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ታላቅ እግዚአብሔር-ታናሽ ሰው
ለመዘምራን አለቃ፣ ለኤዶታም፤ የዳዊት መዝሙር።
1እኔ፣ “በአንደበቴ እንዳልበድል፣
መንገዴን እጠብቃለሁ፤
ክፉዎችም በእኔ ዘንድ እስካሉ ድረስ፣
ልጓም በአፌ አስገባለሁ” አልሁ።
2እንደ ዲዳ ዝም አልሁ፤
ለበጎ ነገር እንኳ አፌን ዘጋሁ፤
ሆኖም ጭንቀቴ ባሰ።
3ልቤ በውስጤ ጋለ፤
በማሰላስልበትም ጊዜ እሳቱ ነደደ፤
ከዚያም በአንደበቴ እንዲህ ተናገርሁ፤
4“እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ የሕይወቴን ፍጻሜ፣
የዘመኔንም ቍጥር አስታውቀኝ፤
ዐላፊ ጠፊ መሆኑንም ልረዳ።
5እነሆ፤ ዘመኔን በስንዝር ለክተህ አስቀመጥህ፤
ዕድሜዬም በፊትህ እንደ ኢምንት ነው፤
በርግጥ የሰው ሁሉ ሕይወት ተን ነው። ሴላ
6“ሰው የጥላ ውልብታ ነው፤
በከንቱም ይታወካል፤
ለማን እንደሚሆን ሳያውቅ ሀብት ንብረት ያከማቻል።
7“ጌታ ሆይ፤ አሁንስ ወደ ማን ልመልከት?
ተስፋዬ በአንተ ላይ ነው።
8ከኀጢአቴ ሁሉ አድነኝ፤
የሰነፎች መሣለቂያ አታድርገኝ።
9ይህን ያደረግህ አንተ ነህና፣
ዝም እላለሁ፤ አፌንም አልከፍትም።
10ክንድህን አንሣልኝ፤
ከእጅህ ምት የተነሣ ደክሜአለሁ።
11ሰዎችን ስለ ኀጢአታቸው ለመቅጣት ትገሥጻቸዋለህ፤
ሀብታቸውንም ብል እንደ በላው ታደርጋለህ፤
በርግጥ ሰው ሁሉ ተን ብቻ ነው። ሴላ
12“እግዚአብሔር ሆይ፤ ጸሎቴን ስማ፤
ጩኸቴን አድምጥ፤
ልቅሶዬንም ቸል አትበል፤
በአንተ ፊት እኔ መጻተኛ ነኝና፤
እንደ አባቶቼም እንግዳ ነኝ።
13ላለመመለስ ከመሰናበቴ በፊት፣
ዳግመኛ ደስ ይለኝ ዘንድ ዐይንህን ከላዬ አንሣ።”
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
1I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.39.1 my mouth…: Heb. a bridle, or, muzzle for my mouth
2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.39.2 stirred: Heb. troubled
3My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,
4LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.39.4 how…: or, what time I have here
5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.39.5 at…: Heb. settled
6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.39.6 a vain…: Heb. an image
7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.39.10 blow: Heb. conflict
11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.39.11 his…: Heb. that which is to be desired in him to melt away
12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.
