עָשִׂיתִי מִשְׁפָּט וָצֶדֶק בַּל תַּנִּיחֵנִי לְעֹשְׁקָי | I have dealt judgment and righteousness do not leave me to those oppressing me | |
עֲרֹב עַבְדְּךָ לְטוֹב אַל יַעַשְׁקֻנִי זֵדִים | Insure your servant for good the proud will not oppress me | |
עֵינַי כָּלוּ לִישׁוּעָתֶךָ וּלְאִמְרַת צִדְקֶךָ | I - I - my eyes - faint for your salvation and for the promise of your righteousness | |
עֲשֵׂה עִם עַבְדְּךָ כְחַסְדֶּךָ וְחֻקֶּיךָ לַמְּדֵנִי | I ask you to deal with your servant according to your mercy and teach me your statutes | |
עַבְדְּךָ אָנִי הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֵדְעָה עֵדֹתֶיךָ | I am your servant, let me understand that I may know your testimonies | |
עֵת לַעֲשׂוֹת לַיהוָה הֵפֵרוּ תּוֹרָתֶךָ | It is time for dealing - for יְהוָה they have frustrated your teaching | |
עַל כֵּן אָהַבְתִּי מִצְוֹתֶיךָ מִזָּהָב וּמִפָּז | I have loved your commandments therefore above gold and fine gold | |
עַל כֵּן כָּל פִּקּוּדֵי כֹל יִשָּׁרְתִּי כָּל אֹרַח שֶׁקֶר שָׂנֵאתִי | Indeed all your precepts - all - I find agreeable every path of deceit I hate |
While following Hebrew word order is sometimes slavish - and I do not always do it, the reversal of predicate and subject in English poetry is common. So I do delay the subject as Hebrew does, especially when I am reading parallels. Slow down to read. This is a bumpy road with many flowers by the wayside, not to mention several ditches. Here is where we deal.
Details - Google has made table processing very difficult. Software changes have been made to their online editor without testing. There are many bugs in it. So the following legal but uneditable table is left without comments. Still it is a good exercise to check word by word for grammar or my idiosyncratic renderings.
`asyty | עָשִׂיתִי | I have dealt | |
mishpa+ | מִשְׁפָּט | judgment | |
vacedeq | וָצֶדֶק | and righteousness | |
bàl tànyxény | בַּל תַּנִּיחֵנִי | do not leave me | |
l`oshqay | לְעֹשְׁקָי | to those oppressing me | |
`arob | עֲרֹב | Insure | |
`àbdka | עַבְדְּךָ | your servant | |
l+vob | לְטוֹב | for good | |
)àl yà`àshquny | אַל יַעַשְׁקֻנִי | not will they oppress me | |
zédym | זֵדִים | the proud | |
`éynày | עֵינַי | Iyiyi - my eyes | |
kalvu | כָּלוּ | faint | |
lyshvu`ateka | לִישׁוּעָתֶךָ | for your salvation | |
vul)imràt | וּלְאִמְרַת | and for the promise of | |
cidqka | צִדְקֶךָ | your righteousness | |
`aséh | עֲשֵׂה | I ask you to deal | |
`im `àbdka | עִם עַבְדְּךָ | with your servant | |
kxàsdeka | כְחַסְדֶּךָ | according to your mercy | |
vxuqeyka | וְחֻקֶּיךָ | and your statutes | |
làmdény | לַמְּדֵנִי | teach me | |
`àbdka )any | עַבְדְּךָ אָנִי | I am your servant | |
habynény | הֲבִינֵנִי | have me understand | |
v)éd`ah | וְאֵדְעָה | that I may know | |
`édoteyka | עֵדֹתֶיךָ | your testimonies | |
`ét | עֵת | It is time | |
là`asvot | לַעֲשׂוֹת | for dealing | |
là-yy | לַיהוָה | for יהוָה | I find this ambiguous - does the repeated preposition mean for the Lord to work or for the individual / community to work for the Lord? Deal of course is my play for this part. |
hépérvu | הֵפֵרוּ | they have frustrated | |
tvorateka | תּוֹרָתֶךָ | your teaching | |
`àl kén | עַל כֵּן | therefore | |
)ahàbty | אָהַבְתִּי | I have loved | |
micvoteyka | מִצְוֹתֶיךָ | your commandments | |
mizahab | מִזָּהָב | above gold | |
vumipaz | וּמִפָּז | and fine gold | |
`àl kén | עַל כֵּן | indeed | |
kal piqvudéy | כָּל פִּקּוּדֵי | all your precepts | |
kol | כֹל | all | |
yisharty | יִשָּׁרְתִּי | I find agreeable | |
kal )oràx | כָּל אֹרַח | every path of | |
sheqr | שֶׁקֶר | deceit | |
sané)ty | שָׂנֵאתִי | I hate |
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