## Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 17

###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:1
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צְלוֹתָא לְדָוִד קַבֵּל יְיָ פְּגִיעֲתִי בִּצְדָקָה אֲצִית שַׁבּוּחִי תַּצְלֵי אוּדְנָךְ לִצְלוֹתִי בִּדְלָא סְפְוָתֵי נִכְלָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
A prayer of David. Accept, O LORD, my entreaty;⁶⁹ in righteousness hear my praise; you will incline your ear to my prayer, since my lips are without guile.

footnotes:
⁶⁹ request


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:2
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מִן קֳדָמָךְ דִינִי יִפּוֹק עֵינָךְ תֶּהֶוְיָן חָמִין תְּרִיצוּתָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
From your presence my judgment shall come forth; your eyes will behold honesty.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:3
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בְּחַנְתָּא לִבְבִי אַסְעַרְתָּא עֲלָי בְּלֵילְיָא סְנַנְתָּא לִי לָא אַשְׁכַּחְתָּא שְׁחִיתָא חַשְׁבֵית בִּישׁוּתָא לָא עֲבַר פּוּמִי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
You have tested my heart; you have visited me at night; you have purified⁷⁰ me [and] not found corruption. [If] I thought of evil, it has not passed my mouth.

footnotes:
⁷⁰ tested


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:4
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בְּרַם אַכְסַנְתָּא עַל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן דִבְנֵי נָשָׁא בְּמֵימַר סִפְוָתָךְ אֲנָא נְטַרֵית אָרְחוֹת חֲצִיפָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
*Truly you have rebuked* the deeds of the sons of men by the word of your lips; I have kept [myself from] the ways of audacity.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:5
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סְעֵד אִסְתַּוְרַי בַּהֲלִיכָתָךְ דְלָא יְזוּעוּן רִגְלָי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Support my steps in your path, lest my feet be shaken.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:6
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אֲנָא קְרֵיתִי יָתָךְ מְטוּל תְּקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי אֱלָהָא צַלֵי אוּדְנָךְ קַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
I have called you because you will receive my prayer, O God; incline your ear, receive my prayer⁷¹.

footnotes:
⁷¹ hear my speech


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:7
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פָּרֵישׁ טַבְוָתָךְ פָּרִיקְהוֹן דְסָבְרֵי מִן מַן דְקַיְמִין עֲלֵיהוֹן בְּאַיְדָא דִימִינָךְ:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Display your goodness,⁷² O redeemer of those who hope;⁷³ from those who rise up *against them* by your right hand.

footnotes:
⁷² merits.
⁷³ + and avenge them


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:8
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נְטַר יָתִי כְּגִלְגוּל דִי בִמְצִיעוּת עֵינָא בְטוּלָא דִשְׁכִנְתָּךְ תִּטְמוֹר יָתִי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Guard me like the circle⁷⁴ that is in *the middle of* the eye; in the shadow of your *presence* you will hide me.

footnotes:
⁷⁴ the pupil of the circle


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:9
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מִן קֳדָם רַשִׁיעַיָא אִלֵין דִמְחַבְּלִין יָתִי בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִי בִּרְעוּת נַפְשֵׁיהוֹן מְחַזְרָן עֲלָי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
From the presence of the wicked, those who harm me; my enemies, in the desire of their soul, surround me.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:10
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עָתְרְהוֹן סְגָא שׁוֹמְנֵיהוֹן כַּסִיאוּ פּוּמְהוֹן מַלְלוּ בְּרַבְרְבוּתָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
*Their wealth has increased,* their fat covers [them], their mouth has spoken arrogantly.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:11
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אִסְתַּוְרָנָא הַשְׁתָּא חֲזַרוּ לָנָא עֵינֵיהוֹן מְשַׁוָן לְמִפְשַׁט בְּאַרְעָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Our steps now have surrounded us; their eyes are fixed to extend throughout the land.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:12
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דְמוּתֵיהּ הֵיךְ אַרְיָא דִמְרַגֵג לְמִתְבַּר וּכְשַׁחֲלָא דְיָתִיב בְּטוּמְרַיָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
He resembles a lion who yearns to tear, or a jungle-cat that dwells in secret places.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:13
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קוּם יְיָ אַקְדֵם אַפּוֹי חַמְטֵיהּ פְּצָא נַפְשִׁי מִן רַשִׁיעָא דְאִתְחַיֵיב קְטוֹל בְּסַיְפָךְ:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Arise, O LORD⁷⁵, forestall him, strike him down; deliver my soul from the wicked man *who deserves death* by your sword.

footnotes:
⁷⁵ God


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:14
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וְצַדִיקַיָא דְמַסְרִין נַפְשֵׁיהוֹן מְטוּלְתָּךְ יְיָ לְמִיתוּתָא בְּאַרְעָא חוּלַקְהוֹן בְּחַיֵי עָלְמָא וְטַשְׁיוּתָךְ טָבָא יִתְמַלְיָן כְּרֵיסֵיהוֹן יִסְבְּעוּן בְּנִין וְיִשְׁבְּקוּן שִׁיוּרְהוֹן לְטַלְיֵהוֹן:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
*And the righteous who hand over their souls on your account,* O LORD, *to death⁷⁶ in the land*, their portion is in *eternal* life, and their bellies will be filled with your *good* store; children will be satisfied, and they will leave their surplus⁷⁷ to their children.

footnotes:
⁷⁶ + and are destroyed
⁷⁷ profit


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 17:15
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אֲנָא בְּקוּשְׁטָא אֶחְמֵי סְבַר אַפָּךְ אֶשְׂבַּע בְּעֵדֶן דְאִתְעָר מִן אַיְקָר פַּרְצוּפָךְ:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
I in truth will see your countenance, I will be satisfied *at the time that/ifrom the glory of* your face.