א׳
תְּפִלָּה֮ לְמֹשֶׁ֪ה אִֽישׁ־הָאֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים אֲֽדֹנָ֗י מָע֣וֹן אַ֭תָּה הָיִ֥יתָ לָּ֗נוּ בְּדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃
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A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
O Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation.
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A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.
תְּפִלָּה לְמֹשֶׁה. אַחַד עָשָׂר מִזְמוֹרִים מִכָּאן עַד ״לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר״ (תהלים קא:א), כֻּלָּם מֹשֶׁה אֲמָרָם. כְּנֶגְדָּם בֵּרַךְ אַחַד עָשָׂר בְּרָכוֹת לְאַחַד עָשָׂר שְׁבָטִים בְּזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה (דברים לג:א):
A prayer of Moses Moses recited all the eleven psalms from here to (ch. 101) “Of David, a song.” Corresponding to them, he [Moses] blessed eleven tribes with eleven blessings, in (Deut. 33): “And this is the blessing.”
מָעוֹן אַתָּה הָיִיתָ לָּנוּ. מָעוֹן מָדוֹר וּמָנוֹס לָבֹא שָׁם הָיִיתָ לָנוּ:
You have been our dwelling place Heb. מעון, an abode and a refuge in which to enter. [That is what] You have been for us.
בְּדֹר וָדֹר. מֵעוֹלָם, כִּי אַתָּה מִקֶּדֶם הַכֹּל הָיִיתָ:
throughout all generations From time immemorial, for You preceded all.
ב׳
בְּטֶ֤רֶם ׀ הָ֘רִ֤ים יֻלָּ֗דוּ וַתְּח֣וֹלֵֽל אֶ֣רֶץ וְתֵבֵ֑ל וּֽמֵעוֹלָ֥ם עַד־ע֝וֹלָ֗ם אַתָּ֥ה אֵֽל׃
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Before the mountains came into being,
before You brought forth the earth and the world,
from eternity to eternity You are God.
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Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים יוּלָּדוּ. נִבְרְאוּ, וּבְטֶרֶם חוֹלַלְתָּ אֶרֶץ וְתֵבֵל. וּמֵעוֹלָם רִאשׁוֹן וְעַד עוֹלָם אַחֲרוֹן אַתָּה אֵל:
Before the mountains were born [i.e., before they] were created, and before You brought forth the earth and the inhabited world, and from the first world to the last world, You are God.
ג׳
תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃
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You return man to dust;
You decreed, “Return you mortals!”
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Thou turnest man to contrition; And sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'
תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא. מֵבִיא אַתָּה יִסּוּרִין עַל הָאָדָם עַד שֶׁאַתָּה מַחֲזִירוֹ לִהְיוֹת תְּשׁוּשׁ כֹּחַ וְקָרוֹב לַמָּוֶת, וַתֹּאמֶר לוֹ בְּיִסּוּרִין שׁוּבוּ בְנֵי אָדָם מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם הָרָעִים:
You bring man to the crushing point You bring agonies upon man until You reduce him to a weakened state, near death, and You tell him with these agonies, “Return, O sons of men from your evil ways.”
ד׳
כִּ֤י אֶ֪לֶף שָׁנִ֡ים בְּֽעֵינֶ֗יךָ כְּי֣וֹם אֶ֭תְמוֹל כִּ֣י יַעֲבֹ֑ר וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה בַלָּֽיְלָה׃
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For in Your sight a thousand years
are like yesterday that has passed,
like a watch of the night.
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For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night.
כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ. אֶלֶף שָׁנִים שֶׁל בְּנֵי אָדָם הֵם כְּיוֹם אֶחָד שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְעוֹד מִן הַלַּיְלָה עִמּוֹ, כִּי יוֹם אֶחָד שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּמְעַט מִן הַלַּיְלָה שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֵם אֶלֶף שָׁנִים, שֶׁהֲרֵי לֹא אָמַר הַכָּתוּב שֶׁיְּהֵא יוֹמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶחָד כְּאֶלֶף שָׁנִים, אֲבָל כְּשֶׁיָּצָא מְעַט מִן הַלַּיְלָה עִמּוֹ אָז יוֹמוֹ שָׁלֵם וַהֲוֵי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים, וּלְכָךְ מֵת אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן תּוֹךְ אֶלֶף, שֶׁאִם הָיָה חַי אֶלֶף הָיָה יוֹתֵר מִיּוֹמוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. וְשֶׁמָּא שִׁעוּר אוֹתָהּ אַשְׁמוּרָה הוּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁיֵּשׁ מִמִּיתַת אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן עַד אֶלֶף שָׁנִים, וַאֲנַן לֹא יָדְעִינָן כַּמָּה הֲוֵי אוֹתָהּ אַשְׁמוּרָה כִּי אִם מִסְּבָרָא (מצאתי). כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְגוֹ׳. וּכְשֶׁעָלְתָה תְשׁוּבָה בְּדַעְתְּךָ מִתְּחִלָּה יָפֶה דַּנְתָּ וּבָרָאתָ אוֹתָהּ, וּרְאוּיִין הָיוּ הַשָּׁנִים לְכָךְ לְפִי (שֶׁלֹּא) הָיוּ יְמֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם רַבִּים שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֶלָּא כְּיוֹם הוֹלֵךְ שֶׁעָבַר וְחָלַף וּמְעַט מִן הַלַּיְלָה עִמּוֹ, שֶׁהֲרֵי אָמַרְתָּ לְאָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן (בראשית ב:יז) ״כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת״ וְחָיָה תְּשַׁע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה, נִמְצְאוּ אֶלֶף שָׁנִים עוֹלִים לְיוֹם שָׁלֵם וּמְעַט מִן הַלַּיְלָה עִמּוֹ:
For a thousand years are in Your eyes A thousand years of man are like one day of the Holy One, blessed be He, and part of the night with it; for one day of the Holy One, blessed He, and a little of the night of the Holy One, blessed be He, are a thousand years, for the text does not say that the day of the Holy One, blessed be He, is like a thousand years, but that when a little of the night elapses with it, then His day is complete, and it is a thousand years. Therefore, Adam died within a thousand [years] for had he lived a thousand [years] it would be more than the day of the Holy One, blessed be He. Perhaps the amount of that watch equals the time from the death of Adam until a thousand years, but we do not know how much that watch was, except from conjecture. I found [this]: For a thousand years are in Your eyes, etc. And when repentance came into Your thoughts from the beginning, You judged well and created it. Now those years were appropriate for it because people’s days were many, so that a thousand years were in Your eyes like one passing day, which passed and was gone, with a little of the night with it, for You said to Adam (Gen. 2:17): “for on the day you eat of it, you will surely die,” and he lived nine hundred and thirty years. We find that a thousand years equal one whole day and a little of the night with it.
כְּיוֹם אֶתְמוֹל כִּי יַעֲבֹר. שֶׁכְּבָר עָבַר:
like yesterday, which passed Which already passed.
ה׳
זְ֭רַמְתָּם שֵׁנָ֣ה יִהְי֑וּ בַּ֝בֹּ֗קֶר כֶּחָצִ֥יר יַחֲלֹֽף׃
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You engulf men in sleep;
at daybreak they are like grass that renews itself;
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Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
זְרַמְתָּם שֵׁנָה יִהְיוּ. עַכְשָׁיו חֲטַפְתָּם לְאוֹתָם הַשָּׁנִים וַהֲבֵאתָם לְיָמִים מוּעָטִים, שֶׁאֵינָם אֶלָּא כְּשֵׁנַת תְּנוּמָה; שֶׁשְּׁנֵי הַדּוֹרוֹת שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הֵם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסוֹף הָעִנְיָן: יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, וְהֵם חֲשׁוּבִים שֵׁנָה אַחַת; כְּעִנְיָן (תהלים קכו:א) ״בְּשׁוּב ה׳ אֶת שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים״, וְעַל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה שֶׁל גָּלוּת בָּבֶל נֶאֱמַר:
You carry them away as a flood; they are like a sleep Now you have seized those years and had them become a few days, which are merely like a sleep of slumber, for the years of the generations are seventy years, as is explained at the end of the chapter: “The days of our years because of them are seventy years,” and they are regarded as one sleep. As the matter that is said (below 126:1) “When the Lord returns the returnees to Zion, we shall be like dreamers.” This was stated regarding the Babylonian exile, which lasted seventy years.
