א׳
בָּרֲכִ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗י אֶת־יְה֫וָ֥ה יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהַי גָּדַ֣לְתָּ מְּאֹ֑ד ה֭וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר לָבָֽשְׁתָּ׃
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Bless the LORD, O my soul;
O LORD, my God, You are very great;
You are clothed in glory and majesty,
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Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, Thou art very great; Thou art clothed with glory and majesty.
ב׳
עֹֽטֶה־א֭וֹר כַּשַּׂלְמָ֑ה נוֹטֶ֥ה שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם כַּיְרִיעָֽה׃
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wrapped in a robe of light;
You spread the heavens like a tent cloth.
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Who coverest Thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain;
עוֹטֶה אוֹר. בָּרָקִיעַ כַּשַּׂלְמָה:
[You] enwrap Yourself with light in the sky like a garment.
ג׳
הַ֥מְקָרֶֽה בַמַּ֗יִם עֲֽלִיּ֫וֹתָ֥יו הַשָּׂם־עָבִ֥ים רְכוּב֑וֹ הַֽ֝מְהַלֵּ֗ךְ עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃
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He sets the rafters of His lofts in the waters,
makes the clouds His chariot,
moves on the wings of the wind.
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Who layest the beams of Thine upper chambers in the waters, who makest the clouds Thy chariot, who walkest upon the wings of the wind;
ד׳
עֹשֶׂ֣ה מַלְאָכָ֣יו רוּח֑וֹת מְ֝שָׁרְתָ֗יו אֵ֣שׁ לֹהֵֽט׃
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He makes the winds His messengers,
fiery flames His servants.
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Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers.
עוֹשֶׂה מַלְאָכָיו רוּחוֹת. עוֹשֶׂה אֶת הָרוּחוֹת שְׁלוּחָיו:
He makes winds His messengers lit. He makes His messengers winds. He makes the wind His messengers.
ה׳
יָֽסַד־אֶ֭רֶץ עַל־מְכוֹנֶ֑יהָ בַּל־תִּ֝מּ֗וֹט עוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃
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He established the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never totter.
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Who didst establish the earth upon its foundations, that it should not be moved for ever and ever;
ו׳
תְּ֭הוֹם כַּלְּב֣וּשׁ כִּסִּית֑וֹ עַל־הָ֝רִ֗ים יַֽעַמְדוּ־מָֽיִם׃
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You made the deep cover it as a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
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Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains.
תְּהוֹם כַּלְּבוּשׁ כִּסִּיתוֹ. זֶה דּוּגְמַת הָאָמוּר בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר: ״בְּשׂוּמִי עָנָן לְבוּשׁוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (איוב לח:ט):
You covered the deep as [with] a garment This is similar to what is said elsewhere (Job 38: 9): “When I made the cloud its raiment, etc.”
תְּהוֹם. הוּא הַיָּם:
the deep That is the sea.
עַל הָרִים יַעַמְדוּ. מֵי אוֹקְיָינוֹס גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד עַל הֶהָרִים, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (עמוס ה:ח, ט:ו) ״הַקּוֹרֵא לְמֵי הַיָּם וַיִּשְׁפְּכֵם עַל פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ״. אֵין שְׁפִיכָה אֶלָּא מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה:
the waters stand on the mountains The waters of the ocean are higher than the whole world. They stand on the mountains, and so Scripture states (Amos 5:8, 9:6): “He who calls the water of the sea and pours it upon the face of the earth.” Pouring denotes only [pouring] from above downward.
