א׳
לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃
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For the leader. Of the Korahites. A maskil.
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For the Leader; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil.
ב׳
אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּ שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵ֥ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם בִּ֣ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃
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We have heard, O God,
our fathers have told us
the deeds You performed in their time,
in days of old.
2
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמַעְנוּ. מִכָּאן אַתָּה לָמֵד שֶׁהָיוּ מְדַבְּרִים בְּנֵי קֹרַח בִּשְׁבִיל דּוֹרוֹת הַלָּלוּ הַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם, שֶׁאִלּוּ בִּשְׁבִיל עַצְמָם לֹא הָיָה לָהֶם לוֹמַר אֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ לָנוּ, שֶׁהֲרֵי הֵם עַצְמָם רָאוּ נִסֵּי הַמִּדְבָּר וְהַיָּם וְהַיַּרְדֵּן וּמִלְחֲמוֹת יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת תְּהִלִּים (מדרש תהלים מד:א):
with our ears we heard From here you learn that the sons of Korah were speaking for the generations following them, for if it were for themselves, they should not say, “our fathers told us,” because they themselves witnessed the miracles of the desert, the Jordan, and Joshua’s war. In this manner, it is explained in the Aggadah of Psalms (Mid. Ps. 44:1).
ג׳
אַתָּ֤ה ׀ יָדְךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃
3
With Your hand You planted them,
displacing nations;
You brought misfortune on peoples,
and drove them out.
3
Thou with Thy hand didst drive out the nations, and didst plant them in; Thou didst break the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים. הֲרֵעוֹתָ לְשִׁבְעָה אֻמּוֹת גְּדוֹלוֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתָּם מִפָּנֵינוּ, וְאַתָּה בְּיָדְךָ כֹּחֲךָ הוֹרַשְׁתָּם מִתּוֹךְ אַרְצָם וַתִּטָּעֵם לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּתוֹכָהּ:
You inflicted harm on kingdoms You inflicted harm on the seven great nations, You sent them out from before us, and with Your hand and Your strength You drove them out of their land and planted our forefathers in its midst.
ד׳
כִּ֤י לֹ֪א בְחַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ אָ֗רֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם֮ לֹא־הוֹשִׁ֪יעָ֫ה לָּ֥מוֹ כִּֽי־יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וּ֭זְרוֹעֲךָ וְא֥וֹר פָּנֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣י רְצִיתָֽם׃
4
It was not by their sword that they took the land,
their arm did not give them victory,
but Your right hand, Your arm, and Your goodwill,
for You favored them.
4
For not by their own sword did they get the land in possession, Neither did their own arm save them; but Thy right hand, and Thine arm, and the light of Thy countenance, because Thou wast favourable unto them.
רְצִיתָם. לְשׁוֹן רָצוֹן:
You favored them Heb. רציתם, an expression of favor.
ה׳
אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּע֥וֹת יַעֲקֹֽב׃
5
You are my king, O God;
decree victories for Jacob!
5
Thou art my King, O God; command the salvation of Jacob.
צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעוֹת יַעֲקֹב. גַּם לַבָּאִים אַחֲרֵינוּ:
command the salvations of Jacob Now too.
ו׳
בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃
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Through You we gore our foes;
by Your name we trample our adversaries;
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Through Thee do we push down our adversaries; through Thy name do we tread them under that rise up against us.
נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ. נִרְמֹס וְנִרְפֹּס אוֹיְבֵינוּ, לְשׁוֹן ״מִתְבּוֹסֶסֶת בְּדָמָיִךְ״ (יחזקאל טז:ו), ״תָּבוּס נֹפֶת״ (משלי כז:ז), ״וְהָיוּ כְגִבּוֹרִים בּוֹסִים בְּטִיט חוּצוֹת״ (זכריה י:ה):
we will trample those who rise up against us Heb. נבוס. We will tread and trample our enemies, an expression of (Ezek. 16:6): “wallowing (מתבוססת) in your blood”; (Prov. 27:7), “tramples (תבוס) honeycomb”; (Zech. 10:5), “And they shall be like mighty men, treading (בוסים) the mire of the streets.”
ז׳
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְקַשְׁתִּ֣י אֶבְטָ֑ח וְ֝חַרְבִּ֗י לֹ֣א תוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃
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I do not trust in my bow;
it is not my sword that gives me victory;
7
For I trust not in my bow, neither can my sword save me.
ח׳
כִּ֣י ה֭וֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵ֑ינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵ֥ינוּ הֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃
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You give us victory over our foes;
You thwart those who hate us.
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But Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
ט׳
בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִים הִלַּלְ֣נוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְשִׁמְךָ֓ ׀ לְעוֹלָ֖ם נוֹדֶ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃
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In God we glory at all times,
and praise Your name unceasingly. Selah.
9
In God have we gloried all the day, and we will give thanks unto Thy name for ever. Selah
י׳
אַף־זָ֭נַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵ֑נוּ וְלֹא־תֵ֝צֵ֗א בְּצִבְאוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
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Yet You have rejected and disgraced us;
You do not go with our armies.
10
Yet Thou hast cast off, and brought us to confusion; and goest not forth with our hosts.
אַף זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ. אַף אִם אַתָּה תַּכְלִימֵנוּ אָנוּ שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה:
Even if You have forsaken us and put us to shame Even if You put us to shame, we will forever thank Your name.
