Psalms 61
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, com instrumento de cordas: Ouve, ó Deus, o meu clamor; presta atenção à minha oração.
2Desde o limite da terra eu clamo a ti, pelo sofrimento do meu coração; leva-me para uma rocha alta para mim.
3Pois tu tens sido o meu refúgio [e] torre forte perante o inimigo.
4Eu habitarei em tua tenda para sempre; tomarei refúgio [me] escondendo sob tuas asas. (Selá)
5Pois tu, ó Deus, ouviste meus votos; tu tens [me] dado a herança dos que temem o teu nome.
6Acrescentarás dias e mais dias ao Rei; seus anos serão como de geração em geração.
7Ele habitará para sempre diante de Deus; prepara que [tua] bondade e fidelidade o guardem.
8Assim cantarei ao teu nome para sempre, para eu pagar meus votos dia após dia.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
1לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל־נְגִינַ֬ת לְדָוִֽד׃lamnatsecha al-neginat ledavid
2שִׁמְעָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים רִנָּתִ֑י הַ֝קְשִׁ֗יבָה תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃shimah elohim rinati hakshivah tefilati
3מִקְצֵ֤ה הָאָ֨רֶץ ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֶ֭קְרָא בַּעֲטֹ֣ף לִבִּ֑י בְּצוּר־יָר֖וּם מִמֶּ֣נִּי תַנְחֵֽנִי׃miktseh haarets elecha ekra baatof libi betsur-yarum mimeni tancheni
4כִּֽי־הָיִ֣יתָ מַחְסֶ֣ה לִ֑י מִגְדַּל־עֹ֝֗ז מִפְּנֵ֥י אוֹיֵֽב׃ki-hayita machseh li migdal-oz mipne oyev
5אָג֣וּרָה בְ֭אָהָלְךָ עוֹלָמִ֑ים אֶֽחֱסֶ֨ה בְסֵ֖תֶר כְּנָפֶ֣יךָ סֶּֽלָה׃agurah veahalcha olamim echeseh veseter kenafecha selah
6כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ לִנְדָרָ֑י נָתַ֥תָּ יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת יִרְאֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ki-atah elohim shamata lindaray natata yerushat yire shemecha
7יָמִ֣ים עַל־יְמֵי־מֶ֣לֶךְ תּוֹסִ֑יף שְׁ֝נוֹתָ֗יו כְּמוֹ־דֹ֥ר וָדֹֽר׃yamim al-yeme-melech tosif shenotayv kemo-dor vador
8יֵשֵׁ֣ב ע֭וֹלָם לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים חֶ֥סֶד וֶ֝אֱמֶ֗ת מַ֣ן יִנְצְרֻֽהוּ׃yeshev olam lifne elohim chesed veemet man yintsruhu
9כֵּ֤ן אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה שִׁמְךָ֣ לָעַ֑ד לְֽשַׁלְּמִ֥י נְדָרַ֗י י֣וֹם ׀ יֽוֹם׃ken azamrah shimcha laad leshalmi nedaray yom yom
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All Scripture quoted in Portuguese is from the Bíblia Livre (BLIVRE), Copyright © Diego Santos, Mario Sérgio and Marco Teles, February 2018. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Brazil licence. Reproduction permitted provided the source and the authors are duly credited.
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