ז׳
מִן־גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ֣ יְנוּס֑וּן מִן־ק֥וֹל רַֽ֝עַמְךָ֗ יֵחָפֵזֽוּן׃
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They fled at Your blast,
rushed away at the sound of Your thunder,
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At Thy rebuke they fled, at the voice of Thy thunder they hasted away—
מִן גַּעֲרָתְךָ יְנוּסוּן. כְּשֶׁאָמַרְתָּ (בראשית א:ט) ״יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם״, וּמֵאוֹתוֹ הַקּוֹל יֵחָפֵזוּן וְנִקְווּ אֶל מָקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִסַּדְתָּ לָהֶם:
From Your rebuke they fled When You said (Gen. 1:9): “Let the waters gather.” And from that voice they hastened away and gathered in the place that You founded for them.
ח׳
יַעֲל֣וּ הָ֭רִים יֵרְד֣וּ בְקָע֑וֹת אֶל־מְ֝ק֗וֹם זֶ֤ה ׀ יָסַ֬דְתָּ לָהֶֽם׃
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—mountains rising, valleys sinking—
to the place You established for them.
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The mountains rose, the valleys sank down— Unto the place which Thou hadst founded for them;
ט׳
גְּֽבוּל־שַׂ֭מְתָּ בַּל־יַֽעֲבֹר֑וּן בַּל־יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּן לְכַסּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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You set bounds they must not pass
so that they never again cover the earth.
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Thou didst set a bound which they should not pass over, That they might not return to cover the earth.
גְּבוּל שַׂמְתָּ. לָהֶם הַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שְׂפָתוֹ:
You set a boundary for them, viz. the sand that is around its shore.
י׳
הַֽמְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ מַ֭עְיָנִים בַּנְּחָלִ֑ים בֵּ֥ין הָ֝רִ֗ים יְהַלֵּכֽוּן׃
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You make springs gush forth in torrents;
they make their way between the hills,
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Who sendest forth springs into the valleys; They run between the mountains;
י"א
יַ֭שְׁקוּ כָּל־חַיְת֣וֹ שָׂדָ֑י יִשְׁבְּר֖וּ פְרָאִ֣ים צְמָאָֽם׃
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giving drink to all the wild beasts;
the wild asses slake their thirst.
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They give drink to every beast of the field, The wild asses quench their thirst. .
י"ב
עֲ֭לֵיהֶם עוֹף־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׁכּ֑וֹן מִבֵּ֥ין עֳ֝פָאיִ֗ם יִתְּנוּ־קֽוֹל׃
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The birds of the sky dwell beside them
and sing among the foliage.
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Beside them dwell the fowl of the heaven, From among the branches they sing.
עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם יִשְׁכּוֹן. עַל הַמַּעְיָנוֹת:
Beside them the fowl of the heavens dwell Beside the springs.
מִבֵּין עֳפָאיִם. עַנְפֵי אִילָנוֹת, וְכֵן ״עָפְיֵּהּ שַׁפִּיר״ (דניאל ד:ט):
from between the branches Heb. עפאים, the branches of the trees, and so (Dan. 4:11): “its branches were (עפיה) beautiful.”
י"ג
מַשְׁקֶ֣ה הָ֭רִים מֵעֲלִיּוֹתָ֑יו מִפְּרִ֥י מַ֝עֲשֶׂ֗יךָ תִּשְׂבַּ֥ע הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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You water the mountains from Your lofts;
the earth is sated from the fruit of Your work.
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Who waterest the mountains from Thine upper chambers; The earth is full of the fruit of Thy works.
י"ד
מַצְמִ֤יחַ חָצִ֨יר ׀ לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה וְ֭עֵשֶׂב לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת הָאָדָ֑ם לְה֥וֹצִיא לֶ֝֗חֶם מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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You make the grass grow for the cattle,
and herbage for man’s labor
that he may get food out of the earth—
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Who causeth the grass to spring up for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; To bring forth bread out of the earth,
ט"ו
וְיַ֤יִן ׀ יְשַׂמַּ֬ח לְֽבַב־אֱנ֗וֹשׁ לְהַצְהִ֣יל פָּנִ֣ים מִשָּׁ֑מֶן וְ֝לֶ֗חֶם לְֽבַב־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ יִסְעָֽד׃
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wine that cheers the hearts of men,
oil that makes the face shine,
and bread that sustains man’s life.