זְרַמְתָּם. לְשׁוֹן שְׁטִיפָה, כְּמוֹ ״זֶרֶם מַיִם״ (חבקוק ג:י):
You carry them away as a flood Heb. זרמתם, an expression of flooding, as (Hab. 3:10): “A stream (זרם) of water.”
בַּבֹּקֶר כֶּחָצִיר יַחֲלֹף. הַנּוֹלָד בַּלַּיְלָה מֵת בַּבֹּקֶר, לְסוֹף הַשֵּׁנָה; וְאִם
in the morning, like grass it passes away If one is born at night, he dies in the morning at the end of his sleep. And if,...
ו׳
בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃
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at daybreak it flourishes anew;
by dusk it withers and dries up.
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In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
בַּבֹּקֶר יָצִיץ. מִיָּד חָלַף, וְעַד בֹּא הָעֶרֶב יְמוֹלֵל וְיָבֵשׁ, לָמָּה?
In the morning, it blossoms it passes away immediately, and when evening comes, it is cut off and withered. Why?
ז׳
כִּֽי־כָלִ֥ינוּ בְאַפֶּ֑ךָ וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ נִבְהָֽלְנוּ׃
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So we are consumed by Your anger,
terror-struck by Your fury.
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For we are consumed in Thine anger, And by Thy wrath are we hurried away.
כִּי כָלִינוּ בְאַפֶּךָ וְגוֹ׳. וְעַל כָּל זֹאת:
For we perish from Your wrath, and from Your anger, etc. That is to say: And because of all this,...
ח׳
שת [שַׁתָּ֣ה] עֲוֺנֹתֵ֣ינוּ לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ לִמְא֥וֹר פָּנֶֽיךָ׃
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You have set our iniquities before You,
our hidden sins in the light of Your face.
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Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.
שַׁתָּה עֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ לְנֶגְדֶּךָ, וְאֶת עֲלֻמֵנוּ – אֶת חַטֹּאת נְעוּרֵינוּ, שַׂמְתָּ לִמְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ:
You have placed our iniquities before You and our youth, the sins of our youth, You have placed before the light of Your countenance.
עֲלֻמֵינוּ. נְעוּרֵינוּ, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א יז:נו) ״בֶּן מִי זֶה הָעֶלֶם״:
our youth Heb. עלמנו, our youth, as (I Sam. 17:56): “whose son is this youth (העלם).”
לִמְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ. לְמוּלְךָ לְהַבִּיט בָּהֶם:
before the light of Your countenance opposite You and to look at them.
ט׳
כִּ֣י כָל־יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ כְמוֹ־הֶֽגֶה׃
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All our days pass away in Your wrath;
we spend our years like a sigh.
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For all our days are passed away in Thy wrath; We bring our years to an end as a tale that is told.
פָּנוּ בְעֶבְרָתֶךָ. וּפָנוּ וְנִבְעֲרוּ וְהָלְכוּ לָהֶם בְּעֶבְרָתֶךָ:
have passed away in Your anger Have turned, have been cleared away, and have gone away in Your anger.
כְּמוֹ הֶגֶה. כְּדִבּוּר הַמְּמַהֵר לִכְלוֹת:
as a murmur Like speech, which hastens to disappear.
י׳
יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּ בָהֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה וְאִ֤ם בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת ׀ שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים שָׁנָ֗ה וְ֭רָהְבָּם עָמָ֣ל וָאָ֑וֶן כִּי־גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃
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The span of our life is seventy years,
or, given the strength, eighty years;
but the best of them are trouble and sorrow.
They pass by speedily, and we are in darkness.
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The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but travail and vanity; For it is speedily gone, and we fly away.
יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה. שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ אֵלֶּה בַּעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ אֵלֶּה וּבַעֲלוּמֵינוּ אֵלֶּה שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה הֵם:
The days of our years because of them are seventy years The days of these years of ours, because of these iniquities of ours and because of these sins of our youth, are seventy years.
