א׳
הֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃
1
“Praise the LORD, for He is good;
His steadfast love is eternal!”
1
'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, For His mercy endureth for ever.'
הוֹדוּ לַה׳:
Give thanks to the Lord because He is good, etc.
ב׳
יֹ֭אמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר גְּ֝אָלָ֗ם מִיַּד־צָֽר׃
2
Thus let the redeemed of the LORD say,
those He redeemed from adversity,
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So let the redeemed of the LORD say, Whom He hath redeemed from the hand of the adversary;
יֹאמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵי ה׳. כְּשֶׁיִּפְדֵּם מִיַּד צָר :
Those redeemed by the Lord shall say it when He redeems them from the hands of an oppressor.
ג׳
וּֽמֵאֲרָצ֗וֹת קִ֫בְּצָ֥ם מִמִּזְרָ֥ח וּמִֽמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפ֥וֹן וּמִיָּֽם׃
3
whom He gathered in from the lands,
from east and west,
from the north and from the sea.
3
And gathered them out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the sea.
ד׳
תָּע֣וּ בַ֭מִּדְבָּר בִּישִׁימ֣וֹן דָּ֑רֶךְ עִ֥יר מ֝וֹשָׁ֗ב לֹ֣א מָצָֽאוּ׃
4
Some lost their way in the wilderness,
in the wasteland;
they found no settled place.
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They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.
תָּעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר וְגוֹ׳. וְהוֹלְכֵי מִדְבָּרוֹת אַף הֵם צְרִיכִין לְהוֹדוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי פְּעָמִים שֶׁהֵם תּוֹעִים וּרְעֵבִים וּצְמֵאִים (ברכות נד:):
They strayed in the desert, on a road of desolation, etc. Those who travel in the deserts must also give thanks because sometimes they stray and suffer from hunger and thirst.
ה׳
רְעֵבִ֥ים גַּם־צְמֵאִ֑ים נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בָּהֶ֥ם תִּתְעַטָּֽף׃
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Hungry and thirsty,
their spirit failed.
5
Hungry and thirsty, Their soul fainted in them.
ו׳
וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יַצִּילֵֽם׃
6
In their adversity they cried to the LORD,
and He rescued them from their troubles.
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Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses.
ז׳
וַ֭יַּֽדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֑ה לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת אֶל־עִ֥יר מוֹשָֽׁב׃
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He showed them a direct way
to reach a settled place.
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And He led them by a straight way, That they might go to a city of habitation.
וַיַּדְרִיכֵם. וַיְנַהֲגֵם, לְפִיכָךְ יוֹדוּ לַה׳ חַסְדּוֹ:
And He led them And He led them; therefore, they shall give thanks to the Lord for His kindness.
ח׳
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
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Let them praise the LORD for His steadfast love,
His wondrous deeds for mankind;
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Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
ט׳
כִּי־הִ֭שְׂבִּיעַ נֶ֣פֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָ֑ה וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָה מִלֵּא־טֽוֹב׃
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for He has satisfied the thirsty,
filled the hungry with all good things.
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For He hath satisfied the longing soul, And the hungry soul He hath filled with good.
י׳
יֹ֭שְׁבֵי חֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת אֲסִירֵ֖י עֳנִ֣י וּבַרְזֶֽל׃
10
Some lived in deepest darkness,
bound in cruel irons,
10
Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron—
יוֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת. אַף הָאֲסוּרִים בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר צְרִיכִים לְהוֹדוֹת, כְּשֶׁיּוֹצְאִין מִבֵּית אֲסוּרֵיהֶם:
Those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death Also those imprisoned in a dungeon are required to give thanks when they emerge from their prison.
י"א
כִּֽי־הִמְר֥וּ אִמְרֵי־אֵ֑ל וַעֲצַ֖ת עֶלְי֣וֹן נָאָֽצוּ׃
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because they defied the word of God,
spurned the counsel of the Most High.
11
Because they rebelled against the words of God, And contemned the counsel of the Most High.
כִּי הִמְרוּ אִמְרֵי אֵל. אֵין פּוּרְעָנוּת בָּאָה עַל הָאָדָם אֶלָּא בַּעֲוֹנוֹ:
For they rebelled against the words of God Trouble does not befall a person except because of his iniquity.
י"ב
וַיַּכְנַ֣ע בֶּעָמָ֣ל לִבָּ֑ם כָּ֝שְׁל֗וּ וְאֵ֣ין עֹזֵֽר׃
12
He humbled their hearts through suffering;
they stumbled with no one to help.