י"א
תְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּ אָ֭חוֹר מִנִּי־צָ֑ר וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֵ֗ינוּ שָׁ֣סוּ לָֽמוֹ׃
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You make us retreat before our foe;
our enemies plunder us at will.
11
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; and they that hate us spoil at their will.
תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ אָחוֹר. לְשׁוֹן הֹוֶה הוּא:
You make us retreat Heb. תשיבנו. This is a present tense.
שָׁסוּ לָמוֹ. בָּזְזוּ נְכָסֵינוּ אִישׁ לוֹ:
plunder for themselves They plunder our property, each man for himself.
י"ב
תִּ֭תְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן מַאֲכָ֑ל וּ֝בַגּוֹיִ֗ם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃
12
You let them devour us like sheep;
You disperse us among the nations.
12
Thou hast given us like sheep to be eaten; and hast scattered us among the nations.
זֵרִיתָנוּ. אֶפַנְדִישְׁנוֹ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:
You scatter us Epondis nous in Old French, tu nous repandis in modern French.
י"ג
תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ֥ בְלֹא־ה֑וֹן וְלֹ֥א־רִ֝בִּ֗יתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃
13
You sell Your people for no fortune,
You set no high price on them.
13
Thou sellest Thy people for small gain, and hast not set their prices high.
י"ד
תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵֽינוּ׃
14
You make us the butt of our neighbors,
the scorn and derision of those around us.
14
Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
ט"ו
תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭שָׁל בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם מְנֽוֹד־רֹ֝֗אשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃
15
You make us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstock among the peoples.
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Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
ט"ז
כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃
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I am always aware of my disgrace;
I am wholly covered with shame
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All the day is my confusion before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
י"ז
מִ֭קּוֹל מְחָרֵ֣ף וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף מִפְּנֵ֥י א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃
17
at the sound of taunting revilers,
in the presence of the vengeful foe.
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For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.
י"ח
כָּל־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְלֹ֣א שְׁכַחֲנ֑וּךָ וְלֹֽא־שִׁ֝קַּ֗רְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃
18
All this has come upon us,
yet we have not forgotten You,
or been false to Your covenant.
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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
י"ט
לֹא־נָס֣וֹג אָח֣וֹר לִבֵּ֑נוּ וַתֵּ֥ט אֲשֻׁרֵ֗ינוּ מִנִּ֥י אָרְחֶֽךָ׃
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Our hearts have not gone astray,
nor have our feet swerved from Your path,
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
כ׳
כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְק֣וֹם תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃
20
though You cast us, crushed, to where the sea monster is,
and covered us over with deepest darkness.
20
Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
כִּי דִכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקוֹם תַּנִּים. כִּי זֶה מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר: וְאַף כַּאֲשֶׁר הִשְׁפַּלְתָּנוּ בְּאֶרֶץ עֲרָבָה וְשׁוּחָה (ירמיהו ב:ו), מִדְבָּר מְקוֹם תַּנִּים, וְכִסִּיתָ עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָוֶת חֹשֶׁךְ, אַף בְּכָל זֹאת אִם שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ, הוּא יַחֲקֹר זֹאת, כִּי הוּא יוֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלֻמוֹת וְגוֹ׳:
when You crushed us in a place of serpents This כי serves as an expression of כאשר, when. Even when You humbled us in a land of plains and pits; [in] a desert, a place of serpents, and You covered us with the darkness of death - despite all this, if we forgot the name of our God, will God not search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
כ"א
אִם־שָׁ֭כַחְנוּ שֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וַנִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּ֝פֵּ֗ינוּ לְאֵ֣ל זָֽר׃
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If we forgot the name of our God
and spread forth our hands to a foreign god,
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If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; .
כ"ב
הֲלֹ֣א אֱ֭לֹהִים יַֽחֲקָר־זֹ֑את כִּֽי־ה֥וּא יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ תַּעֲלֻמ֥וֹת לֵֽב׃
22
God would surely search it out,
for He knows the secrets of the heart.
22
Would not God search this out? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
כ"ג
כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם נֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן טִבְחָֽה׃
23
It is for Your sake that we are slain all day long,
that we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23
Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה. כְּצֹאן שֶׁל טַבָּח:
as sheep for the slaughter As sheep of slaughter.
כ"ד
ע֤וּרָה ׀ לָ֖מָּה תִישַׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י הָ֝קִ֗יצָה אַל־תִּזְנַ֥ח לָנֶֽצַח׃
24
Rouse Yourself; why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awaken, do not reject us forever!
24
Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
כ"ה
לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃
25
Why do You hide Your face,
ignoring our affliction and distress?
25
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
כ"ו
כִּ֤י שָׁ֣חָה לֶעָפָ֣ר נַפְשֵׁ֑נוּ דָּבְקָ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ בִּטְנֵֽנוּ׃
26
We lie prostrate in the dust;
our body clings to the ground.
26
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
כ"ז
ק֭וּמָֽה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לָּ֑נוּ וּ֝פְדֵ֗נוּ לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃
27
Arise and help us,
redeem us, as befits Your faithfulness.
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Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy's sake.
וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ. אֵין אָנוּ בָּאִים בְּכֹחַ מַעֲשֵׂינוּ, אֶלָּא לְמַעַן חַסְדְּךָ עֲשֵׂה:
and redeem us for the sake of Your kindness We do not come with the power of our deeds, but do [this] for the sake of Your kindness.