וְאִם בִּגְבוּרוֹת. וְאִם הַרְבֵּה גָּבְרוּ יָמָיו, שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה הֵם:
and if with increase And if his days are much increased, they are eighty years.
וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן. וְכָל הַגְּדֻלָּה וְהַשְּׂרָרָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ לָאָדָם בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה אֵינָם אֶלָּא עָמָל וָאָוֶן, וְלָמָּה? שֶׁהֲרֵי כִּי גָז חִישׁ וַנָּעֻפָה. בְּתוֹךְ עֶבְרָה מַהֵר אָנוּ עָפִים וּמֵתִים:
but their pride is toil and pain But all the greatness and the dominion that a person enjoys in these days are only toil and pain. Why? Because it passes quickly and we fly away. During its swift passing, we fly away and die.
גָּז. לְשׁוֹן הַעֲבָרָה, כְּמוֹ ״נָגֹזּוּ וְעָבָר״ (נחום א:יב), ״וַיָּגָז שַׂלְוִים מִן הַיָּם״ (במדבר יא:לא):
it passes Heb. גז, an expression of passing, as (Nahum 1:12): “they have crossed (נגוזו)”; (Num. 11: 31), “and drove (ויגז) quails up from the sea.”
י"א
מִֽי־י֭וֹדֵעַ עֹ֣ז אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗ עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃
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Who can know Your furious anger?
Your wrath matches the fear of You.
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Who knoweth the power of Thine anger, And Thy wrath according to the fear that is due unto Thee?
מִי יוֹדֵעַ עֹז אַפֶּךָ. בְּיָמִים מוּעָטִים כָּאֵלֶּה מִי יִקְנֶה לוֹ לֵב לָדַעַת אֶת עֹז אַפְּךָ לְיִרְאָה אוֹתְךָ, וְאַתָּה כְיִרְאָתְךָ עֶבְרָתֶךָ. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאַתָּה יָרָאוּי כֵּן עֶבְרָתְךָ קָשָׁה, וְנִפְרָע מִן הַחוֹטְאִים:
Who knows the might of Your wrath In these few days, who can acquire intelligence to know the might of Your wrath and to fear You, and as for You—Your fear is Your anger. Just as You are feared, so is Your anger harsh, and You exact retribution from the sinners.
י"ב
לִמְנ֣וֹת יָ֭מֵינוּ כֵּ֣ן הוֹדַ֑ע וְ֝נָבִ֗א לְבַ֣ב חָכְמָֽה׃
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Teach us to count our days rightly,
that we may obtain a wise heart.
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So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע. כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּתְּחִלָּה, הוֹדַע בָּעוֹלָם אֶת מִנְיַן יָמֵינוּ אֲרֻכִּים, וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנַּאֲרִיךְ יָמִים, נוּכַל לִקְנוֹת לֵב וְנָבִיא בְּתוֹכָם לְבַב חָכְמָה. וְנָבִיא לְשׁוֹן הֲבָאָה (בבא בתרא יב.). (וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן, כִּמְנִין כ״ן – שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, וְנָמוּת לְפִי שִׁעוּר יָמֵינוּ שֶׁהֵן מְעַט, כֵּן תְּיַסֵּר אוֹתָנוּ וְכֵן ״וַיֹּדֵעַ בָּהֶם אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת״ (שופטים ח:טז) (ס״א אינו)):
So teach the number of our days And just as in the beginning, make known in the world the number of our long days, and since we enjoy longevity, we will be able to acquire intelligence, and we will acquire in them a heart of wisdom. The word נביא is an expression of bringing [rather than of a prophet. Cf. B.B. 12a, Targum ad. loc, Redak below]. (Some say: According to the number of our days כן, according to the numerical value of כן, seventy years. He says: According to the number of our years, which are few, so shall You chastise us, as [Jud. 8:16]: “and with them he chastised (ויודע) the men of Succoth.” This does not appear in all editions.)
י"ג
שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה עַד־מָתָ֑י וְ֝הִנָּחֵ֗ם עַל־עֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃
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Turn, O LORD!
How long?
