִינִֽי׃

[23] Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.

24

בַּעֲצָתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְ֝אַחַ֗ר כָּב֥וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִי׃

[24] You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.

25

מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃

[25] Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

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כָּלָ֥ה שְׁאֵרִ֗י וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י צוּר־לְבָבִ֥י וְחֶלְקִ֗י אֱלֹהִ֥ים לְעוֹלָֽם׃

[26] My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה כָּל־זוֹנֶ֥ה מִמֶּֽךָּ׃

[27] For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

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וַאֲנִ֤י׀ קִֽרֲבַ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים לִ֫י־ט֥וֹב שַׁתִּ֤י׀ בַּאדֹנָ֣י יְהוִֹ֣ה מַחְסִ֑י לְ֝סַפֵּ֗ר כָּל־מַלְאֲכוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

[28] But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.