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Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 120

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שִׁירָא דְאִתְאַמַר עַל מַסוּקִין דִתְהוֹמָא קֳדָם יְיָ כַּד עַיִקִ לִי צְלֵיתִי וְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

The song that is said on the ascents from the abyss. Before Adonai, when I was distressed, I prayed, and He received my prayer.

יְיָ פְּצֵי נַפְשִי מִסְפְוָתָא דְשִׁקְרָא מִן לִישָׁנָא נְכִילְתָּא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Adonai saves my soul from the lips of falsehood, from the deceitful tongue.

מָא יְהֵיב לָךְ מַלְשִׁינָא וּמָא יוֹסִיף לָךְ אָכִיל קוּרְצִי לִישָׁנָא נְכִילְתָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

What will it give you, badmouther, and what benefit to you, informant, is the deceitful tongue?

גִרְרִין דְגִבָּרָא שְׁנוּנִין הֵיךְ בַּרְקִין מִלְעֵיל עִם גוּמְרֵי רִתְמִין דְדָלְקִין בִּגְהִנָם מִלְרַע:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Sharp arrows of a warrior, like lightning above, with coals of broom wood that burn in hell below.

וַי לִי אַרוּם אִתּוֹתְבִית עִם אוֹסָאֵי שְׁרֵית עִם מַשְׁכְּנֵיהוֹן דַעֲרָבָאֵי:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Woe is me, since I am made to live with the Asians, to dwell in the tents of the Arabs!

יַתִּיר מִנְהוֹן שְׁרָת נַפְשִׁי עִם אֱדוֹם סָנֵי שְׁלָם:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

Too long has my soul lived with Edom, hater of peace.

אֲנָא שְׁלָם וַאֲרוּם אֲצַלֵי הִנוּן לִקְרָבָא:

The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook)

I am peace, and since I pray they go to war.

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