א׳
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אַ֭שְׁרֵי כָּל־יְרֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝הֹלֵ֗ךְ בִּדְרָכָֽיו׃
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A song of ascents.
Happy are all who fear the LORD,
who follow His ways.
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A Song of Ascents. Happy is every one that feareth the LORD, That walketh in His ways.
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא ה׳. כָּל אֵלּוּ תּוֹכָחוֹת וּמוּסָרִים, לְפִי שֶׁכָּתוּב ״אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ״ (תהלים א:א), ״אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ״ (תהלים קיב:א), לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר כָּאן כָּל, לְרַבּוֹת אִשָּׁה:
A song of ascents. Praiseworthy is every man who fears the Lord All of these are admonitions and disciplines. Because it is written, “Praiseworthy is the man,” “Praiseworthy is a man,” it therefore says here “every,” to include a woman.
ב׳
יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃
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You shall enjoy the fruit of your labors;
you shall be happy and you shall prosper.
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When thou eatest the labour of thy hands, Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ. הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִיגִיעַ כַּפּוֹ נוֹחֵל שְׁנֵי עוֹלָמוֹת (ברכות ח.):
If...the toil of your hands He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a).
ג׳
אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤ ׀ כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּרִיָּה֮ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃
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Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house;
your sons, like olive saplings around your table.
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Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.
כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה. בָּנֶיהָ מְרֻבִּין:
as a fruitful vine Every woman whose blood is abundant will have many children.
בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ. לְפִי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ תַּשְׁמִישׁ לִהְיוֹת בְּצִנְעָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר בְּיַרְכְּתֵי. אִם אִשְׁתְּךָ נִדָּה תְּשִׂימֶנָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ שֶׁלֹּא תִּתְרַגֵּל אֶצְלָהּ:
in the innermost parts of your house Because it is customary to have marital relations in secret. Another explanation: in the innermost parts If your wife is menstruating, put her into the innermost parts of your house so that you will not become accustomed to being with her.
בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִילֵי זֵיתִים. מַה זֵּיתִים אֵין לָהֶם הַרְכָּבָה, כָּךְ אֵין בְּבָנֶיךָ פְּסוּל:
your sons will be like olive shoots Just as olive trees cannot be grafted, so will your sons not have any disqualification.
ד׳
הִנֵּ֣ה כִי־כֵ֭ן יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְהוָֽה׃
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So shall the man who fears the LORD be blessed.
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Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed That feareth the LORD.
ה׳
יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֗ה מִצִּ֫יּ֥וֹן וּ֭רְאֵה בְּט֣וּב יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כֹּ֝֗ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃
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May the LORD bless you from Zion;
may you share the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life,
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The LORD bless thee out of Zion; And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;
מִצִּיּוֹן. שֶׁהוּא שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמַיִם (בראשית כח:יז):
from Zion which is the gate of heaven. Moreover, in the merit of Zion they would be fruitful and multiply, as it is written (I Kings 4:20): “Judah and Israel [were] many.”
בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם. ״וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְכָל הַטּוֹב״ (דברים כו:יא):
the good of Jerusalem And you shall rejoice with all the good.
ו׳
וּרְאֵֽה־בָנִ֥ים לְבָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
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and live to see your children’s children.
May all be well with Israel!
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And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ. וְלֹא יָבוֹאוּ לִקְטָטָה עֲבוּר חֲלִיצָה, וְאָז שָׁלוֹם עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל. תּוֹסְפוֹת:
And may you see children [born] to your children and they shall not come to quarrel about halitzah, [since that is performed only if there are no children,] and then there will be peace upon Israel (addendum).
בָּנִים לְבָנֶיךָ. יִירְשׁוּ נַחֲלָה, וְאֵין אִשָּׁה זְקוּקָה לְיָבָם, אָז שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם:
children [born] to your children They will inherit the estate, and no woman will be subject to the levir [in a levirate marriage]. Then there will be peace in the world.