א׳
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת זְכוֹר־יְהוָ֥ה לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֝ת כָּל־עֻנּוֹתֽוֹ׃
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A song of ascents.
O LORD, remember in David’s favor
his extreme self-denial,
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A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember unto David All his affliction;
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת זְכוֹר ה׳ לְדָוִד אֵת כָּל עֻנּוֹתוֹ. עִנּוּי נַפְשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר טָרַח וְעָמַל לִמְצֹא לְךָ מָקוֹם (תנחומא, נשא יג):
A song of ascents. Remember, O Lord, onto David all his affliction The affliction of his soul, how he worked and toiled to find a place for You.
ב׳
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭שְׁבַּע לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝דַ֗ר לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
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how he swore to the LORD,
vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
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How he swore unto the LORD, And vowed unto the Mighty One of Jacob:
ג׳
אִם־אָ֭בֹא בְּאֹ֣הֶל בֵּיתִ֑י אִם־אֶ֝עֱלֶ֗ה עַל־עֶ֥רֶשׂ יְצוּעָֽי׃
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“I will not enter my house,
nor will I mount my bed,
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‘Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, Nor go up into the bed that is spread for me;
ד׳
אִם־אֶתֵּ֣ן שְׁנַ֣ת לְעֵינָ֑י לְֽעַפְעַפַּ֥י תְּנוּמָֽה׃
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I will not give sleep to my eyes,
or slumber to my eyelids
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I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Nor slumber to mine eyelids;
ה׳
עַד־אֶמְצָ֣א מָ֭קוֹם לַיהוָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁכָּנ֗וֹת לַאֲבִ֥יר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
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until I find a place for the LORD,
an abode for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
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Until I find out a place for the LORD, A dwelling-place for the Mighty One of Jacob.'
עַד אֶמְצָא מָקוֹם. עַד שֶׁיִּוָּדַע הֵיכָן יִהְיֶה מְקוֹם מִקְדָּשׁ (מצאתי):
Until I find a place Until it will be known where the place of His sanctuary will be. (I found this.)
ו׳
הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃
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We heard it was in Ephrath;
we came upon it in the region of Jaar.
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Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; We found it in the field of athe wood.
שְׁמַעֲנוּהָ. הַבְּשׂוֹרָה:
we heard it The tidings.
בְּאֶפְרָתָה. בְּמָקוֹם הֶחָשׁוּב וְהַמְעֻלֶּה, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א א:א) ״בֶּן תֹּחוּ בֶן צוּף אֶפְרָתִי״ – חָשׁוּב, אַבְגִינוֹס. דָּבָר אַחֵר: שְׁמַעֲנוּהָ בְאֶפְרָתָה בְּסֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (יהושע טו) שֶׁבָּא מֵאֶפְרַיִם, בְּכָל הַתְּחוּמִין הוּא אוֹמֵר (יהושע טו:ו-יח) ״וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל״ ״וְתָאַר הַגְּבוּל״, וְכָאן הוּא אוֹמֵר (יהושע טו:ח) ״וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶל כֶּתֶף הַיְבוּסִי יְרוּשָׁלִָם״. נִמְצֵאת יְרוּשָׁלִַם גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת, וְהוּא רָאוּי לְבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים יז:ח) ״וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם וְגוֹ׳״, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁבֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ גָּבוֹהַּ מִכָּל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בִּשְׁחִיטַת קָדָשִׁים (זבחים נד:):
in Ephrath In the most esteemed and superior place, like (I Sam. 1:1): “the son of Toku, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite,” an important person, a palace dweller. Another explanation: We heard it in Ephrath In the Book of Joshua (ch. 15), who came from Ephraim. In all the boundaries he says, “And the border went up...and the border circled,” but here he says, “And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnon... Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is [therefore] found to be higher than all the lands, and it is fit for the Temple, as it is said (Deut. 17:8): “and you shall arise and ascend to the place, etc.” This teaches [us] that the Temple is higher than the whole land of Israel. So it is expounded upon in tractate Zevahim (54b).
מְצָאנוּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי יָעַר. בִּגְבוּל בִּנְיָמִין שֶׁנִּמְשַׁל לְחַיַּת הַיַּעַר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בִּנְיָמִין זְאֵב יִטְרָף״ (בראשית מט:כז):
we found it in the fields of the forest In the boundary of Benjamin, who was likened to a beast of the forest, as it is said (Gen. 49:27): “Benjamin is a devouring wolf.”
ז׳
נָב֥וֹאָה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֑יו נִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָֽיו׃
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Let us enter His abode,
bow at His footstool.