12
Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, They stumbled, and there was none to help—
י"ג
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם׃
13
In their adversity they cried to the LORD,
and He rescued them from their troubles.
13
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses.
י"ד
יֽ֭וֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹ֣שֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָ֑וֶת וּמוֹסְר֖וֹתֵיהֶ֣ם יְנַתֵּֽק׃
14
He brought them out of deepest darkness,
broke their bonds asunder.
14
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, And broke their bands in sunder. .
ט"ו
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
15
Let them praise the LORD for His steadfast love,
His wondrous deeds for mankind;
15
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
ט"ז
כִּֽי־שִׁ֭בַּר דַּלְת֣וֹת נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וּבְרִיחֵ֖י בַרְזֶ֣ל גִּדֵּֽעַ׃
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for He shattered gates of bronze,
He broke their iron bars.
16
For He hath broken the gates of brass, And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
כִּי שִׁבַּר דַּלְתוֹת נְחֹשֶׁת. שֶׁהָיוּ נְעוּלִים בִּפְנֵיהֶם:
For He broke copper doors that were shut before them.
י"ז
אֱ֭וִלִים מִדֶּ֣רֶךְ פִּשְׁעָ֑ם וּֽ֝מֵעֲוֺֽנֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יִתְעַנּֽוּ׃
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There were fools who suffered for their sinful way,
and for their iniquities.
17
Crazed because of the way of their transgression, And afflicted because of their iniquities—
אֱוִילִים מִדֶּרֶךְ פִּשְׁעָם. אֲשֶׁר מֵעֲוֹנוֹתֵיהֶם יִתְעַנּוּ בְּיִסּוּרֵי חֳלָאִים, אַף הֵם מִן הַצְּרִיכִין לְהוֹדוֹת. יֵשׁ סִמָּנִיּוֹת בְּפָרָשָׁה זוֹ (כְּלוֹמַר כְּתוּבוֹת שֵׁשׁ נוני״ן הֲפוּכִין) וּבָאִין לִדְרֹשׁ בִּמְקוֹם אַכִּין וְרַקִּין לְמַעֵט, לוֹמַר צָעֲקוּ קֹדֶם גְּזַר דִּין נַעֲנִין, לְאַחַר גְּזַר דִּין אֵינָם נַעֲנִין:
Fools, because of the way of their transgression and because of their iniquities, are afflicted with the agonies of illnesses. They too are among those who are required to give thanks. There are markers in this chapter (i.e., six inverted “nuns” are written) and they come to be expounded upon instead of “buts” and “onlys” to limit [the power of the verse] meaning that if they [the prisoners] cry out before the verdict has been promulgated, they are answered; after the verdict has been promulgated, they are not answered.
י"ח
כָּל־אֹ֭כֶל תְּתַעֵ֣ב נַפְשָׁ֑ם וַ֝יַּגִּ֗יעוּ עַד־שַׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃
18
All food was loathsome to them;
they reached the gates of death.
18
Their soul abhorred all manner of food, And they drew near unto the gates of death—
י"ט
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם מִ֝מְּצֻֽקוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹשִׁיעֵֽם׃
19
In their adversity they cried to the LORD
and He saved them from their troubles.
19
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And He saved them out of their distresses;
כ׳
יִשְׁלַ֣ח דְּ֭בָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑ם וִֽ֝ימַלֵּ֗ט מִשְּׁחִיתוֹתָֽם׃ (׆)
20
He gave an order and healed them;
He delivered them from the pits.
20
He sent His word, and healed them, And delivered them from their graves.
כ"א
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ (׆)
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Let them praise the LORD for His steadfast love,
His wondrous deeds for mankind.
21
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
כ"ב
וְ֭יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵ֣י תוֹדָ֑ה וִֽיסַפְּר֖וּ מַעֲשָׂ֣יו בְּרִנָּֽה׃ (׆)
22
Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,
and tell His deeds in joyful song.
22
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare His works with singing.
כ"ג
יוֹרְדֵ֣י הַ֭יָּם בָּאֳנִיּ֑וֹת עֹשֵׂ֥י מְ֝לָאכָ֗ה בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּֽים׃ (׆)
23
Others go down to the sea in ships,
ply their trade in the mighty waters;
23
They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters—
כ"ד
הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו בִּמְצוּלָֽה׃ (׆)
24
they have seen the works of the LORD
and His wonders in the deep.
24
These saw the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep;
כ"ה
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר וַֽ֭יַּעֲמֵד ר֣וּחַ סְעָרָ֑ה וַתְּרוֹמֵ֥ם גַּלָּֽיו׃ (׆)
25
By His word He raised a storm wind
that made the waves surge.
