א׳
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־ידיתון [יְדוּת֗וּן] לְאָסָ֥ף מִזְמֽוֹר׃
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For the leader; on Jeduthun.
Of Asaph. A psalm.
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For the Leader; for Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.
עַל יְדוּתוּן. עַל הַדָּתוֹת וְעַל הַדִּינִין הָעוֹבְרִים עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:
on jeduthun Concerning the decrees and the laws that pass over Israel.
ב׳
קוֹלִ֣י אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאֶצְעָ֑קָה קוֹלִ֥י אֶל־אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים וְהַאֲזִ֥ין אֵלָֽי׃
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I cry aloud to God;
I cry to God that He may give ear to me.
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I will lift up my voice unto God, an cry; I will lift up my voice unto God, that He may give ear unto me.
ג׳
בְּי֥וֹם צָרָתִי֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי יָדִ֤י ׀ לַ֣יְלָה נִ֭גְּרָה וְלֹ֣א תָפ֑וּג מֵאֲנָ֖ה הִנָּחֵ֣ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃
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In my time of distress I turn to the Lord,
with my hand [uplifted];
[my eyes] flow all night without respite;
I will not be comforted.
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In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; With my hand uplifted, [mine eye] streameth in the night without ceasing; My soul refuseth to be comforted.
יָדִי. מַכָּתִי:
my wound Heb. ידי, lit. my hand; my wound.
לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה. בַּגָּלוּת זֶה שֶׁהוּא כְּלַיְלָה, הִיא נִגְּרָה לֵחָה וּמָרָה:
my wound oozes In this exile, which is like night, it oozes pus and gall.
וְלֹא תָפוּג. וְלֹא תִדְמֶה נִגְּרָתָהּ:
and does not abate Its oozing does not abate.
ד׳
אֶזְכְּרָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים וְאֶֽהֱמָיָ֑ה אָשִׂ֓יחָה ׀ וְתִתְעַטֵּ֖ף רוּחִ֣י סֶֽלָה׃
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I call God to mind, I moan,
I complain, my spirit fails. Selah.
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When I think thereon, O God, I must moan; When I muse thereon, my spirit fainteth. Selah .
אֶזְכְּרָה אֱלֹהִים. הַחֶסֶד שֶׁהָיָה רָגִיל לַעֲשׂוֹת לִי בִּימֵי חִבָּתִי:
I remember God The kindness that He used to do for me in the days of my love.
אָשִׂיחָה. בְּאוֹתָן חֲסָדִים וְטוֹבוֹת:
I speak about those acts of kindness and the favors.
וְתִתְעַטֵּף רוּחִי. פַּשְׁמִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:
and my spirit becomes faint Pasmer in Old French, to faint or swoon.
ה׳
אָ֭חַזְתָּ שְׁמֻר֣וֹת עֵינָ֑י נִ֝פְעַ֗מְתִּי וְלֹ֣א אֲדַבֵּֽר׃
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You have held my eyelids open;
I am overwrought, I cannot speak.
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Thou holdest fast the lids of mine eyes; I am troubled, and cannot speak.
אָחַזְתָּ שְׁמֻרוֹת עֵינָי. שְׁמוּרוֹת לְשׁוֹן אַשְׁמוּרוֹת הַלַּיְלָה, שֶׁאָדָם נֵעוֹר מִשְּׁנָתוֹ וְדַעְתּוֹ מְיֻשֶּׁבֶת וְלִבּוֹ חוֹזֵר עָלָיו. וַאֲנִי אֵינִי כֵּן בַּלַּיְלָה זוֹ שֶׁל גָּלוּת: תָּמִיד עֵינַי נִדְבָּקוֹת, כְּאָדָם נִרְדָּם מֵאֹטֶם לֵב. בַּצָּרוֹת שֶׁאֲנִי רוֹאֶה נִפְעֲמָה רוּחִי וְאֵין הַדִּבּוּר בִּי:
You held fast the awakenings of my eyes Heb. שמרות, an expression of the watch (אשמרת) of the night, for [when] a person awakens from his sleep his mind is settled and his heart returns to him, but I am not like that. In this night of exile, my eyes are always stuck together, like a man sleeping from a clogged heart, and in the troubles that I see, my spirit throbs and I have no speech within me.
ו׳
חִשַּׁ֣בְתִּי יָמִ֣ים מִקֶּ֑דֶם שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת עוֹלָמִֽים׃
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My thoughts turn to days of old,
to years long past.
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I have pondered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
חִשַּׁבְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם. לִזְכֹּר הַחֲסָדִים שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִם אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:
I think of the days of yore to remember the kind acts that You performed for our forefathers.