Show mercy to Your servants.
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Return, O LORD; how long? And let it repent Thee concerning Thy servants.
שׁוּבָה ה׳. מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּךָ:
Return, O Lord from Your burning wrath.
וְהִנָּחֵם. חֲשׁוֹב מַחֲשָׁבָה טוֹבָה עַל עֲבָדֶיךָ:
And repent Think well about Your servants.
י"ד
שַׂבְּעֵ֣נוּ בַבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ וּֽנְרַנְּנָ֥ה וְ֝נִשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּכָל־יָמֵֽינוּ׃
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Satisfy us at daybreak with Your steadfast love
that we may sing for joy all our days.
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O satisfy us in the morning with Thy mercy; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
שַׂבְּעֵנוּ בַבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ. בְּיוֹם הַגְּאֻלָּה וְהַתְּשׁוּעָה, שֶׁהוּא בֹּקֶר לְלֵיל הַצָּרָה וְהָאֲנָחָה וְהַחֲשֵׁכָה:
Satiate us in the morning On the day of the redemption and the salvation, which is the morning of the night of the trouble, the sighing, and the darkness.
וּנְרַנְּנָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בְּכָל יָמֵינוּ. כְּלוֹמַר בְּכָל הַצָּרוֹת שֶׁעָבְרוּ עָלֵינוּ בְּיָמֵינוּ אֵלֶּה:
and let us sing praises and rejoice with all our days i.e., with all the troubles that passed over us in these days of ours.
ט"ו
שַׂ֭מְּחֵנוּ כִּימ֣וֹת עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ שְׁ֝נ֗וֹת רָאִ֥ינוּ רָעָֽה׃
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Give us joy for as long as You have afflicted us,
for the years we have suffered misfortune.
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Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou hast afflicted us, According to the years wherein we have seen evil.
שַׂמְּחֵנוּ כִּימוֹת עִנִּיתָנוּ. שַׂמְּחֵנוּ לִימוֹת מְשִׁיחֵנוּ כְּמִנְיַן יָמוֹת שֶׁעִנִּיתָנוּ בַּגָּלֻיּוֹת, וּכְמִנְיַן שְׁנוֹת אֲשֶׁר רָאִינוּ רָעָה:
Cause us to rejoice according to the days that You afflicted us Cause us to rejoice in the days of our Messiah according to the number of days that You afflicted us in the exiles and according to the number of years that we experienced evil.
ט"ז
יֵרָאֶ֣ה אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ פָעֳלֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲדָרְךָ֗ עַל־בְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
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Let Your deeds be seen by Your servants,
Your glory by their children.
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Let Thy work appear unto Thy servants, And Thy glory upon their children.
י"ז
וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃
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May the favor of the Lord, our God, be upon us;
let the work of our hands prosper,
O prosper the work of our hands!
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And let the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; Establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; Yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.
וִיהִי נֹעַם אֲדֹ׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ. שְׁכִינָתוֹ וְתַנְחוּמָיו:
And may the pleasantness of the Lord our God be upon us His presence and His consolations.
וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָה עָלֵינוּ. לְשׁוֹן תְּחִנָּה הוּא, כּוֹנְנָה כְּמוֹ ״שָׁמְרָה״ (תהלים כה:כ) ״שָׁפְטָה״ (תהלים פב:ח):
and the work of our hands establish for us Heb. כוננה. This is an expression of supplication. כוֹננה is like שמרה, watch, שפטה, judge.
כּוֹנְנֵהוּ. כּוֹנֵן אוֹתוֹ, וּשְׁנֵי פְּעָמִים וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנֵהוּ: אֶחָד עַל מְלֶאכֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן, שֶׁבֵּרְכָן לְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְהִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁתִּשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָה בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶם בַּמִּשְׁכָּן, וְאַחַת שֶׁתְּהֵא בְּרָכָה בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶם:
establish it Establish it. The two times “and the work of our hands establish” [are mentioned are for the following purposes]: One is for the work of the Tabernacle, when he blessed Israel and prayed that the Shechinah should rest on the work of their hands in the Tabernacle, and one is that there should be a blessing in the work of their hands.