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And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Making the face brighter than oil, And bread that stayeth man's heart.
מַצְמִיחַ חָצִיר וְגוֹ׳. וְיַיִן אֲשֶׁר יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ גַּם אוֹתוֹ יוֹצִיא מִן הָאָרֶץ, וְשֶׁמֶן לְהַצְהִיל בּוֹ פָּנִים:
And wine which cheers man’s heart, that too He brings forth from the earth, and oil to cause the face to radiate.
וְלֶחֶם. אֲשֶׁר לֵב אֱנוֹשׁ יִסְעָד:
and bread which sustains man’s heart.
ט"ז
יִ֭שְׂבְּעוּ עֲצֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אַֽרְזֵ֥י לְ֝בָנ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָטָֽע׃
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The trees of the LORD drink their fill,
the cedars of Lebanon, His own planting,
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The trees of the LORD have their fill, The cedars of Lebanon, which He hath planted;
עֲצֵי ה׳. בְּגַן עֵדֶן (בראשית רבה טו, א):
The Lord’s trees in the Garden of Eden.
י"ז
אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים בֵּיתָֽהּ׃
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where birds make their nests;
the stork has her home in the junipers.
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Wherein the birds make their nests; As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.
צִפֳּרִים יְקַנֵּנוּ. יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁכְּנוּ שָׁם:
birds nest Israel will dwell there.
יְקַנֵּנוּ. לְשׁוֹן ״קַן צִפּוֹר״ (דברים כב:ו):
יְקַנֵנוּ is an expression of a bird’s nest (קן צפור).
י"ח
הָרִ֣ים הַ֭גְּבֹהִים לַיְּעֵלִ֑ים סְ֝לָעִ֗ים מַחְסֶ֥ה לַֽשְׁפַנִּֽים׃
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The high mountains are for wild goats;
the crags are a refuge for rock-badgers.
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The high mountains are for the wild goats; The rocks are a refuge for the conies.
הָרִים הַגְּבֹהִים. בָּרָא לַיְּעֵלִים:
The lofty mountains He created for the ibexes.
מַחְסֶה. כָּל לְשׁוֹן מַחְסֶה לְשׁוֹן צֵל וּמַחְבָּא, שֶׁאָדָם מִתְכַּסֶּה שָׁם מִן הַזֶּרֶם וּמִן הַמָּטָר (ישעיהו כה:ד). אַבְרִ״י בְּלַעַ״ז:
shelter Every expression of מַחְסֶה is an expression of a shadow and a hiding place, where a person covers himself from flood and rain.
י"ט
עָשָׂ֣ה יָ֭רֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִ֑ים שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ יָדַ֥ע מְבוֹאֽוֹ׃
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He made the moon to mark the seasons;
the sun knows when to set.
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Who appointedst the moon for seasons; The sun knoweth his going down.
לְמוֹעֲדִים. לִמְנוֹת בּוֹ זְמַנִּים וּרְגָלִים (ראש השנה כה.):
He made the moon for the appointed seasons To count with it the times and the festivals.
שֶׁמֶשׁ יָדַע מְבוֹאוֹ. אֲבָל יָרֵחַ לֹא יָדַע מְבוֹאוֹ, פְּעָמִים שֶׁבָּא בַּאֲרֻכָּה, פְּעָמִים שֶׁבָּא בַּקְּצָרָה (ראש השנה כה.):
the sun knows its setting But the moon does not know its setting, because sometimes it comes through a long way and sometimes it comes through a short way.
כ׳
תָּֽשֶׁת־חֹ֭שֶׁךְ וִ֣יהִי לָ֑יְלָה בּֽוֹ־תִ֝רְמֹ֗שׂ כָּל־חַיְתוֹ־יָֽעַר׃
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You bring on darkness and it is night,
when all the beasts of the forests stir.
