לַמְנַצֵּחַ לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר יְהוָה חֲקַרְתַּנִי וַתֵּדָע:
For the conductor. Of David, a song. O Lord, You have searched me out and You know.
אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּי וְקוּמִי בַּנְתָּה לְרֵעִי מֵרָחוֹק:
You know my sitting and my rising; You understand how to attach me from afar.
אָרְחִי וְרִבְעִי זֵרִיתָ וְכָל דְּרָכַי הִסְכַּנְתָּה:
My going about and my lying down You encompassed, and You are accustomed to all my ways.
כִּי אֵין מִלָּה בִּלְשׁוֹנִי הֵן יְהוָה יָדַעְתָּ כֻלָּהּ:
For there is no word on my tongue; behold, O Lord, You know it all.
אָחוֹר וָקֶדֶם צַרְתָּנִי וַתָּשֶׁת עָלַי כַּפֶּכָה:
From the rear and the front You encompassed me, and You placed Your pressure upon me.
(פלאיה) פְּלִיאָה דַעַת מִמֶּנִּי נִשְׂגְּבָה לֹא אוּכַל לָהּ:
Knowledge is hidden from me; it is hard, I cannot attain it.
אָנָה אֵלֵךְ מֵרוּחֶךָ וְאָנָה מִפָּנֶיךָ אֶבְרָח:
Where shall I go from Your spirit, and where shall I flee from Your presence?
אִם אֶסַּק שָׁמַיִם שָׁם אָתָּה וְאַצִּיעָה שְּׁאוֹל הִנֶּךָּ:
If I ascend to the heavens, there You are, and if I make my bed in the grave, behold, You are there.
אֶשָּׂא כַנְפֵי שָׁחַר אֶשְׁכְּנָה בְּאַחֲרִית יָם:
[If] I take up the wings of dawn, [if] I dwell at the end of the west,
גַּם שָׁם יָדְךָ תַנְחֵנִי וְתֹאחֲזֵנִי יְמִינֶךָ:
There too, Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will grasp me.
וָאֹמַר אַךְ חֹשֶׁךְ יְשׁוּפֵנִי וְלַיְלָה אוֹר בַּעֲדֵנִי:
I said, "Darkness will darken me, and the night will be as light about me."
גַּם חֹשֶׁךְ לֹא יַחְשִׁיךְ מִמֶּךָּ וְלַיְלָה כַּיּוֹם יָאִיר כַּחֲשֵׁיכָה כָּאוֹרָה:
Even darkness will not obscure [anything] from You, and the night will light up like day; as darkness so is the light.
כִּי אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִלְיֹתָי תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן אִמִּי:
For You created my reins, You covered me in my mother's womb.
אוֹדְךָ עַל כִּי נוֹרָאוֹת נִפְלֵיתִי נִפְלָאִים מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וְנַפְשִׁי יֹדַעַת מְאֹד:
I shall thank You for in an awesome, wondrous way I was fashioned; Your works are wondrous, and my soul knows it very well.
לֹא נִכְחַד עָצְמִי מִמֶּךָּ אֲשֶׁר עֻשֵּׂיתִי בַסֵּתֶר רֻקַּמְתִּי בְּתַחְתִּיּוֹת אָרֶץ:
My essence was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, I was formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
גָּלְמִי רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וְעַל סִפְרְךָ כֻּלָּם יִכָּתֵבוּ יָמִים יֻצָּרוּ (ולא) וְלוֹ אֶחָד בָּהֶם:
Your eyes saw my unformed body, and on Your book they were all written; days have been formed and one of them is His.
וְלִי מַה יָּקְרוּ רֵעֶיךָ אֵל מֶה עָצְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶם:
And to me, how dear are Your friends, O Lord! How great is their sum!
אֶסְפְּרֵם מֵחוֹל יִרְבּוּן הֱקִיצֹתִי וְעוֹדִי עִמָּךְ:
I shall count them; they are more numerous than sand; I have come to the end, and I am still with You.
אִם תִּקְטֹל אֱלוֹהַּ רָשָׁע וְאַנְשֵׁי דָמִים סוּרוּ מֶנִּי:
If only You would slay the wicked, O God, and men of blood, "Turn away from me."
אֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרֻךָ לִמְזִמָּה נָשֻׂא לַשָּׁוְא עָרֶיךָ:
Who mention You with wicked thought; Your enemies took it up in vain.
הֲלוֹא מְשַׂנְאֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶשְׂנָא וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ אֶתְקוֹטָט:
Did I not hate Your enemies, O Lord? With those who rise up against You, I quarrel.
תַּכְלִית שִׂנְאָה שְׂנֵאתִים לְאוֹיְבִים הָיוּ לִי:
I hate them with utmost hatred; they have become my enemies.
חָקְרֵנִי אֵל וְדַע לְבָבִי בְּחָנֵנִי וְדַע שַׂרְעַפָּי:
Search me out, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts.
וּרְאֵה אִם דֶּרֶךְ עֹצֶב בִּי וּנְחֵנִי בְּדֶרֶךְ עוֹלָם:
And see whether there is any vexatious way about me, and lead me in the way of the world.