א׳
יְהוָ֣ה מָלָךְ֮ גֵּא֪וּת לָ֫בֵ֥שׁ לָבֵ֣שׁ יְ֭הוָה עֹ֣ז הִתְאַזָּ֑ר אַף־תִּכּ֥וֹן תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל בַּל־תִּמּֽוֹט׃
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The LORD is king,
He is robed in grandeur;
the LORD is robed,
He is girded with strength.
The world stands firm;
it cannot be shaken.
1
The LORD reigneth; He is clothed in majesty; The LORD is clothed, He hath girded Himself with strength; Yea, the world is established, that it cannot be moved.
ה׳ מָלַךְ. יֹאמְרוּ לֶעָתִיד:
The Lord has reigned They will say in the future.
אַף תִּכּוֹן תֵּבֵל. בְּמָלְכוֹ תִּשְׂמַח הָאָרֶץ:
The world also is established When He reigns, the earth will rejoice.
ב׳
נָכ֣וֹן כִּסְאֲךָ֣ מֵאָ֑ז מֵֽעוֹלָ֣ם אָֽתָּה׃
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Your throne stands firm from of old;
from eternity You have existed.
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Thy throne is established of old; Thou art from everlasting.
ג׳
נָשְׂא֤וּ נְהָר֨וֹת ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה נָשְׂא֣וּ נְהָר֣וֹת קוֹלָ֑ם יִשְׂא֖וּ נְהָר֣וֹת דָּכְיָֽם׃
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The ocean sounds, O LORD,
the ocean sounds its thunder,
the ocean sounds its pounding.
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The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their roaring.
נָשְׂאוּ נְהָרוֹת ה׳. לְשׁוֹן צְעָקָה וְקוֹבְלָן הוּא זֶה: אֲהָהּ ה׳, הִנֵּה הָאֻמּוֹת הַשּׁוֹטְפִים כַּנְּהָרוֹת נָשְׂאוּ קוֹלָם יֶהֱמָיוּן, וְאֶת דּוּךְ עָמְקֵי נִבְכֵיהֶם יִשְׂאוּ וְיַגְבִּיהוּ תָּמִיד לְהִתְגָּאוֹת נֶגְדֶּךָ. כָּל לְשׁוֹן דָּכָא לְשׁוֹן עֹמֶק וְשִׁפְלוּת:
The rivers have raised, O Lord This is an expression of a cry and a plaint: Woe, O Lord, behold! Your enemies, who flood like rivers, have raised their voice and roar, and the lowness of the depths of their locks they will raise and lift on high constantly to be haughty against You. Every expression of דכא is an expression of depth and lowness.
ד׳
מִקֹּל֨וֹת ׀ מַ֤יִם רַבִּ֗ים אַדִּירִ֣ים מִשְׁבְּרֵי־יָ֑ם אַדִּ֖יר בַּמָּר֣וֹם יְהוָֽה׃
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Above the thunder of the mighty waters,
more majestic than the breakers of the sea
is the LORD, majestic on high.
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Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty.
מִקֹּלוֹת מַיִם רַבִּים וְגוֹ׳. יָדַעְתִּי אֲנִי, כִּי יוֹתֵר מִקּוֹלוֹת הַמַּיִם הָרַבִּים אֲשֶׁר יֶהֱמָיוּן עָלֵינוּ (ישעיה יז:יב), וּמֵאַדִּירֵי מִשְׁבְּרֵי הַיָּם הַזֶּה, אַתָּה אַדִּיר בַּמָּרוֹם ה׳, וְיָדְךָ תַּקִּיפָה עֲלֵיהֶם:
More than the voices of great waters, etc. I know that more than the voices of great waters, which roar over us, and more than the mightiest breakers of this sea, You are mighty, O Lord, and Your hand is powerful over them.
ה׳
עֵֽדֹתