א׳
מִזְמ֥וֹר שִׁ֗יר לְי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃
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A psalm. A song; for the sabbath day.
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A Psalm, a Song. For the sabbath day.
מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר. שֶׁל לְוִיִּם (נְבִיאִים):
A song with musical accompaniment of the Levites.
לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת. שֶׁאוֹמְרִים אוֹתוֹ בְּשַׁבָּתוֹת, וְהוּא מְדַבֵּר בְּעִנְיַן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ שַׁבָּת (ראש השנה לא.):
for the Sabbath day that they would recite on Sabbaths, and it deals with the world to come, which is entirely Sabbath.
ב׳
ט֗וֹב לְהֹד֥וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה וּלְזַמֵּ֖ר לְשִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃
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It is good to praise the LORD,
to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High,
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It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, And to sing praises unto Thy name, O Most High;
ג׳
לְהַגִּ֣יד בַּבֹּ֣קֶר חַסְֽדֶּ֑ךָ וֶ֝אֱמֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃
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To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak,
Your faithfulness each night
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To declare Thy lovingkindness in the morning, And Thy faithfulness in the night seasons,
לְהַגִּיד בַּבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ. בְּעֵת הַגְּאֻלָּה:
To declare in the morning Your kindness At the time of the Redemption.
וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ בַּלֵּילוֹת. וּבְעוֹד צָרַת הַגָּלוּת לְהַאֲמִין בְּךָ שֶׁתִּשְׁמֹר הַבְטָחָתְךָ, כָּל זֶה נָאֶה וְטוֹב:
and Your faith at night And during the distress of the exile, to believe in You that You will keep Your promise, all this is splendid and good.
ד׳
עֲֽלֵי־עָ֭שׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי־נָ֑בֶל עֲלֵ֖י הִגָּי֣וֹן בְּכִנּֽוֹר׃
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With a ten-stringed harp,
with voice and lyre together.
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With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
עֲלֵי עָשׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי נָבֶל. כִּנּוֹר שֶׁל עֲשָׂרָה נִימִין (ערכין יג:):
Upon a ten-stringed harp and upon a psaltery Heb. עשור, a harp of ten strings.
ה׳
כִּ֤י שִׂמַּחְתַּ֣נִי יְהוָ֣ה בְּפָעֳלֶ֑ךָ בְּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖י יָדֶ֣יךָ אֲרַנֵּֽן׃
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You have gladdened me by Your deeds, O LORD;
I shout for joy at Your handiwork.
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For Thou, LORD, hast made me glad through Thy work; I will exult in the works of Thy hands.
ו׳
מַה־גָּדְל֣וּ מַעֲשֶׂ֣יךָ יְהוָ֑ה מְ֝אֹ֗ד עָמְק֥וּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶֽיךָ׃
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How great are Your works, O LORD,
how very subtle Your designs!
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How great are Thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep.
ז׳
אִֽישׁ־בַּ֭עַר לֹ֣א יֵדָ֑ע וּ֝כְסִ֗יל לֹא־יָבִ֥ין אֶת־זֹֽאת׃
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A brutish man cannot know,
a fool cannot understand this:
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A brutish man knoweth not, Neither doth a fool understand this.
אִישׁ בַּעַר לֹא יֵדָע. אֶת הָאָמוּר לְמַטָּה:
A boorish man does not know What is stated below.
ח׳
בִּפְרֹ֤חַ רְשָׁעִ֨ים ׀ כְּמ֥וֹ עֵ֗שֶׂב וַ֭יָּצִיצוּ כָּל־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם עֲדֵי־עַֽד׃
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though the wicked sprout like grass,
though all evildoers blossom,
it is only that they may be destroyed forever.
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When the wicked spring up as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
בִּפְרֹחַ רְשָׁעִים כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב. אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים שֶׁהַפְרָחָתָם אֵינָהּ אֶלָּא לְהַשְׁמִידָם עֲדֵי עַד, שֶׁמְּשַׁלֵּם לְשׂוֹנְאָיו עַל פְּנֵיהֶם לְהַאֲבִידָם (דברים ז:י):
When the wicked flourish like grass they do not know that their flourishing is only to destroy them to eternity, for He recompenses His enemies to their face to destroy them.
ט׳
וְאַתָּ֥ה מָר֗וֹם לְעֹלָ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃
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But You are exalted, O LORD, for all time.
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But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.
