Psalms
Chapter 139
1. For the
Conductor, by David, a psalm. O Lord, You have probed me, and You know. 2. You
know my sitting down and my standing up; You perceive my thought from afar. 3.
You encircle my going about and my lying down; You are familiar with all my
paths. 4. For there was not yet a word on my tongue-and behold, Lord, You knew
it all. 5. You have besieged me front and back, You have laid Your hand upon
me. 6. Knowledge [to escape You] is beyond me; it is exalted, I cannot know it.
7. Where can I go [to escape] Your spirit? And where can I flee from Your
presence? 8. If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the
grave, behold, You are there. 9. Were I to take up wings as the dawn and dwell
in the furthest part of the sea, 10. there, too, Your hand would guide me; Your
right hand would hold me. 11. Were I to say, "Surely the darkness will
shadow me," then the night would be as light around me. 12. Even the
darkness obscures nothing from You; and the night shines like the day-the
darkness is as light. 13. For You created my mind; You covered me in my
mother's womb. 14. I will thank You, for I was formed in an awesome and
wondrous way; unfathomable are Your works, though my soul perceives much. 15.
My essence was not hidden from You even while I was born in concealment, formed
in the depths of the earth. 16. Your eyes beheld my raw form; all [happenings]
are inscribed in Your book, even those to be formed in future days-to Him they
are the same. 17. How precious are Your thoughts to me, O G-d! How
overwhelming, [even] their beginnings! 18. Were I to count them, they would
outnumber the sand, even if I were to remain awake and always with You. 19. O
that You would slay the wicked, O G-d, and men of blood [to whom I say], "Depart
from me!” 20. They exalt You for wicked schemes, Your enemies raise [You] for
falsehood. 21. Indeed, I hate those who hate You, Lord; I contend with those
who rise up against You. 22. I hate them with the utmost hatred; I regard them
as my own enemies. 23. Search me, Lord, and know my heart; test me and know my
thoughts. 24. See if there is a vexing way in me, then lead me in the way of
the world.
Chapter 140
1. For the
Conductor, a psalm by David. 2. Rescue me from the evil man, protect me from
the man of violence, 3. who devise evil schemes in their heart; every day they
gather for wars. 4. They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the spider's
venom is forever under their lips. 5. Guard me, Lord, from the hands of the
wicked, protect me from the man of violence-those who plot to cause my steps to
slip. 6. Arrogant ones have hidden a snare for me, and ropes; they spread a net
by my path, they set traps for me continually. 7. I said to the Lord, "You
are my G-d!" Listen, O Lord, to the voice of my pleas. 8. G-d, my Lord,
the strength of my deliverance, You sheltered my head on the day of armed
battle. 9. Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; fulfill not his
scheme, make it unattainable forever. 10. As for the head of my besiegers, let
the deceit of their own lips bury them. 11. Let burning coals fall upon them;
let it cast them down into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again. 12.
Let not the slanderous man be established in the land; let the evil of the man
of violence trap him until he is overthrown. 13. I know that the Lord will
execute judgment for the poor, justice for the needy. 14. Indeed, the righteous
will extol Your Name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Chapter 141
1. A psalm
by David. O Lord, I have called You, hasten to me; listen to my voice when I
call to You. 2. Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the raising
of my hands as an afternoon offering. 3. O Lord, place a guard for my mouth,
keep watch over the door of my lips. 4. Do not incline my heart to a bad
thing-to perform deeds in wickedness, with men, doers of evil; let me not
partake of their delicacies. 5. Let the righteous one strike me with kindness
and let him rebuke me; like the finest oil, let my head not refuse it. For as
long [as I live], my prayer is [to preserve me] from their harm. 6. For their
judges have slipped because of their [hearts of] rock, though they heard my
words and they were pleasant. 7. As one who chops and splinters [wood] on the
ground, so have our bones been scattered to the mouth of the grave. 8. For to
You, G-d, my Lord, are my eyes; in You I take shelter; do not pour out my soul.
9. Protect me from the hands of the snare they laid for me, and from the traps
of the evildoers. 10. Let the wicked fall into their own nets together, until I
pass over.
Tikkun
HaKlali
Chapter 105
42. For He
remembered His holy word with Abraham His servant.
43. And He
took out His people with joy, His chosen ones with joyful singing.
44. And He
gave them lands of nations, and they inherited the toil of kingdoms.
Psalm 89
48. I am
mindful what my old age is; for what futility have You created all the sons of
man?
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