א׳
הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ הַ֭לְלוּ עַבְדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַֽ֝לְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃
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Hallelujah.
O servants of the LORD, give praise;
praise the name of the LORD.
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Hallelujah. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD.
ב׳
יְהִ֤י שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֣ה מְבֹרָ֑ךְ מֵֽ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
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Let the name of the LORD be blessed
now and forever.
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Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and for ever.
ג׳
מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹא֑וֹ מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃
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From east to west
the name of the LORD is praised.
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From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof The LORD'S name is to be praised.
ד׳
רָ֖ם עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַ֖ל הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃
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The LORD is exalted above all nations;
His glory is above the heavens.
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The LORD is high above all nations, His glory is above the heavens.
ה׳
מִ֭י כַּיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥י לָשָֽׁבֶת׃
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Who is like the LORD our God,
who, enthroned on high,
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Who is like unto the LORD our God, That is enthroned on high,
מִי כַּה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ. בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ, שֶׁהוּא מַגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת וּמַשְׁפִּיל לִרְאוֹת. מַגְבִּיהִי, מַשְׁפִּילִי, מְקִימִי, לְהוֹשִׁיבִי, מוֹשִׁיבִי – כֻּלָּם יוֹ״ד יְתֵרָה בָּהֶם:
Who is like the Lord, our God in heaven and earth, who dwells on high and lowers His eyes to see? מושיבי, להושיבי, מקימי, משפילי, מגביהי, all have a superfluous “yud.”
ו׳
הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י לִרְא֑וֹת בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ׃
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sees what is below,
in heaven and on earth?
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That looketh down low Upon heaven and upon the earth?
ז׳
מְקִֽימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃
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He raises the poor from the dust,
lifts up the needy from the refuse heap
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Who raiseth up the poor out of the dust, And lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill;
ח׳
לְהוֹשִׁיבִ֥י עִם־נְדִיבִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם נְדִיבֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹ׃
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to set them with the great,
with the great men of His people.
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That He may set him with princes, Even with the princes of His people.
ט׳
מֽוֹשִׁיבִ֨י ׀ עֲקֶ֬רֶת הַבַּ֗יִת אֵֽם־הַבָּנִ֥ים שְׂמֵחָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
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He sets the childless woman among her household
as a happy mother of children.
Hallelujah.
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Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house As a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah.
עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת. צִיּוֹן, שֶׁהִיא כַּעֲקָרָה, יוֹשִׁיבֶנָּה:
the barren woman of the house Zion, which is like a barren woman—He will seat her.
אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה. ״כִּי חָלָה גַּם יָלְדָה צִיּוֹן אֶת בָּנֶיהָ״ (ישעיהו סו:ח):
as a happy mother of children (Isa. 66:8): “that Zion both experienced birth pangs and bore her children.”