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Thou makest darkness, and it is night, Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
תָּשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ וִיהִי לָיְלָה. בְּכָל יוֹם אַתָּה מַחְשִׁיךְ וּמַעֲרִיב אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהָיָה לָיְלָה, וּבּוֹ תִּרְמֹשׂ כָּל חַיְתוֹ יָעַר:
You make darkness and it is night Every day You darken and block out the sun and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest move about.
כ"א
הַ֭כְּפִירִים שֹׁאֲגִ֣ים לַטָּ֑רֶף וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מֵאֵ֣ל אָכְלָֽם׃
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The lions roar for prey,
seeking their food from God.
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The young lions roar after their prey, And seek their food from God.
כ"ב
תִּזְרַ֣ח הַ֭שֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפ֑וּן וְאֶל־מְ֝עוֹנֹתָ֗ם יִרְבָּצֽוּן׃
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When the sun rises, they come home
and couch in their dens.
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The sun ariseth, they slink away, And couch in their dens.
תִּזְרַח הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יֵאָסֵפוּן. בַּמִּסְתָּרִים וְנֶחְבָּאִים שָׁם מִבְּנֵי אָדָם, וְאָז כָּל אָדָם יוֹצֵא לְפָעֳלוֹ:
When the sun rises they gather in into the secret places and hide there from the sons of men; then every man goes forth to his work.
כ"ג
יֵצֵ֣א אָדָ֣ם לְפָעֳל֑וֹ וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ עֲדֵי־עָֽרֶב׃
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Man then goes out to his work,
to his labor until the evening.
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Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labour until the evening.
כ"ד
מָֽה־רַבּ֬וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֨יךָ ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה כֻּ֭לָּם בְּחָכְמָ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ מָלְאָ֥ה הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ קִנְיָנֶֽךָ׃
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How many are the things You have made, O LORD;
You have made them all with wisdom;
the earth is full of Your creations.
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How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; The earth is full of Thy creatures.
קִנְיָנֶךָ. מִקְנֵה קִנְיָן שֶׁלְּךָ, כְּמוֹ ״קוֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ״ (בראשית יד:יט). הַכֹּל קָנוּי לְךָ:
Your possessions Heb. קנינך, the acquisition that you have acquired, like (Gen. 14:19): “Owner (קנה) of heaven and earth.” All is acquired by You.
כ"ה
זֶ֤ה ׀ הַיָּ֥ם גָּדוֹל֮ וּרְחַ֪ב יָ֫דָ֥יִם שָֽׁם־רֶ֭מֶשׂ וְאֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֑ר חַיּ֥וֹת קְ֝טַנּ֗וֹת עִם־גְּדֹלֽוֹת׃
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There is the sea, vast and wide,
with its creatures beyond number,
living things, small and great.
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Yonder sea, great and wide, Therein are creeping things innumerable, Living creatures, both small and great.
וּרְחַב יָדָיִם. רָחָב מָקוֹם, לְרֵיי״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:
and wide Heb. ורחב ידים. Wide of place, large in French, broad.
כ"ו
שָׁ֭ם אֳנִיּ֣וֹת יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה־יָצַ֥רְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־בּֽוֹ׃
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There go the ships,
and Leviathan that You formed to sport with.
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There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.
לְשַׂחֶק בּוֹ. שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁעוֹת בַּיּוֹם, כָּךְ אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (עבודה זרה ג:), וְכָךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵפֶר אִיּוֹב: ״הֲתְשַׂחֶק בּוֹ כַּצִּפּוֹר״ (איוב מ:כט):
with which to sport three hours during the day. So did our Sages say in tractate Avodah Zarah (3b), and so it is written explicitly in the Book of Job (40:29): “Will you play with him like a bird?”
כ"ז
כֻּ֭לָּם אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְשַׂבֵּר֑וּן לָתֵ֖ת אָכְלָ֣ם בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃
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All of them look to You
to give them their food when it is due.