25
For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves thereof;
כ"ו
יַעֲל֣וּ שָׁ֭מַיִם יֵרְד֣וּ תְהוֹמ֑וֹת נַ֝פְשָׁ֗ם בְּרָעָ֥ה תִתְמוֹגָֽג׃
26
Mounting up to the heaven,
plunging down to the depths,
disgorging in their misery,
26
They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; Their soul melted away because of trouble;
כ"ז
יָח֣וֹגּוּ וְ֭יָנוּעוּ כַּשִּׁכּ֑וֹר וְכָל־חָ֝כְמָתָ֗ם תִּתְבַּלָּֽע׃
27
they reeled and staggered like a drunken man,
all their skill to no avail.
27
They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, And all their wisdom was swallowed up—
יָחוֹגּוּ. לְשׁוֹן שֶׁבֶר הוּא, וְכֵן ״בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע״ (שיר השירים ב:יד), וְכֵן ״וְהָיְתָה אַדְמַת יְהוּדָה לְמִצְרַיִם לְחָגָּא״ (ישעיהו יט:יז):
They were frightened Heb. יחוגו. This is an expression of breaking. Similarly (Song 2:14): “in the clefts of (בחגוי) the rock”; and similarly (Isa. l9:17), “And the land of Judah will be to Egypt for a dread (לחגא).”
כ"ח
וַיִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־יְ֭הוָה בַּצַּ֣ר לָהֶ֑ם וּֽ֝מִמְּצֽוּקֹתֵיהֶ֗ם יוֹצִיאֵֽם׃
28
In their adversity they cried to the LORD,
and He saved them from their troubles.
28
They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses.
כ"ט
יָקֵ֣ם סְ֭עָרָה לִדְמָמָ֑ה וַ֝יֶּחֱשׁ֗וּ גַּלֵּיהֶֽם׃
29
He reduced the storm to a whisper;
the waves were stilled.
29
He made the storm a calm, So that the waves thereof were still.
ל׳
וַיִּשְׂמְח֥וּ כִֽי־יִשְׁתֹּ֑קוּ וַ֝יַּנְחֵ֗ם אֶל־מְח֥וֹז חֶפְצָֽם׃
30
They rejoiced when all was quiet,
and He brought them to the port they desired.
30
Then were they glad because they were quiet, And He led them unto their desired haven.
וַיִּשְׂמְחוּ כִּי יִשְׁתֹּקוּ. הַגַּלִּים:
They rejoiced that they were stilled The waves.
וַיַּנְחֵם. וַיְנַהֲגֵם:
מָחוֹז. לְשׁוֹן גְּבוּל, וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ עִם ״וַחֲזוּתְכֶם אֶת שְׁאוֹל״ (ישעיה כח:יח) – גְּבוּלֵינוּ, שֶׁלֹּא יִכָּנֵס בִּגְבוּלֵינוּ. וְכֵן ״מַחֲזֶה אֶל מַחֲזֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים״ (מלכים א ז:ד). בְּתַנְחוּמָא מָצָאתִי:
the region Heb. מחוז, an expression of a border, and Menachem (p. 86) associated it with (Isa. 28:18): “and your limit (וחזותכם) with the grave,” your limit, that it should not enter our boundary. Similarly (I Kings 7:4): “an edge (מחזה מול מחזה) opposite an edge,” three times. In Tanchuma, I found [this].
ל"א
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃
31
Let them praise the LORD for His steadfast love,
His wondrous deeds for mankind.
31
Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
ל"ב
וִֽ֭ירֹמְמוּהוּ בִּקְהַל־עָ֑ם וּבְמוֹשַׁ֖ב זְקֵנִ֣ים יְהַלְלֽוּהוּ׃
32
Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people,
acclaim Him in the assembly of the elders.
32
Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, And praise Him in the seat of the elders.
וִירוֹמְמוּהוּ בִּקְהַל עָם. צָרִיךְ לְאוֹדוֹיֵי בְּאַפֵּי בֵּי עֲשָׂרָה (ברכות נד:):
And they shall exalt Him in an assembly of people He must give thanks in the presence of ten.
וּבְמוֹשַׁב זְקֵנִים. וְתָרֵין מִנַּיְיהוּ צוּרְבָא מֵרַבָּנָן (בבא בתרא טו.):
and in a sitting of elders And two of them must be rabbinical scholars.
