א׳
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֑ית לִבְנֵי־קֹ֥רַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃
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For the leader; on the gittith. Of the Korahites. A psalm.
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For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
ב׳
מַה־יְּדִיד֥וֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶ֗יךָ יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃
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How lovely is Your dwelling-place,
O LORD of hosts.
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How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
מַה יְּדִידוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ. כַּמָּה אֲהוּבוֹת וַחֲבִיבוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ:
How beloved are Your dwelling places How beloved and dear are Your dwelling places!
ג׳
נִכְסְפָ֬ה וְגַם־כָּלְתָ֨ה ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ לְחַצְר֪וֹת יְה֫וָ֥ה לִבִּ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֑י יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ אֶ֣ל אֵֽל־חָֽי׃
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I long, I yearn for the courts of the LORD;
my body and soul shout for joy to the living God.
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My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh sing for joy unto the living God.
נִכְסְפָה. נֶחְמְדָה:
yearns Heb. נכספה Desires.
כָּלְתָה. נִתְאַוְּתָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַתְּכַל דָּוִד הַמֶּלֶךְ לָצֵאת אֶל אַבְשָׁלוֹם״ (שמואל ב יג:לט):
pines Heb. כלתה, desires, as (II Sam. 13:39): “And [the soul of] King David longed (ותכל) to go forth to Absalom.”
לְחַצְרוֹת ה׳. כִּי חָרְבוּ, וְעַל הַגָּלוּת אָמְרָה:
for the courts of the Lord for they have been destroyed, and he says this regarding the exile.
לִבִּי וּבְשָׂרִי יְרַנְּנוּ. יִתְפַּלְּלוּ עַל זֹאת:
my heart and my flesh pray fervently They pray for this.
ד׳
גַּם־צִפּ֨וֹר ׀ מָ֪צְאָה בַ֡יִת וּדְר֤וֹר ׀ קֵ֥ן לָהּ֮ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֪תָה אֶפְרֹ֫חֶ֥יהָ אֶֽת־מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת מַ֝לְכִּ֗י וֵאלֹהָֽי׃
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Even the sparrow has found a home,
and the swallow a nest for herself
in which to set her young,
near Your altar, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God.
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Yea, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, Where she may lay her young; Thine altars, O LORD of hosts, My King, and my God—
גַּם צִפּוֹר מָצְאָה בַיִת. בְּחֻרְבָּנוֹ קִנְּנוּ בוֹ הַצִּפֳּרִים. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: בְּבִנְיָנוֹ מְדַבֵּר, וְהַצִּפּוֹר הִיא כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל:
Even a bird found a house In its ruins, the birds have nested. According to Midrash Aggadah (Mid. Ps. 84:2), it speaks of [the Temple] when it is built, and the bird is the nation of Israel.
אֲשֶׁר שָׁתָה. שָׂמָה:
ה׳
אַ֭שְׁרֵי יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י בֵיתֶ֑ךָ ע֝֗וֹד יְֽהַלְל֥וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃
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Happy are those who dwell in Your house;
they forever praise You. Selah.
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Happy are they that dwell in Thy house, they are ever praising Thee. Selah
אַשְׁרֵי. מִי שֶׁיַּגִּיעַ עוֹד לֵישֵׁב בְּבֵיתֶךָ, וְעוֹד יְהַלְלוּךָ בְּתוֹכוֹ:
Fortunate is he who will yet merit to dwell in Your house, and they will yet praise you in its midst.
ו׳
אַשְׁרֵ֣י אָ֭דָם עֽוֹז־ל֥וֹ בָ֑ךְ מְ֝סִלּ֗וֹת בִּלְבָבָֽם׃
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Happy is the man who finds refuge in You,
whose mind is on the [pilgrim] highways.
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Happy is the man whose strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the highways.
עֹז לוֹ בָךְ. אֲשֶׁר שָׂם אוֹתְךָ עֹז מִבְטַחוֹ:
who has strength in You Who has made You the strength of his trust.
מְסִלּוֹת בִּלְבָבָם. מְחַשֵּׁב בְּלִבּוֹ מְסִלּוֹת דְּרָכָיו לְיַשֵּׁר אֶת דַּרְכּוֹ:
in whose heart are the highways Who thinks in his heart the paving of his ways, to straighten his way.
ז׳
עֹבְרֵ֤י ׀ בְּעֵ֣מֶק הַ֭בָּכָא מַעְיָ֣ן יְשִׁית֑וּהוּ גַּם־בְּ֝רָכ֗וֹת יַעְטֶ֥ה מוֹרֶֽה׃
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They pass through the Valley of Baca,
regarding it as a place of springs,
as if the early rain had covered it with blessing.
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Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; yea, the early rain clotheth it with blessings.
עוֹבְרֵי בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא. אוֹתָם הָעוֹבְרִים עַל דָּתְךָ, וְהִנָּם בְּעוּמְקָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנֹּם בִּבְכִי וִילָלָה:
Transgressors in the valley of weeping Those who transgress Your law behold, they are in the depth of Gehinnom with weeping and wailing.
מַעְיָן יְשִׁיתוּהוּ. בְּדִמְעוֹת עֵינֵיהֶם:
make it into a fountain with the tears of their eyes.
