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1 (For the one directing. Of Dovid)
In Hashem do I take refuge;
how say ye to my nefesh,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2 For, hinei, the resha'im bend their bow,
they make ready their arrow upon the string,
that they may secretly shoot at the yishrei lev (upright in heart).
3 If the foundations be destroyed,
what can the tzaddik do?
4 Hashem is in His Heikhal Kodesh,
Hashemʼs kisse is in Shomayim;
His eyes examine,
His eyelids try, Bnei Adam.
5 Hashem trieth the tzaddik,
but the resha'im and him that loveth chamas (violence)
His Nefesh hateth.
6 Upon the resha'im He shall rain snares,
eish and gofrit,
and a burning wind;
this shall be the portion of their kos (cup).
7 For Hashem is tzaddik (righteous), Hashem loveth tzedakot;
His countenance doth behold the yashar (upright).