ל"ג
יָשֵׂ֣ם נְהָר֣וֹת לְמִדְבָּ֑ר וּמֹצָ֥אֵי מַ֝֗יִם לְצִמָּאֽוֹן׃
33
He turns the rivers into a wilderness,
springs of water into thirsty land,
33
He turneth rivers into a wilderness, And watersprings into a thirsty ground;
יָשֵׂם נְהָרוֹת לְמִדְבָּר. כְּלוֹמַר: נוֹתֵן יִשּׁוּבֵי הָאֻמּוֹת לְחֻרְבָּן:
He makes rivers into a desert That is to say that He makes the settlements of the nations into ruins.
ל"ד
אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃
34
fruitful land into a salt marsh,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
34
A fruitful land into a salt waste, For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
לִמְלֵחָה. לִהְיוֹת כְּאֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה מֵעֲשׂוֹת פֶּרִי:
into a salty waste To be like a salty land insofar as it does not produce fruit.
ל"ה
יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם־מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃
35
He turns the wilderness into pools,
parched land into springs of water.
35
He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, And a dry land into watersprings.
יָשֵׂם מִדְבָּר לַאֲגַם מַיִם. נוֹתֵן יִשּׁוּב חָרֵב לְבִנְיָן וּמַחֲזִירוֹ לְקַדְמוּתוֹ:
He makes a desert into a pool of water He makes a ruined settlement into a building and restores it to its original state.
ל"ו
וַיּ֣וֹשֶׁב שָׁ֣ם רְעֵבִ֑ים וַ֝יְכוֹנְנ֗וּ עִ֣יר מוֹשָֽׁב׃
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There He settles the hungry;
they build a place to settle in.
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And there He maketh the hungry to dwell, And they establish a city of habitation;
ל"ז
וַיִּזְרְע֣וּ שָׂ֭דוֹת וַיִּטְּע֣וּ כְרָמִ֑ים וַ֝יַּעֲשׂ֗וּ פְּרִ֣י תְבֽוּאָה׃
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They sow fields and plant vineyards
that yield a fruitful harvest.
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And sow fields, and plant vineyards, Which yield fruits of increase.
ל"ח
וַיְבָרֲכֵ֣ם וַיִּרְבּ֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וּ֝בְהֶמְתָּ֗ם לֹ֣א יַמְעִֽיט׃
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He blesses them and they increase greatly;
and He does not let their cattle decrease,
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He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
ל"ט
וַיִּמְעֲט֥וּ וַיָּשֹׁ֑חוּ מֵעֹ֖צֶר רָעָ֣ה וְיָגֽוֹן׃ (׆)
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after they had been few and crushed
by oppression, misery, and sorrow.
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Again, they are minished and dwindle away Through oppression of evil and sorrow.
וַיִּמְעֲטוּ וַיָּשֹׁחוּ. וְהֵם מִתְּחִלָּה הָיוּ שָׁחִין וּמוּעָטִין מֵעֹצֶר רָעָה וְיָגוֹן:
Whereas they were few and they sank down But they, from the beginning, sank down and were few because of dominion, trouble, and sorrow.
מ׳
שֹׁפֵ֣ךְ בּ֭וּז עַל־נְדִיבִ֑ים וַ֝יַּתְעֵ֗ם בְּתֹ֣הוּ לֹא־דָֽרֶךְ׃
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He pours contempt on great men
and makes them lose their way in trackless deserts;
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He poureth contempt upon princes, And causeth them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.
מ"א
וַיְשַׂגֵּ֣ב אֶבְי֣וֹן מֵע֑וֹנִי וַיָּ֥שֶׂם כַּ֝צֹּ֗אן מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃
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but the needy He secures from suffering,
and increases their families like flocks.
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Yet setteth He the needy on high from affliction, And maketh his families like a flock.
וַיָּשֶׂם כַּצֹּאן מִשְׁפָּחוֹת. וַיָּשֶׂם הָאֶבְיוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת זַרְעוֹ כַּצֹּאן – רַבִּים:
and made him families like flocks He made [for] the needy the families of his children as numerous as flocks.
מ"ב
יִרְא֣וּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים וְיִשְׂמָ֑חוּ וְכָל־עַ֝וְלָ֗ה קָ֣פְצָה פִּֽיהָ׃
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The upright see it and rejoice;
the mouth of all wrongdoers is stopped.
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The upright see it, and are glad; And all iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
קָפְצָה. סָתְמָה, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא תִקְפֹּץ אֶת יָדְךָ״ (דברים טו:ז):
shuts Heb. קפצה, closes up, like (Deut. 15:7): “and not close up (תקפץ) your hand.”
מ"ג
מִי־חָכָ֥ם וְיִשְׁמָר־אֵ֑לֶּה וְ֝יִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֗וּ חַֽסְדֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃
43
The wise man will take note of these things;
he will consider the steadfast love of the LORD.
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Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, And let them consider the mercies of the LORD.