גַּם בְּרָכוֹת יַעְטֶה מוֹרֶה. מְבָרְכִים וּמוֹדִים לִשְׁמוֹ, וְאוֹמְרִים: יָפֶה דָּן אוֹתָנוּ וֶאֱמֶת דִּינוֹ, וּבְרָכוֹת יַעֲטֶה לָנוּ הַמּוֹרִים אוֹתָנוּ לָלֶכֶת בְּדֶרֶךְ הַטּוֹב, וְלֹא שָׁמַעְנוּ לוֹ:
also with blessings they enwrap [their] Teacher They bless and thank His name and say, “He judged us fairly, and His judgment is true.” (Another explanation: Shem Ephraim) And the one who taught us to follow the good way enwraps us with blessings, but we did not obey him.
ח׳
יֵ֭לְכוּ מֵחַ֣יִל אֶל־חָ֑יִל יֵרָאֶ֖ה אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים בְּצִיּֽוֹן׃
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They go from rampart to rampart,
appearing before God in Zion.
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They go from strength to strength, every one of them appeareth before God in Zion.
יֵלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִל. אוֹתָם הַנִּזְכָּרִים לְמַעְלָה יוֹשְׁבֵי בֵיתֶךָ אֲשֶׁר מְסִלּוֹת בִּלְבָבָם):
They go from host to host Those mentioned above, who dwell in Your house, in whose heart are the highways.
מֵחַיִל אֶל חָיִל. מִבֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, וְיֵרָאֶה צְבָאָם וְחֵילָם אֶל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּצִיּוֹן:
from host to host From the study-hall to the synagogue, and their host and army will appear to the Holy One, blessed be He, in Zion.
ט׳
יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהִ֣ים צְ֭בָאוֹת שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י הַאֲזִ֨ינָה אֱלֹהֵ֖י יַעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃
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O LORD, God of hosts,
hear my prayer;
give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah
שִׁמְעָה תְפִלָּתִי. לִבְנוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ:
hearken to my prayer to build Your house.
י׳
מָ֭גִנֵּנוּ רְאֵ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ֝הַבֵּ֗ט פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃
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O God, behold our shield,
look upon the face of Your anointed.
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Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed.
מָגִנֵּנוּ. הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַמֵּגִין עָלֵינוּ:
our shield That is the Temple, which protects us.
וְהַבֵּט פְּנֵי (דָּוִד) מְשִׁיחֶךָ. וְהִסְתַּכֵּל בְּחֲסָדָיו וּבְטָרְחוֹ אֲשֶׁר טָרַח וְיָגַע עַל בִּנְיָנוֹ:
look at the face of David Your anointed, and ponder his acts of kindness and his toil, by which he toiled and wearied himself in its building.
י"א
כִּ֤י טֽוֹב־י֥וֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף בָּחַ֗רְתִּי הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהַ֑י מִ֝דּ֗וּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃
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Better one day in Your courts than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather stand at the threshold of God’s house
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
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For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
כִּי טוֹב יוֹם. אֶחָד בַּחֲצֵרֶיךָ וּלְמָחָר יָמוּת, מִלִּחְיוֹת אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר:
For a day is better [To live] one [day] in Your courts and die the next [is better than] to live a thousand years someplace else.
בָּחַרְתִּי הִסְתּוֹפֵף. עַל הַסַּף וְעַל הַמְּזוּזוֹת לִשְׁקוֹד:
I chose to sit on the threshold Heb. הסתופף, to sit habitually on the threshold and by the doorpost.
מִדּוּר בְּאָהֳלֵי רֶשַׁע. מִלִּהְיוֹת דָּר בְּשַׁלְוָה בְּאָהֳלֵי עֵשָׂו הָרָשָׁע לְהִדָּבֵק בָּהֶם:
rather than dwell in tents of wickedness rather than dwell tranquilly in the tents of the wicked Esau, to cleave to them.
י"ב
כִּ֤י שֶׁ֨מֶשׁ ׀ וּמָגֵן֮ יְהוָ֪ה אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים חֵ֣ן וְ֭כָבוֹד יִתֵּ֣ן יְהוָ֑ה לֹ֥א יִמְנַע־ט֝֗וֹב לַֽהֹלְכִ֥ים בְּתָמִֽים׃
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For the LORD God is sun and shield;
the LORD bestows grace and glory;
He does not withhold His bounty from those who live without blame.
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For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD giveth grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
כִּי שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמָגֵן. יֵשׁ לִפְתֹּר שֶׁמֶשׁ כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, וּמִדְרַשׁ תְּהִלִּים פּוֹתְרוֹ לְשׁוֹן שִׁנֵּי חוֹמָה:
For a sun and a shield שמש may be interpreted according to its apparent meaning, but Midrash Psalms interprets it as an expression of the points of the wall.
י"ג
יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת אַֽשְׁרֵ֥י אָ֝דָ֗ם בֹּטֵ֥חַ בָּֽךְ׃
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O LORD of hosts,
happy is the man who trusts in You.
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O LORD of hosts, happy is the man that trusteth in Thee.