א׳
לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ בָּרֲכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְכָל־קְ֝רָבַ֗י אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃
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Of David.
Bless the LORD, O my soul,
all my being, His holy name.
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[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name.
בָּרְכִי נַפְשִׁי. חֲמִשָּׁה בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי יֵשׁ כָּאן, כְּנֶגֶד חֲמִשָּׁה עוֹלָמוֹת שֶׁאָדָם דָּר בָּהֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת בְּרָכוֹת (ברכות י.): דָּר בִּמְעֵי אִמּוֹ, יָנַק מִשְּׁדֵי אִמּוֹ, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם:
My soul, bless There are five mentions of “My soul, bless” here, corresponding to the five worlds in which man lives, as our Sages said in Tractate Berachoth (10a): “He lived in his mother’s womb, he sucked his mother’s breasts, and so all of them.”
ב׳
בָּרֲכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְאַל־תִּ֝שְׁכְּחִ֗י כָּל־גְּמוּלָֽיו׃
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Bless the LORD, O my soul
and do not forget all His bounties.
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Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits;
ג׳
הַסֹּלֵ֥חַ לְכָל־עֲוֺנֵ֑כִי הָ֝רֹפֵ֗א לְכָל־תַּחֲלֻאָֽיְכִי׃
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He forgives all your sins,
heals all your diseases.
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Who forgiveth all thine iniquity; Who healeth all Thy diseases;
ד׳
הַגּוֹאֵ֣ל מִשַּׁ֣חַת חַיָּ֑יְכִי הַֽ֝מְעַטְּרֵ֗כִי חֶ֣סֶד וְרַחֲמִֽים׃
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He redeems your life from the Pit,
surrounds you with steadfast love and mercy.
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Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit; Who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
ה׳
הַמַּשְׂבִּ֣יַע בַּטּ֣וֹב עֶדְיֵ֑ךְ תִּתְחַדֵּ֖שׁ כַּנֶּ֣שֶׁר נְעוּרָֽיְכִי׃
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He satisfies you with good things in the prime of life,
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
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Who satisfieth thine old age with good things; So that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle.
תִּתְחַדֵּשׁ כַּנֶּשֶׁר נְעוּרָיְכִי. כַּנֶּשֶׁר הַזֶּה שֶׁמְּחַדֵּשׁ כְּנָפָיו וְנוֹצָה מִשָּׁנָה לְשָׁנָה. וְיֵשׁ מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (בראשית רבה יט, ה) עַל מִין נֶשֶׁר, שֶׁכְּשֶׁמַּזְקִין חוֹזֵר לְנַעֲרוּתוֹ:
that your youth renews itself like the eagle Like this eagle, which renews its wings and feathers from year to year. There is a Midrash Aggadah about a kind of eagle that returns to its youth when it becomes old.
ו׳
עֹשֵׂ֣ה צְדָק֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטִ֗ים לְכָל־עֲשׁוּקִֽים׃
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The LORD executes righteous acts
and judgments for all who are wronged.
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The LORD executeth righteousness, And acts of justice for all that are oppressed.
ז׳
יוֹדִ֣יעַ דְּרָכָ֣יו לְמֹשֶׁ֑ה לִבְנֵ֥י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל עֲלִילֽוֹתָיו׃
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He made known His ways to Moses,
His deeds to the children of Israel.
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He made known His ways unto Moses, His doings unto the children of Israel.
יוֹדִיעַ דְּרָכָיו. מוֹדִיעַ דְּרָכָיו לְמֹשֶׁה:
He makes His ways known He makes His ways known to Moses.
ח׳
רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְרַב־חָֽסֶד׃
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The LORD is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love.
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The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
ט׳
לֹֽא־לָנֶ֥צַח יָרִ֑יב וְלֹ֖א לְעוֹלָ֣ם יִטּֽוֹר׃
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He will not contend forever,
or nurse His anger for all time.
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He will not always contend; Neither will He keep His anger for ever.
י׳
לֹ֣א כַ֭חֲטָאֵינוּ עָ֣שָׂה לָ֑נוּ וְלֹ֥א כַ֝עֲוֺנֹתֵ֗ינוּ גָּמַ֥ל עָלֵֽינוּ׃
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He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
nor has He requited us according to our iniquities.
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He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor requited us according to our iniquities.