ז׳
אֶֽזְכְּרָ֥ה נְגִינָתִ֗י בַּ֫לָּ֥יְלָה עִם־לְבָבִ֥י אָשִׂ֑יחָה וַיְחַפֵּ֥שׂ רוּחִֽי׃
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I recall at night their jibes at me;
I commune with myself;
my spirit inquires,
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In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search
אֶזְכְּרָה נְגִינָתִי בַּלָּיְלָה. בִּימֵי הַגָּלוּת הַזֶּה הַדּוֹמֶה לַלַּיְלָה אֲנִי זוֹכֵר אֶת נְגִינוֹתַי שֶׁהָיִיתִי מְנַגֵּן בִּימֵי קֶדֶם בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:
I recall my music at night In the days of this exile, which is like night, I remember my melodies that I used to play in days of yore in the Temple.
עִם לְבָבִי אָשִׂיחָה. אֲנִי מְחַשֵּׁב וְרוּחִי מְחַפֵּשׂ (פסיקתא רבתי יז), מַה הִיא כֵּן מִדָּתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וַאֲנִי תָּמֵהַּ: הַלְּעוֹלָמִים יִזְנַח?
I speak with my heart I think, and my spirit searches [to ascertain] what is the manner of the Holy One, blessed be He, and I wonder: will He forsake [me] forever?
ח׳
הַֽ֭לְעוֹלָמִים יִזְנַ֥ח ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י וְלֹֽא־יֹסִ֖יף לִרְצ֣וֹת עֽוֹד׃
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“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?
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'Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will He be favourable no more?
ט׳
הֶאָפֵ֣ס לָנֶ֣צַח חַסְדּ֑וֹ גָּ֥מַר אֹ֝֗מֶר לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃
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Has His faithfulness disappeared forever?
Will His promise be unfulfilled for all time?
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Is His mercy clean gone for ever? Is His promise come to an end for evermore?
הֶאָפֵס. שֶׁמָּא כָּלָה חַסְדּוֹ?
Has...ended forever Perhaps His kind acts have ended?
גָּמַר אֹמֶר. גְּזֵרַת עוֹלָם שֶׁלֹּא יָשׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹנוֹ עוֹד?
Has He issued a decree a perpetual decree that He will never again repent of His anger?
י׳
הֲשָׁכַ֣ח חַנּ֣וֹת אֵ֑ל אִם־קָפַ֥ץ בְּ֝אַ֗ף רַחֲמָ֥יו סֶֽלָה׃
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Has God forgotten how to pity?
Has He in anger stifled His compassion?” Selah.
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Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath He in anger shut up his compassions?' Selah
הֲשָׁכַח חַנּוֹת. לִהְיוֹת חוֹנֵן, חַנּוֹת כְּמוֹ ״עֲשׂוֹת״ (בראשית ב:ד) ״רְאוֹת״ (שמות י:כח), לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: חַנּוֹת חֲנִינוֹת:
Has...forgotten to be gracious Heb. חנות, to be gracious, like עשוֹת, to do; ראוֹת, to see. Another explanation: חנות means gracious acts.
אִם קָפַץ בְּאַף רַחֲמָיו סֶלָה. לְשׁוֹן ״לֹא תִקְפֹּץ יָדְךָ״ (דברים טו:ז), כְּלוֹמַר אִם סָגַר הָרַחֲמִים לְעוֹלָם בִּשְׁבִיל הַחֵמָה:
Has He, in anger, shut off His mercy forever Heb. קפץ, an expression of (Deut. 15:7): “and do not close (תקפץ) your hand,” i.e., has He shut off the mercy forever because of the anger?
י"א
וָ֭אֹמַר חַלּ֣וֹתִי הִ֑יא שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת יְמִ֣ין עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
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And I said, “It is my fault
that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
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And I say 'This is my weakness, That the right hand of the Most High could change.
וָאֹמַר חַלּוֹתִי הִיא. מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי אוֹמֶרֶת כִּי אֵין זֹאת אֶלָּא לְהַחֲלוֹתִי וּלְיָרְאֵנִי לָשׁוּב אֵלָיו:
And I said, “This is to terrify me” My thoughts tell me, “This is only to terrify me and frighten me into returning to Him.”
חַלּוֹתִי. כְּמוֹ לְחַלּוֹתִי, לְשׁוֹן חֹלִי וְחִיל:
to terrify me Heb. חלותי, like לחלוֹתי, to terrify me, an expression of sickness and terror.
שְׁנוֹת יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן. אֶת אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁתַּנֵּית יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן, שֶׁהָיְתָה נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ רוֹעֶצֶת אוֹיֵב (שמות טו:ו), וְעַכְשָׁיו הֵשִׁיב אָחוֹר יְמִינוֹ (איכה ב:ג):
the change of the right hand of the Most High How the right hand of the Most High changed. It was mighty with strength and now He has withdrawn His right hand.