וְאַתָּה מָרוֹם. בְּכָל מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ יָדְךָ עַל הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, שֶׁהַכֹּל מַצְדִּיקִים עֲלֵיהֶם אֶת דִּינְךָ:
But You remain on high In all Your judgments, You have the upper hand, for all justify Your judgments.
י׳
כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה אֹיְבֶ֡יךָ ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה אֹיְבֶ֣יךָ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ יִ֝תְפָּרְד֗וּ כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃
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Surely, Your enemies, O LORD,
surely, Your enemies perish;
all evildoers are scattered.
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For, lo, Thine enemies, O LORD, For, lo, Thine enemies shall perish: All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
י"א
וַתָּ֣רֶם כִּרְאֵ֣ים קַרְנִ֑י בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן רַעֲנָֽן׃
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You raise my horn high like that of a wild ox;
I am soaked in freshening oil.
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But my horn hast Thou exalted like the horn of the wild-ox; I am anointed with rich oil.
בַּלֹּתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן. לְבַלּוֹתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן שֶׁל שְׂרָרָה, בַּלֹּתִי כְּמוֹ (במדבר טו:ט) ״בָּלוּל בַּשֶּׁמֶן״:
to soak me with fresh oil Heb. בלתי. To soak me with the oil of dominion. בַלֹתִי is like (Num. 15: 9): “mingled (בלולה) with oil.”
י"ב
וַתַּבֵּ֥ט עֵינִ֗י בְּשׁ֫וּרָ֥י בַּקָּמִ֖ים עָלַ֥י מְרֵעִ֗ים תִּשְׁמַ֥עְנָה אָזְנָֽי׃
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I shall see the defeat of my watchful foes,
hear of the downfall of the wicked who beset me.
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Mine eye also hath gazed on them that lie in wait for me, Mine ears have heard my desire of the evil-doers that rise up against me.
בְּשׁוּרָי. בְּעוֹיְינַי, כְּמוֹ ״בְּשׁוֹרְרַי״ (תהלים ה:ט):
upon those who stare at me Heb. בשורי, at those who stare at me, as (5:9): “those who lie in wait for me (בשוררי).”
בַּקָּמִים עָלַי מְרֵעִים. עַל הָרְשָׁעִים הַקָּמִים עָלַי שָׁמְעוּ אָזְנַי מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַפַּרְגּוֹד (סנהדרין פט:) שֶׁלֹּא יוֹעִילוּ לְכַלּוֹת אוֹתָנוּ, כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי:
when evildoers rise up against me About the wicked who rise up against me, my ears heard from behind the “veil” that they will not succeed in destroying us [perhaps, David and his men]. So I heard.
י"ג
צַ֭דִּיק כַּתָּמָ֣ר יִפְרָ֑ח כְּאֶ֖רֶז בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹן יִשְׂגֶּֽה׃
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The righteous bloom like a date-palm;
they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon;
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The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח וְגוֹ׳. כַּתָּמָר – לַעֲשׂוֹת פֵּרוֹת, וּכְאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן – לְהַחֲלִיף גִּזְעוֹ:
The righteous one flourishes like the palm, etc. Like the palm that produces fruit, and like the cedar insofar as its trunk renews itself.
י"ד
שְׁ֭תוּלִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּחַצְר֖וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ יַפְרִֽיחוּ׃
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planted in the house of the LORD,
they flourish in the courts of our God.
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Planted in the house of the LORD, They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
שְׁתוּלִים. יִהְיוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים בְּבֵית ה׳:
Planted The righteous will be [planted] in the house of the Lord.
ט"ו
ע֭וֹד יְנוּב֣וּן בְּשֵׂיבָ֑ה דְּשֵׁנִ֖ים וְרַֽעֲנַנִּ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃
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In old age they still produce fruit;
they are full of sap and freshness,
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They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and richness;
יְנוּבוּן. יִצְמְחוּן:
will...grow Heb. ישגה, will grow.
דְּשֵׁנִים. שְׁמֵנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים יִהְיוּ, וְאָז יַגִּידוּ כִּי יָשָׁר ה׳:
fat Heb. דשנים, They will be fat and fresh, and then they will declare that the Lord is upright.
ט"ז
לְ֭הַגִּיד כִּֽי־יָשָׁ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה צ֝וּרִ֗י וְֽלֹא־עלתה [עַוְלָ֥תָה] בּֽוֹ׃
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attesting that the LORD is upright,
my rock, in whom there is no wrong.
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To declare that the LORD is upright, My Rock, in whom there is no unrighteousness.