י"א
כִּ֤י כִגְבֹ֣הַּ שָׁ֭מַיִם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ גָּבַ֥ר חַ֝סְדּ֗וֹ עַל־יְרֵאָֽיו׃
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For as the heavens are high above the earth,
so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.
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For as the heaven is high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
י"ב
כִּרְחֹ֣ק מִ֭זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב הִֽרְחִ֥יק מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ׃
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As east is far from west,
so far has He removed our sins from us.
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As far as the east is from the west, So far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
י"ג
כְּרַחֵ֣ם אָ֭ב עַל־בָּנִ֑ים רִחַ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַל־יְרֵאָֽיו׃
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As a father has compassion for his children,
so the LORD has compassion for those who fear Him.
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Like as a father hath compassion upon his children, So hath the LORD compassion upon them that fear Him. .
י"ד
כִּי־ה֖וּא יָדַ֣ע יִצְרֵ֑נוּ זָ֝כ֗וּר כִּי־עָפָ֥ר אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃
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For He knows how we are formed;
He is mindful that we are dust.
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For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust.
זָכוּר כִּי עָפָר אֲנָחְנוּ. זָכוּר הוּא וְלֹא שָׁכַח שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ עָפָר, וְיוֹדֵעַ שֶׁאֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו וְגוֹ׳:
He remembers that we are dust He remembers and has not forgotten that we are dust and He knows that: “As for manhis days, etc.”
ט"ו
אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִ֣יר יָמָ֑יו כְּצִ֥יץ הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה כֵּ֣ן יָצִֽיץ׃
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Man, his days are like those of grass;
he blooms like a flower of the field;
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As for man, his days are as grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
ט"ז
כִּ֤י ר֣וּחַ עָֽבְרָה־בּ֣וֹ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
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a wind passes by and it is no more,
its own place no longer knows it.
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For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; And the place thereof knoweth it no more.
רוּחַ עָבְרָה בּוֹ. אִם עָבְרָה חֳלִי שֶׁל מִיתָה:
For a wind passes over him If mortal illness passes over him.
י"ז
וְחֶ֤סֶד יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מֵעוֹלָ֣ם וְעַד־ע֭וֹלָם עַל־יְרֵאָ֑יו וְ֝צִדְקָת֗וֹ לִבְנֵ֥י בָנִֽים׃
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But the LORD’s steadfast love is for all eternity
toward those who fear Him,
and His beneficence is for the children’s children
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But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, And His righteousness unto children's children;
י"ח
לְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י בְרִית֑וֹ וּלְזֹכְרֵ֥י פִ֝קֻּדָ֗יו לַעֲשׂוֹתָֽם׃
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of those who keep His covenant
and remember to observe His precepts.
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To such as keep His covenant, And to those that remember His precepts to do them.
י"ט
יְֽהוָ֗ה בַּ֭שָּׁמַיִם הֵכִ֣ין כִּסְא֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכוּת֗וֹ בַּכֹּ֥ל מָשָֽׁלָה׃
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The LORD has established His throne in heaven,
and His sovereign rule is over all.
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The LORD hath established His throne in the heavens; And His kingdom ruleth over all.
כ׳
בָּרֲכ֥וּ יְהוָ֗ה מַלְאָ֫כָ֥יו גִּבֹּ֣רֵי כֹ֭חַ עֹשֵׂ֣י דְבָר֑וֹ לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗עַ בְּק֣וֹל דְּבָרֽוֹ׃
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Bless the LORD, O His angels,
mighty creatures who do His bidding,
ever obedient to His bidding;
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Bless the LORD, ye angels of His, Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word, Hearkening unto the voice of His word.
כ"א
בָּרֲכ֣וּ יְ֭הוָה כָּל־צְבָאָ֑יו מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו עֹשֵׂ֥י רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
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bless the LORD, all His hosts,
His servants who do His will;
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Bless the LORD, all ye His hosts; Ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.
כ"ב
בָּרֲכ֤וּ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ כָּֽל־מַעֲשָׂ֗יו בְּכָל־מְקֹמ֥וֹת מֶמְשַׁלְתּ֑וֹ בָּרֲכִ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
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bless the LORD, all His works,
through the length and breadth of His realm;
bless the LORD, O my soul.
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Bless the LORD, all ye His works, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul.
בָּרְכוּ ה׳ כָּל מַעֲשָׂיו. אֲשֶׁר הֵם בְּכָל מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁמֶּמְשַׁלְתּוֹ שָׁם:
Bless the Lord, all His works who are in all the places of His dominion.