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All of them wait for Thee, That Thou mayest give them their food in due season.
כ"ח
תִּתֵּ֣ן לָ֭הֶם יִלְקֹט֑וּן תִּפְתַּ֥ח יָֽ֝דְךָ֗ יִשְׂבְּע֥וּן טֽוֹב׃
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Give it to them, they gather it up;
open Your hand, they are well satisfied;
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Thou givest it unto them, they gather it; Thou openest Thy hand, they are satisfied with good.
כ"ט
תַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנֶיךָ֮ יִֽבָּהֵ֫ל֥וּן תֹּסֵ֣ף ר֭וּחָם יִגְוָע֑וּן וְֽאֶל־עֲפָרָ֥ם יְשׁוּבֽוּן׃
29
hide Your face, they are terrified;
take away their breath, they perish
and turn again into dust;
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Thou hidest Thy face, they vanish; Thou withdrawest their breath, they perish, And return to their dust.
תּוֹסֵף רוּחָם. לְשׁוֹן כִּלָּיוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״סָפוּ תַמּוּ״ (תהלים עג:יט):
You gather in their spirit Heb. תסף, an expression of destruction, as (above 73:19): “They were completely consumed (ספו).”
ל׳
תְּשַׁלַּ֣ח ר֭וּחֲךָ יִבָּרֵא֑וּן וּ֝תְחַדֵּ֗שׁ פְּנֵ֣י אֲדָמָֽה׃
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send back Your breath, they are created,
and You renew the face of the earth.
30
Thou sendest forth Thy spirit, they are created; and Thou renewest the face of the earth.
תְּשַׁלַּח רוּחֲךָ. בִּתְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים:
You will send forth Your spirit with the resurrection of the dead.
ל"א
יְהִ֤י כְב֣וֹד יְהוָ֣ה לְעוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂמַ֖ח יְהוָ֣ה בְּמַעֲשָֽׂיו׃
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May the glory of the LORD endure forever;
may the LORD rejoice in His works!
31
May the glory of the LORD endure for ever; let the LORD rejoice in His works!
ל"ב
הַמַּבִּ֣יט לָ֭אָרֶץ וַתִּרְעָ֑ד יִגַּ֖ע בֶּהָרִ֣ים וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃
32
He looks at the earth and it trembles;
He touches the mountains and they smoke.
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Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
יִגַּע בֶּהָרִים וְיֶעֱשָׁנוּ. כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסִינַי: ״וְהַר סִינַי עָשַׁן כֻּלּוֹ״ (שמות יט:יח):
He touches the mountains and they emit smoke as is depicted of Sinai (Exod. 19:18): “And Mount Sinai was all in smoke.”
ל"ג
אָשִׁ֣ירָה לַיהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃
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I will sing to the LORD as long as I live;
all my life I will chant hymns to my God.
33
I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
בְּעוֹדִי. כְּמוֹ ״בְּעוֹדֶנִּי חַי״ (דברים לא:כז):
as long as I exist Heb. בעדי, like (Deut. 31:27): “When I am still (בעודני) alive.”
ל"ד
יֶעֱרַ֣ב עָלָ֣יו שִׂיחִ֑י אָ֝נֹכִ֗י אֶשְׂמַ֥ח בַּיהוָֽה׃
34
May my prayer be pleasing to Him;
I will rejoice in the LORD.
34
Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD.
ל"ה
יִתַּ֤מּוּ חַטָּאִ֨ים ׀ מִן־הָאָ֡רֶץ וּרְשָׁעִ֤ים ׀ ע֤וֹד אֵינָ֗ם בָּרֲכִ֣י נַ֭פְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
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May sinners disappear from the earth,
and the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Hallelujah.
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Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah.
יִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאִים. חוֹטְאִים (ברכות י.):
Sinners will be destroyed Heb. חטאים, sinners [rather than sins, but see Tal. Ber. 10a].