י"ב
אזכיר [אֶזְכּ֥וֹר] מַֽעַלְלֵי־יָ֑הּ כִּֽי־אֶזְכְּרָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם פִּלְאֶֽךָ׃
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I recall the deeds of the LORD;
yes, I recall Your wonders of old;
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I will make mention of the deeds of the LORD; Yea, I will remember Thy wonders of old.
י"ג
וְהָגִ֥יתִי בְכָל־פָּעֳלֶ֑ךָ וּֽבַעֲלִ֖ילוֹתֶ֣יךָ אָשִֽׂיחָה׃
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I recount all Your works;
I speak of Your acts.
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I will meditate also upon all Thy work, And muse on Thy doings.'
וְהָגִיתִי בְכָל פָּעֳלֶךָ. שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לָנוּ כְּבָר:
And I meditate over all Your works that You have already done for us.
י"ד
אֱ֭לֹהִים בַּקֹּ֣דֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ מִי־אֵ֥ל גָּ֝ד֗וֹל כֵּֽאלֹהִֽים׃
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O God, Your ways are holiness;
what god is as great as God?
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O God, Thy way is in holiness; Who is a great god like unto God?
בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּךָ. דֶּרֶךְ מִדָּתְךָ לְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת שִׁמְךָ בָּעוֹלָם, לַעֲשׂוֹת דִּין בָּרְשָׁעִים:
Your way is in sanctity Your manner is to sanctify Your name in the world, to execute justice upon the wicked.
ט"ו
אַתָּ֣ה הָ֭אֵל עֹ֣שֵׂה פֶ֑לֶא הוֹדַ֖עְתָּ בָעַמִּ֣ים עֻזֶּֽךָ׃
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You are the God who works wonders;
You have manifested Your strength among the peoples.
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Thou art the God that doest wonders; Thou hast made known Thy strength among the peoples.
ט"ז
גָּאַ֣לְתָּ בִּזְר֣וֹעַ עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּנֵי־יַעֲקֹ֖ב וְיוֹסֵ֣ף סֶֽלָה׃
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By Your arm You redeemed Your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
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Thou hast with Thine arm redeemed Thy people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
י"ז
רָ֘א֤וּךָ מַּ֨יִם ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים רָא֣וּךָ מַּ֣יִם יָחִ֑ילוּ אַ֝֗ף יִרְגְּז֥וּ תְהֹמֽוֹת׃
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The waters saw You, O God,
the waters saw You and were convulsed;
the very deep quaked as well.
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The waters saw Thee, O God; The waters saw Thee, they were in pain; The depths also trembled.
רָאוּךָ מַיִם. רַבִּים כְּשֶׁנִּגְלֵיתָ עַל הַיָּם (שמות יד:כא):
The waters perceived You [The] mighty [waters perceived You] when You were revealed by the sea.
י"ח
זֹ֤רְמוּ מַ֨יִם ׀ עָב֗וֹת ק֭וֹל נָתְנ֣וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים אַף־חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָ יִתְהַלָּֽכוּ׃
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Clouds streamed water;
the heavens rumbled;
Your arrows flew about;
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The clouds flooded forth waters; The skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad.
זֹרְמוּ מַיִם עָבוֹת. שְׁחָקִים נָטְפוּ זֶרֶם מַיִם עָבִים:
They poured forth thick waters The skies poured forth a stream of thick waters.
חֲצָצֶיךָ. כְּמוֹ חִצֶּיךָ:
Your arrows Heb. חצציך, like חִצֶיךָ.
י"ט
ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃
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Your thunder rumbled like wheels;
lightning lit up the world;
the earth quaked and trembled.
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The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lighted up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
בַּגַּלְגַּל. כְּמוֹ כַּגַּלְגַּל, קוֹל רַעַמְךָ כַּגַּלְגַּל עַל הַיָּם לָהוּם אֶת מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם (שמות יד:כד):
like a wheel Heb. בגלגל, like כגלגל. The sound of Your thunder [rolled] like a wheel on the sea to confuse the camp of the Egyptians.
כ׳
בַּיָּ֤ם דַּרְכֶּ֗ךָ ושביליך [וּֽ֭שְׁבִֽילְךָ] בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝עִקְּבוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נֹדָֽעוּ׃
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Your way was through the sea,
Your path, through the mighty waters;
Your tracks could not be seen.
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Thy way was in the sea, And Thy path in the great waters, And Thy footsteps were not known.
וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ לֹא נוֹדָעוּ. אֵין הַפְּסִיעוֹת נִכָּרוֹת עַל הַמַּיִם. וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ טְרַצְ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:
and Your steps were not known The steps are not recognizable on the water. [The word] ועקבותיךָ means trazes in Old French, footprints.
כ"א
נָחִ֣יתָ כַצֹּ֣אן עַמֶּ֑ךָ בְּֽיַד־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְאַהֲרֹֽן׃
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You led Your people like a flock
in the care of Moses and Aaron.
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Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock, By the hand of Moses and Aaron.