መዝሙር ፷፫

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

   To the end. A psalm of David.

2. Verse 2.፪

   ስምዐኒ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ጸሎትየ ፡ ዘሰአልኩ ፡ ኀቤከ ፤ እምትሕዝብተ ፡ ጽላኢ ፡ አድኅና ፡ ለነፍስይ ።

   Hear, O Yahweh, my prayer that I have asked of you; from the dread of the enemy deliver my soul.

3. Verse 3.፫

   ወሰውረኒ ፡ እምዕሌቶሙ ፡ ለእኩያን ፤ ወእምብዝኆሙ ፡ ለገበርተ ፡ ዐመፃ ።

   And shelter me from the counsel of the wicked; and from the multitude of the workers of iniquity.

4. Verse 4.፬

   እለ ፡ አብልኁ ፡ ልሳኖሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ አርዌ ፡ ምድር ፤ ወወሰቁ ፡ ቀስቶሙ ፡ ለገቢረ ፡ መሪር ።

   who have sharpened their tongue like a serpent of the earth; and have bent their bow to do a bitter thing,

5. Verse 5.፭

   ከመ ፡ ይቅትልዎ ፡ ለንጹሕ ፡ በጽሚት ፤ ግብተ ፡ ይነድፍዎሙ ፡ ወኢይፈርሁ ።

   to slay the innocent in secret; suddenly they shoot at them and do not fear.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወአጽንዑ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ነገረ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ወተማከሩ ፡ ይኅብኡ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ መሥገርተ ፤ ወይቤሉ ፡ አልቦ ፡ ዘይሬእየነ ።

   And they have strengthened for themselves an evil word, and have plotted together to hide a snare for themselves; and they have said, There is none who sees us.

7. Verse 7.፯

   ወኀሠሥዋ ፡ ለዐመፃ ፡ ወኀልቁ ፡ እዝነ ፡ ይፈትኑ ፡ ወይወጥኑ ፤ ወይበውእ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ በልብ ፡ ዕሙቅ ፤

   And they have searched out iniquity, and have grown weary in the searching; the ear examines and devises, and a man enters into the deep heart;

8. Verse 8.፰

   ወይትሌዐል ፡ እግዚአብሔር ። ከመ ፡ ሐጸ ፡ ደቂቅ ፡ ኮነ ፡ መቅሠፍቶሙ ።

   and Yahweh shall be exalted. As an arrow of children, their wound has become.

9. Verse 9.፱

   ወደክመ ፡ ለሳኖሙ ፡ በላዕሌሆሙ ፡ ወደንገፁ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ እለ ፡ ርእይዎሙ ።

   And their own tongue has grown weak against them, and all who saw them were troubled.

10. Verse 10.፲

    ወፈርሁ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ሰብእ ፡ ወነገሩ ፡ ግብረ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፤ ወአእመሩ ፡ ምግባሮ ።

    And every man feared, and they declared the work of Yahweh; and they understood his deeds.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    ይትፌሣሕ ፡ ጻድቅ ፡ በእግዚአብሔር ፡ ወይትዌከል ፡ ቦቱ ፤ ወይከብሩ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ርቱዓነ ፡ ልብ ።

    The righteous one shall rejoice in Yahweh, and shall trust in him; and all the upright of heart shall be honored.

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.