Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 17
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צְלוֹתָא לְדָוִד קַבֵּל יְיָ פְּגִיעֲתִי בִּצְדָקָה אֲצִית שַׁבּוּחִי תַּצְלֵי אוּדְנָךְ לִצְלוֹתִי בִּדְלָא סְפְוָתֵי נִכְלָא:
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
מִן קֳדָמָךְ דִינִי יִפּוֹק עֵינָךְ תֶּהֶוְיָן חָמִין תְּרִיצוּתָא:
From your presence my judgment shall come forth; your eyes will behold honesty.
בְּחַנְתָּא לִבְבִי אַסְעַרְתָּא עֲלָי בְּלֵילְיָא סְנַנְתָּא לִי לָא אַשְׁכַּחְתָּא שְׁחִיתָא חַשְׁבֵית בִּישׁוּתָא לָא עֲבַר פּוּמִי:
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
בְּרַם אַכְסַנְתָּא עַל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן דִבְנֵי נָשָׁא בְּמֵימַר סִפְוָתָךְ אֲנָא נְטַרֵית אָרְחוֹת חֲצִיפָא:
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.
סְעֵד אִסְתַּוְרַי בַּהֲלִיכָתָךְ דְלָא יְזוּעוּן רִגְלָי:
Support my steps in your path, lest my feet be shaken.
אֲנָא קְרֵיתִי יָתָךְ מְטוּל תְּקַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי אֱלָהָא צַלֵי אוּדְנָךְ קַבֵּל צְלוֹתִי:
I have called you because you will receive my prayer, O God; incline your ear, receive my prayer⁷¹.
footnotes: ⁷¹ hear my speech
פָּרֵישׁ טַבְוָתָךְ פָּרִיקְהוֹן דְסָבְרֵי מִן מַן דְקַיְמִין עֲלֵיהוֹן בְּאַיְדָא דִימִינָךְ:
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
נְטַר יָתִי כְּגִלְגוּל דִי בִמְצִיעוּת עֵינָא בְטוּלָא דִשְׁכִנְתָּךְ תִּטְמוֹר יָתִי:
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
מִן קֳדָם רַשִׁיעַיָא אִלֵין דִמְחַבְּלִין יָתִי בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִי בִּרְעוּת נַפְשֵׁיהוֹן מְחַזְרָן עֲלָי:
From the presence of the wicked, those who harm me; my enemies, in the desire of their soul, surround me.
עָתְרְהוֹן סְגָא שׁוֹמְנֵיהוֹן כַּסִיאוּ פּוּמְהוֹן מַלְלוּ בְּרַבְרְבוּתָא:
Their wealth has increased, their fat covers [them], their mouth has spoken arrogantly.
אִסְתַּוְרָנָא הַשְׁתָּא חֲזַרוּ לָנָא עֵינֵיהוֹן מְשַׁוָן לְמִפְשַׁט בְּאַרְעָא:
Our steps now have surrounded us; their eyes are fixed to extend throughout the land.
דְמוּתֵיהּ הֵיךְ אַרְיָא דִמְרַגֵג לְמִתְבַּר וּכְשַׁחֲלָא דְיָתִיב בְּטוּמְרַיָא:
He resembles a lion who yearns to tear, or a jungle-cat that dwells in secret places.
קוּם יְיָ אַקְדֵם אַפּוֹי חַמְטֵיהּ פְּצָא נַפְשִׁי מִן רַשִׁיעָא דְאִתְחַיֵיב קְטוֹל בְּסַיְפָךְ:
Arise, O LORD⁷⁵, forestall him, strike him down; deliver my soul from the wicked man who deserves death by your sword.
footnotes: ⁷⁵ God
וְצַדִיקַיָא דְמַסְרִין נַפְשֵׁיהוֹן מְטוּלְתָּךְ יְיָ לְמִיתוּתָא בְּאַרְעָא חוּלַקְהוֹן בְּחַיֵי עָלְמָא וְטַשְׁיוּתָךְ טָבָא יִתְמַלְיָן כְּרֵיסֵיהוֹן יִסְבְּעוּן בְּנִין וְיִשְׁבְּקוּן שִׁיוּרְהוֹן לְטַלְיֵהוֹן:
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
אֲנָא בְּקוּשְׁטָא אֶחְמֵי סְבַר אַפָּךְ אֶשְׂבַּע בְּעֵדֶן דְאִתְעָר מִן אַיְקָר פַּרְצוּפָךְ:
I in truth will see your countenance, I will be satisfied at the time that/ifrom the glory of your face.