Deus é nosso refúgio

1 (For the one directing. Of the Bnei Korach. Al-alamot.* Shir)

1 He that dwelleth in the seter Elyon (covering, hiding place of the Most High)

shall abide under the tzel Shaddai (shadow of the Almighty).

2 I will say of Hashem, He is my refuge and my fortress;

Elohai (my G-d); in Him will I trust.

3 Surely He shall save thee from the pach yakosh ([deadly] snare of the fowler),

and from the devastating dever (plague).

4 He shall cover thee with His evrah (pinion, flight feathers),

and under His kenafayim (wings) shalt thou find defense;

His Emes shall be thy shield and buckler.

1 (For the one directing. Of Dovid Eved Hashem who sang to Hashem the lyrics of this shirah on the day Hashem delivered him from the hand of all his oyevim and from the hand of Sha’ul; 2 and he said)

I will love Thee, Hashem, my strength.

3 Hashem is my rock, and my fortress,

and my deliverer;

Eli my Tzur (rock), in whom I take refuge;

my mogen, and the keren of my salvation, and my misgav (high place as a refuge).

1 (A mikhtam of Dovid)

Be shomer over me, O El:

for in Thee do I hide myself.

1 (Of Dovid)

Hashem is my ohr and Yishi (my Salvation);

whom shall I fear?

Hashem is the ma’oz (stronghold) of my life;

of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When the resha’im,

even mine enemies and my foes,

came upon me to devour my basar,

they stumbled and fell.

3 Though an army should encamp against me,

my lev shall not fear;

though milchamah should break out against me,

in this will I be confident.

1 (For the one directing. Mizmor Dovid)

2 In Thee, Hashem, do I take refuge;

let me never be put to shame;

deliver me in Thy tzedakah.

3 Incline Thine ear to me;

deliver me speedily;

be Thou for me a Tzur Ma’oz,

a Bais Metzudot (fortress) to save me.

4 For Thou art my Sela (rock) and my Metzudah (fortress);

therefore for the sake of Thy Name, lead me, and guide me.

5 Pull me out of the reshet (trap, net)

that they have laid for me;

for Thou art my ma’oz (stronghold).

3 Be Thou Tzur Ma’on (a rock of habitation),

whereunto I may resort tamid (continually);

Thou hast given commandment to save me;

for Thou art my rock and my fortress.

8 It is better to trust in Hashem

than to put confidence in adam.

9 It is better to trust in Hashem

than to put confidence in nedivim (nobles).

5 Truly they consult to bring down a person of prominence;

they delight in kazav (lie, falsehood, deceptive thing);

they make a brocha with their mouth,

but they curse inwardly.

Selah

6 Truly in Elohim wait silently,* my nefesh,

for my tikvah (hope) is from Him.

7 Truly He is my Tzur and my Yeshu’ah (salvation);

He is my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.

8 In Elohim is my salvation and my Kavod:

the Tzur of my strength, and my refuge, is in Elohim.

17 But I will sing of Thy oz;

yes, I will sing aloud of Thy chesed in the boker;

for Thou hast been my stronghold

and refuge in the day of my tzoros.

1 (Tefillah of Moshe, ish HaElohim)

Adonoi, Thou hast been our ma’on (dwelling place) b’dor vador.

2 Before the harim were brought forth,

or ever Thou hadst formed eretz and the tevel (inhabited world),

even from olam ad olam,

Thou art El (G-d).

9 And He shall judge the tevel (world) in tzedek,

He shall govern the nations with justice.

10 Hashem also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

a stronghold in times of tzoros.

7 Thy tzedakah is like the great mountains;

Thy mishpatim are tehom rabbah (a great deep);

Hashem, Thou preservest adam (man) and behemah (beast).

7 Hashem is tov,

a maoz (stronghold) in the Yom Tzarah;

and Hashem knoweth them that take refuge in Him.

4 For Thou hast been a ma’oz (refuge) to the poor,

a ma’oz to the evyon in his tzoros,

a makheseh (shelter, cover) from the zerem (shower, storm, downpour),

a tzel (shade) from the chorev (heat),

when the ruach of the ruthless ones

is like a zerem (shower, storm, downpour) against a wall.

26 In the Yirat Hashem is strong confidence,

and his banim shall have a place of refuge.

29 The Derech Hashem is maoz to the blameless,

but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.