Psalms 140
Below each verse in the original comes an approximate reading, in italics, for anyone who wants to pronounce the text aloud. It is not academic transliteration: it does not mark stress or settle the cases that depend on grammatical analysis, and the four-letter Name is read “Yahweh”, by the founder’s decision — the Hebrew pointing instructs saying “Adonai”, and Portuguese Bibles render it “SENHOR”.
The numbering differs in this chapter. The original has a different number of verses from the Portuguese — this happens in 134 of the 1,189 chapters, mostly in the Psalms, because the Hebrew superscription (“A psalm of David”) is counted as verse 1. That is why the two texts appear separately, each with its own numbering, instead of paired: pairing here would put a verse next to the wrong one.
1Salmo de Davi, para o regente: Livra-me do homem mau, SENHOR; guarda-me dos homens violentos,
2Que pensam maldades no coração; todo dia se reúnem para fazerem guerra.
3Eles afiam suas línguas como a cobra; veneno de serpentes [há] debaixo de seus lábios. (Selá)
4Guarda-me, SENHOR, das mãos do perverso; guarda-me do homens violentos, que pensam em empurrar os meus pés.
5Os arrogantes me armaram ciladas e cordas; estenderam uma rede de um lado do caminho; [e] puseram laços de armadilhas para mim. (Selá)
6Eu disse ao SENHOR: Tu [és] meu Deus; inclina teus ouvidos à voz de minhas súplicas, SENHOR.
7Ó Senhor DEUS, força de minha salvação, cobriste minha cabeça no dia da batalha.
8Não concedas ao perverso os desejos dele, SENHOR; não permitas suceder seu plano maligno, [pois senão] se exaltariam. (Selá)
9Quanto à cabeça dos que me cercam, que a opressão de seus próprios lábios os cubra.
10Caiam sobre eles brasas vivas; faça-os cair no fogo [e] em covas profundas, [para que] não se levantem mais.
11O homem de língua maligna não se firmará na terra; o mal perseguirá o homem violento até o derrubar.
12Eu sei que o SENHOR cumprirá a causa do aflito, o direito dos necessitados.
13Certamente os justos agradecerão ao teu nome; os corretos habitarão perante teu rosto.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
1לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃lamnatsecha mizmor ledavid
2חַלְּצֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה מֵאָדָ֣ם רָ֑ע מֵאִ֖ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵֽנִי׃chaltseni Yahweh meadam ra meish chamasim tintsreni
3אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשְׁב֣וּ רָע֣וֹת בְּלֵ֑ב כָּל־י֝֗וֹם יָג֥וּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃asher chashvu raot belev kal-yom yaguru milchamot
4שָֽׁנֲנ֣וּ לְשׁוֹנָם֮ כְּֽמוֹ־נָ֫חָ֥שׁ חֲמַ֥ת עַכְשׁ֑וּב תַּ֖חַת שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ סֶֽלָה׃shananu leshonam kemo-nachash chamat achshuv tachat sefatemo selah
5שָׁמְרֵ֤נִי יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִ֘ידֵ֤י רָשָׁ֗ע מֵאִ֣ישׁ חֲמָסִ֣ים תִּנְצְרֵ֑נִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָ֝שְׁב֗וּ לִדְח֥וֹת פְּעָמָֽי׃shamreni Yahweh mide rasha meish chamasim tintsreni asher chashvu lidchot peamay
6טָֽמְנֽוּ־גֵאִ֨ים ׀ פַּ֡ח לִ֗י וַחֲבָלִ֗ים פָּ֣רְשׂוּ רֶ֭שֶׁת לְיַד־מַעְגָּ֑ל מֹקְשִׁ֖ים שָֽׁתוּ־לִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃tamnu-geim pach li vachavalim parsu reshet leyad-magal mokshim shatu-li selah
7אָמַ֣רְתִּי לַ֭יהוָה אֵ֣לִי אָ֑תָּה הַאֲזִ֥ינָה יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃amarti layhvah eli atah haazinah Yahweh kol tachanunay
8יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲ֭דֹנָי עֹ֣ז יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י סַכֹּ֥תָה לְ֝רֹאשִׁ֗י בְּי֣וֹם נָֽשֶׁק׃Yahweh adonay oz yeshuati sakotah leroshi beyom nashek
9אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֭הוָה מַאֲוַיֵּ֣י רָשָׁ֑ע זְמָמ֥וֹ אַל־תָּ֝פֵ֗ק יָר֥וּמוּ סֶֽלָה׃al-titen Yahweh maavaye rasha zemamo al-tafek yarumu selah
10רֹ֥אשׁ מְסִבָּ֑י עֲמַ֖ל שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ יכסומו׃rosh mesibay amal sefatemo ychsvmv
11ימיטו עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת בַּֽל־יָקֽוּמוּ׃ymytv alehem gechalim baesh yapilem bemahamorot bal-yakumu
12אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל־יִכּ֪וֹן בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ־חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃ish lashon bal-yikon baarets ish-chamas ra yetsudenu lemadchefot
13ידעת כִּֽי־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְ֭הוָה דִּ֣ין עָנִ֑י מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט אֶבְיֹנִֽים׃ydt ki-yaaseh Yahweh din ani mishpat evyonim
14אַ֣ךְ צַ֭דִּיקִים יוֹד֣וּ לִשְׁמֶ֑ךָ יֵשְׁב֥וּ יְ֝שָׁרִ֗ים אֶת־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ach tsadikim yodu lishmecha yeshvu yesharim et-panecha
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