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Let us go into His dwelling-place; Let us worship at His footstool. .
נָבוֹאָה. שָׁמָּה לְמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָיו:
Let us come there to His Tabernacles.
ח׳
קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לִמְנוּחָתֶ֑ךָ אַ֝תָּ֗ה וַאֲר֥וֹן עֻזֶּֽךָ׃
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Advance, O LORD, to Your resting-place,
You and Your mighty Ark!
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Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.
ט׳
כֹּהֲנֶ֥יךָ יִלְבְּשׁוּ־צֶ֑דֶק וַחֲסִידֶ֥יךָ יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃
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Your priests are clothed in triumph;
Your loyal ones sing for joy.
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Let Thy priests be clothed with righteousness; And let Thy saints shout for joy.
י׳
בַּ֭עֲבוּר דָּוִ֣ד עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תָּ֝שֵׁ֗ב פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃
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For the sake of Your servant David
do not reject Your anointed one.
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For Thy servant David's sake Turn not away the face of Thine anointed.
אַל תָּשֵׁב פְּנֵי מְשִׁיחֶךָ. שְׁלֹמֹה, בְּבוֹאוֹ לְהַכְנִיס שָׁם אֶת הָאָרוֹן (שבת ל.):
turn not away the face of Your anointed Solomon, when he comes to place the Ark therein.
י"א
נִשְׁבַּֽע־יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְדָוִ֡ד אֱמֶת֮ לֹֽא־יָשׁ֪וּב מִ֫מֶּ֥נָּה מִפְּרִ֥י בִטְנְךָ֑ אָ֝שִׁ֗ית לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃
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The LORD swore to David
a firm oath that He will not renounce,
“One of your own issue I will set upon your throne.
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The LORD swore unto David in truth; He will not turn back from it: 'Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
י"ב
אִֽם־יִשְׁמְר֬וּ בָנֶ֨יךָ ׀ בְּרִיתִי֮ וְעֵדֹתִ֥י ז֗וֹ אֲלַ֫מְּדֵ֥ם גַּם־בְּנֵיהֶ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ לְכִסֵּא־לָֽךְ׃
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If your sons keep My covenant
and My decrees that I teach them,
then their sons also,
to the end of time,
shall sit upon your throne.”
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If thy children keep My covenant And My testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also for ever shall sit upon thy throne.'
וְעֵדוֹתִי זוֹ אֲלַמְּדֵם. זוֹ אֲשֶׁר אֲלַמְּדֵם:
and this, My testimony, which I shall teach them This which I shall teach them.
י"ג
כִּֽי־בָחַ֣ר יְהוָ֣ה בְּצִיּ֑וֹן אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ׃
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For the LORD has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His seat.
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For the LORD hath chosen Zion; He hath desired it for His habitation:
י"ד
זֹאת־מְנוּחָתִ֥י עֲדֵי־עַ֑ד פֹּֽה־אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב כִּ֣י אִוִּתִֽיהָ׃
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“This is my resting-place for all time;
here I will dwell, for I desire it.
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'This is My resting-place for ever; Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
ט"ו
צֵ֭ידָהּ בָּרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֵ֑ךְ אֶ֝בְיוֹנֶ֗יהָ אַשְׂבִּ֥יעַֽ לָֽחֶם׃
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I will amply bless its store of food,
give its needy their fill of bread.
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I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.
צֵידָה. מְזוֹנָהּ:
its provision its food.
ט"ז
וְֽ֭כֹהֲנֶיהָ אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ יֶ֑שַׁע וַ֝חֲסִידֶ֗יהָ רַנֵּ֥ן יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃
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I will clothe its priests in victory,
its loyal ones shall sing for joy.
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Her priests also will I clothe with salvation; And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
י"ז
שָׁ֤ם אַצְמִ֣יחַ קֶ֣רֶן לְדָוִ֑ד עָרַ֥כְתִּי נֵ֝֗ר לִמְשִׁיחִֽי׃
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There I will make a horn sprout for David;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
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There will I make a horn to shoot up unto David, There have I ordered a lamp for Mine anointed.
י"ח
א֭וֹיְבָיו אַלְבִּ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת וְ֝עָלָ֗יו יָצִ֥יץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃
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I will clothe his enemies in disgrace,
while on him his crown shall sparkle.”
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His enemies will I clothe with shame; But upon himself shall his crown shine.'
יָצִיץ. יָאִיר, כְּמוֹ ״וְנֹצְצִים כְּעֵין נְחֹשֶׁת״ (יחזקאל א:ז):
will shine Heb. יציץ, which shine, like (Ezek. 1:7): “and they sparkled (ונצצים) like the color of burnished copper.”