## Keter Malkhut Chapter 40

###### Keter Malkhut 40:1
[Keter Malkhut 40:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:1)

אֱלֹהַי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי הַמִּתְחַנְּנִים לְפָנֶיךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
O my God, I know that those who implore favour from Thee


###### Keter Malkhut 40:2
[Keter Malkhut 40:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:2)

יָלִיצוּ עֲלֵיהֶם מַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים אֲשֶׁר הִקְדִּימוּ. אוֹ צִדְקוֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הֵרִימוּ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Have for ambassadors their antecedent virtues, And the righteousness which they have heaped up,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:3
[Keter Malkhut 40:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:3)

וַאֲנִי אֵין בִּי מַעֲשִׂים כִּי אֲנִי נָעוּר וָרֵק. כְּגֶפֶן בּוֹקֵק.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
But in me are no good deeds, For I am shaken and emptied like a stripped vine,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:4
[Keter Malkhut 40:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:4)

וַאֲנִי אֵין בִּי לֹא צֶדֶק וְלֹא כֹשֶׁר. לֹא חֶסֶד וְלֹא יֹשֶׁר.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And I have no righteousness, no rectitude, No piety, no uprightness,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:5
[Keter Malkhut 40:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:5)

לֹא תְפִלָּה וְלֹא תְחִנָּה. לֹא תֻמָּה וְלֹא אֱמוּנָה.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
No prayer, no plea, No innocence, no faith,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:6
[Keter Malkhut 40:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:6)

לֹא צֶדֶק וְלֹא מִדָּה טוֹבָה. לֹא עֲבוֹדָה וְלֹא תְשׁוּבָה:

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
No justice, no quality of goodness, Neither service of God nor turning from sin.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:7
[Keter Malkhut 40:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:7)

וּבְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיך יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ רִבּוֹן כָּל הָעוֹלָמִים לְרַחֵם עָלַי. וְהָיִיתָ קָרוֹב אֵלַי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
May it be Thy will, O Lord our God and God of our Fathers, Master of the Worlds, To have mercy upon me, And be Thou near me,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:8
[Keter Malkhut 40:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:8)

לְפָקְדֵנִי בִּפְקֻדַּת רְצוֹנֶךָ. וְלָשֵׂאת אֵלַי אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
To favour me with the visitation of Thy goodwill, And to lift up to me the light of Thy face,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:9
[Keter Malkhut 40:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:9)

וּלְהַמְצִיאֵנִי חִנֶּךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And to show me Thy graciousness!


###### Keter Malkhut 40:10
[Keter Malkhut 40:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:10)

וּכְפִי מַעֲשַׂי אַל תִּגְמְלֵנִי. וְחֶרְפַּת נָבָל אַל תְּשִׂימֵנִי .

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Requite me not according to my deeds And make me not a byword to the base.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:11
[Keter Malkhut 40:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:11)

וּבַחֲצִי יָמַי אַל תַּעֲלֵנִי. וְאַל תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Take me not away in the midst of my days Nor hide Thy face from me.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:12
[Keter Malkhut 40:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:12)

וּמֵחַטֹּאתַי טַהֲרֵנִי. וּמִלְּפָנֶיךָ אַל תַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Purify me from my sins, And cast me not out from Thy presence,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:13
[Keter Malkhut 40:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:13)

וּבְכָבוֹד תְּחַיֵּנִי. וְאַחַר כָּבוֹד תִּקָּחֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
But quicken me with glory And with glory receive me afterwards.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:14
[Keter Malkhut 40:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:14)

וּבְעֵת מִן הָעוֹלָם תּוֹצִיאֵנִי. לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא בְּשָׁלוֹם תְּבִיאֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And when Thou shalt bring me out of this world, Bring me in peace to the life of the world to come,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:15
[Keter Malkhut 40:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:15)

וְאֶל עָל תִּקְרָאֵנִי. וּבֵין הַחֲסִידִים תּוֹשִׁיבֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And place me in glory among the saints,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:16
[Keter Malkhut 40:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:16)

וְעִם הַמְּנוּיִים בְּחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּחַיִּים תִּמְנֵנִי. וְלֵאוֹר בְּאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ תְּזַכֵּנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And number me with those whose portion is appointed in the world of life And purify me to shine in the light of Thy countenance,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:17
[Keter Malkhut 40:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:17)

וְתָשׁוּב תְּחַיֵּנִי. וּמִתְּהוֹמוֹת הָאָרֶץ תָּשׁוּב וְתַעֲלֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And restore and revive me And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:18
[Keter Malkhut 40:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:18)

וָאֹמַר אוֹדְךָ יְיָ כִּי אָנַפְתָּ בִּי יָשׁוּב אַפְּךָ וּתְנַחֲמֵנִי. וּלְךָ יְיָ חֶסֶד עַל כָּל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר גְּמַלְתַּנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Then will I say: I thank Thee, O Lord, that though wroth with me, Thine anger is turned away and Thou hast comforted me. Thine, O Lord, is loving-kindness In all the goodness Thou hast bestowed on me,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:19
[Keter Malkhut 40:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:19)

וַאֲשֶׁר עַד יוֹם מוֹתִי תִּגְמְלֵנִי. וּבְיִרְאָתְךָ הַטְּהוֹרָה אֵל אֶחָד תְּחַזְּקֵנִי. וּבְתוֹרָתְךָ הַתְּמִימָה תְּאַמְּצֵנִי.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And which Thou wilt bestow till the day of my death.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:20
[Keter Malkhut 40:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:20)

וְעַל כָּל זֶה אֲנִי חַיָּב לְהוֹדוֹת לְהַלֵּל לְפָאֵר וּלְרוֹמֵם אוֹתָךְ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And for all this it behoves me to give thanks, To laud, to glorify, to extol Thee.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:21
[Keter Malkhut 40:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:21)

תִּשְׁתַּבַּח בְּפִי בְרוּאֶיךָ. תִּתְקַדַּשׁ בְּפִי מַקְדִּישֶׁיךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
By the mouth of Thy creatures O yield Thyself praise, By those hallowing Thee be Thou self-sanctified,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:22
[Keter Malkhut 40:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:22)

תִּתְיַחֵד בְּפִי מְיַחֲדֶךָ. תִּתְפָּאֵר בְּפִי מְפָאֲרֶיךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
Through those owning Thy Unity cry Thou Thy oneness, With the lips of Thy glorifiers chant Thee Thy glory,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:23
[Keter Malkhut 40:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:23)

תִּתְרוֹמַם בְּפִי מְרוֹמֲמֶיךָ. תִּתְנַשֵּׂא בְּפִי מְנַשְּׂאֶיךָ.

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
And exalt Thee in rhapsody through Thine exalters, Supremely upborne on Thy worshippers' breath,


###### Keter Malkhut 40:24
[Keter Malkhut 40:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:24)

כִּי אֵין כָּמוֹךָ בָּאֱלֹהִים אֲדֹנָי וְאֵין כְּמַעֲשֶׂיךָ:

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
For 'mid the gods and their works, O Lord, there is none like to Thee and Thine.


###### Keter Malkhut 40:25
[Keter Malkhut 40:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Keter%20Malkhut/r/40:25)

יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְיָ צוּרִי וְגֹאֲלִי:

**Selected Religious Poems of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, trans. Israel Zangwill. JPS, Philadelphia, 1923:**
May this word of my mouth and my heart's true thought Find, O Rock and Redeemer, the favour sought.