መዝሙር ፶፫

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ ስብሐት ፡ ዘበኣእምሮ ፡ ዘዳዊት ፡

   To the end. A song of praise, of instruction, of David,

2. Verse 2.፪

   ዘአመ ፡ መጽኡ ፡ ዜፌዊያን ፡ ወይቤልዎ ፡ ለሳኦል ፤ ናሁ ፡ ዳዊት ፡ ይትኀባእ ፡ ኀቤነ ።

   when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Behold, David is hiding among us.

3. Verse 3.፫

   እግዚኦ ፡ በስምከ ፡ አድኅነኒ ፤ ወበኀይልከ ፡ ፍታሕ ፡ ሊተ ።

   O Yahweh, save me by your name, and judge me by your might.

4. Verse 4.፬

   እግዚኦ ፡ ስምዐኒ ፡ ጸሎትየ ፤ ወአፅምእ ፡ ቃለ ፡ አፉየ ።

   O Yahweh, hear my prayer; and give ear to the words of my mouth.

5. Verse 5.፭

   እስመ ፡ ነኪራን ፡ ቆሙ ፡ ላዕሌየ ፡ ወኀያላን ፡ ኀሠሥዋ ፡ ለነፍስየ ፤ ወኢረሰይዎ ፡ ለእግዚአብሔር ፡ ቅድሜሆሙ ።

   For strangers have risen up against me, and the mighty have sought after my soul; and they have not set Yahweh before them.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ናሁ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ይረድአኒ ፤ ወእግዚእየ ፡ ያድኅና ፡ ለነፍስየ ።

   Behold, Yahweh helps me; and my Lord delivers my soul.

7. Verse 7.፯

   ወይመይጣ ፡ ለእኪት ፡ ዲበ ፡ ጸላእትየ ፤ ወበጽድቅከ ፡ ሠርዎሙ ።

   And he shall turn back the evil upon my enemies; in your truth uproot them.

8. Verse 8.፰

   ዘእምፈቃድየ ፡ እሠውዕ ፡ ለከ ፤ እገኒ ፡ ለስምከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ እስመ ፡ ሠናይ ።

   Of my own free will I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Yahweh, for it is good.

9. Verse 9.፱

   እስመ ፡ እምኵሎ ፡ ምንዳቤየ ፡ አድኀንከኒ ፤ ወርእየት ፡ ዐይንየ ፡ በጸላእትየ ።

   For from all my trouble you have delivered me, and my eye has looked upon my enemies.

Geʽez transcribed from the manuscripts; the English is a literal back-translation — a reading aid, not a replacement for the Geʽez. Free to read, copy, and share.