לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לְדָוִד:
For the conductor, a maskil of David.
בְּבוֹא דּוֹאֵג הָאֲדֹמִי וַיַּגֵּד לְשָׁאוּל וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ בָּא דָוִד אֶל בֵּית אֲחִימֶלֶךְ:
When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, "David came to the house of Ahimelech."
מַה תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּרָעָה הַגִּבּוֹר חֶסֶד אֵל כָּל הַיּוֹם:
Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? God's kindness is constant.
הַוּוֹת תַּחְשֹׁב לְשׁוֹנֶךָ כְּתַעַר מְלֻטָּשׁ עֹשֵׂה רְמִיָּה:
Your tongue plots destruction, as a sharpened razor, working deceit.
אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטּוֹב שֶׁקֶר מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶלָה:
You loved evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking righteousness forever.
אָהַבְתָּ כָל דִּבְרֵי בָלַע לְשׁוֹן מִרְמָה:
You loved all destructive words, a deceitful tongue.
גַּם אֵל יִתָּצְךָ לָנֶצַח יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים סֶלָה:
God, too, shall tear you down forever; He will break you and pluck you from [your] tent, and uproot you from the land of the living forever.
וְיִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִירָאוּ וְעָלָיו יִשְׂחָקוּ:
And righteous men will see and fear, and laugh at him.
הִנֵּה הַגֶּבֶר לֹא יָשִׂים אֱלֹהִים מָעוּזּוֹ וַיִּבְטַח בְּרֹב עָשְׁרוֹ יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֹ:
"Behold the man who does not place his strength in God and trusts his great wealth; he strengthened himself in his wickedness."
וַאֲנִי כְּזַיִת רַעֲנָן בְּבֵית אֱלֹהִים בָּטַחְתִּי בְחֶסֶד אֱלֹהִים עוֹלָם וָעֶד:
But I am like a fresh olive tree in the house of God; I have trusted in the kindness of God forever and ever.
אוֹדְךָ לְעוֹלָם כִּי עָשִׂיתָ וַאֲקַוֶּה שִׁמְךָ כִי טוֹב נֶגֶד חֲסִידֶיךָ:
I will thank You forever and ever when You have done [this], and I will hope for Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your devoted ones.