א׳
שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִ֣ים לִ֑י בֵּ֖ית יְהוָ֣ה נֵלֵֽךְ׃
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A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me,
“We are going to the House of the LORD.”
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A Song of Ascents; of David. I rejoiced when they said unto me: 'Let us go unto the house of the LORD.'
שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאוֹמְרִים לִי. שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: מָתַי יָמוּת אוֹתוֹ זָקֵן וְיִמְלוֹךְ שְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ וְיִבְנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְנַעֲלֶה לָרֶגֶל? וַאֲנִי שָׂמֵחַ (מכות י.):
I rejoiced when they said to me I heard people saying, “When will that old man die, and his son Solomon reign and build the Temple, and we shall go up on the festival pilgrimages?” And I am happy.
ב׳
עֹ֭מְדוֹת הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֝שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
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Our feet stood inside your gates, O Jerusalem,
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Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem;
עוֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ. בַּמִּלְחָמָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם בִּשְׁבִיל שְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם, שֶׁעוֹסְקִין בָּהֶן בַּתּוֹרָה (מכות י.):
Our feet were standing in battle everywhere because of the gates of Jerusalem, where they were engaged in Torah.
ג׳
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֥ם הַבְּנוּיָ֑ה כְּ֝עִ֗יר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּ֥הּ יַחְדָּֽו׃
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Jerusalem built up, a city knit together,
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Jerusalem, that art builded as a city that is compact together;
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם הַבְּנוּיָה. כְּשֶׁיִּבְנֶה שְׁלֹמֹה בְּנִי בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּתוֹכָהּ, תְּהֵא בְּנוּיָה בִּשְׁכִינָה וּמִקְדָּשׁ וְאָרוֹן וּמִזְבֵּחַ:
The built-up Jerusalem When my son Solomon builds the Temple within it [Jerusalem], it will be built with the Shechinah, the Temple, the Ark, and the altar.
כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה לָּהּ. כְּשִׁילֹה, שֶׁדִּמָּה הַכָּתוּב זוֹ לָזוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יב:ט) ״אֶל הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל הַנַּחֲלָה״: מְנוּחָה זוֹ שִׁילֹה, נַחֲלָה זוֹ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (ספרי דברים סו). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ (תענית ה.): יֵשׁ יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַבְּנוּיָה בַּשָּׁמַיִם, וַעֲתִידָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁל מַטָּה לִהְיוֹת כְּמוֹתָהּ:
is like a city that was joined together within itself Like Shiloh, for Scripture compared them to one another, as it is said (Deut. 12:9): “to the rest and to the inheritance.” The rest is Shiloh. The inheritance is Jerusalem (see Sifrei Re’eh 66). And our Rabbis said (Ta’an. 5a): There is a Jerusalem in heaven, and the Jerusalem on earth is destined to be like it.
ד׳
שֶׁשָּׁ֨ם עָל֪וּ שְׁבָטִ֡ים שִׁבְטֵי־יָ֭הּ עֵד֣וּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לְ֝הֹד֗וֹת לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃
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to which tribes would make pilgrimage,
the tribes of the LORD,
—as was enjoined upon Israel—
to praise the name of the LORD.
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Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים. אֲשֶׁר שָׁם, בְּשִׁילֹה, עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים כְּשֶׁעָלוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, וְנִקְבַּע הַמִּשְׁכָּן בְּתוֹכָהּ:
There ascended the tribes For there in Shiloh the tribes ascended when they went up from Egypt, and the Tabernacle was established in its midst.
שִׁבְטֵי יָהּ. שֶׁהוּא עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל. לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ הָאֻמּוֹת מֵלִיזִין אַחֲרֵיהֶם כְּשֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם וְאוֹמְרִים עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם מַמְזֵרִים, אִם בְּגוּפָם הָיוּ שׁוֹלְטִין הַמִּצְרִים בִּנְשׁוֹתֵיהֶם לֹא כָּל שֶׁכֵּן. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: אֲנִי מֵעִיד עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁהֵם בְּנֵי אֲבוֹתֵיהֶם. הֵטִיל שְׁמוֹ עֲלֵיהֶם: הָרְאוּבֵנִי הַשִּׁמְעוֹנִי (במדבר כו:ז,יד), הוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם אוֹתִיּוֹת הַשֵּׁם אַחַת מִכָּאן וְאַחַת מִכָּאן. נִמְצָא הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל:
the tribes of God Heb. יָ-הּ, which is testimony to Israel, for the heathens were talking about them when they left Egypt, and they would say about them that they were the offspring of adulterous unions. If the Egyptians ruled over their own bodies, surely [they ruled] over their wives. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, “I attest that they are the sons of their fathers.” He bestowed His name upon them: the Reubenites (הראובני), the Simeonites (השמעוני) (Num. 26). He added the letters of the name, one on this side and one on that side. The result is that this name יָ-הּ is testimony to Israel.
ה׳
כִּ֤י שָׁ֨מָּה ׀ יָשְׁב֣וּ כִסְא֣וֹת לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּ֝סְא֗וֹת לְבֵ֣ית דָּוִֽיד׃
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There the thrones of judgment stood,
thrones of the house of David.
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For there were set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
כִּי שָׁמָּה יָשְׁבוּ וְגוֹ׳. כִּי גַם בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם תִּשְׁרֶה הַשְּׁכִינָה, וְיָשְׁבוּ שָׁם כִּסְאוֹת לִשְׁפֹּט בָּהֶם אֶת הָאוּמּוֹת (תנחומא, קדושים א), וְכִּסְאוֹת מְלוּכָה לְבֵית דָּוִד:
For there were set thrones, etc. For also in Jerusalem the Shechinah will rest, and thrones will sit there upon which to judge the nations, and the royal thrones of the house of David.
ו׳
שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃
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Pray for the well-being of Jerusalem;
“May those who love you be at peace.
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Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; May they prosper that love thee.
שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָם. וְאִמְרוּ לָהּ יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָיִךְ, וִיהִי שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ:
Request the welfare of Jerusalem and say to her, “May those who love you enjoy tranquility, and let there be peace in your wall.”
ז׳
יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃
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May there be well-being within your ramparts,
peace in your citadels.”
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Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
ח׳
לְ֭מַעַן אַחַ֣י וְרֵעָ֑י אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֖א שָׁל֣וֹם בָּֽךְ׃
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For the sake of my kin and friends,
I pray for your well-being;
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For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say: 'Peace be within thee.'
לְמַעַן. יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחַי וְרֵעָי:
For the sake of Israel, my brethren and my companions
אֲדַבְּרָה נָּא. אֲנִי, דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ, שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ:
I shall now speak I, King David, [shall now speak] of peace in you.
ט׳
לְ֭מַעַן בֵּית־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁ֖ה ט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃
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for the sake of the house of the LORD our God,
I seek your good.
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For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.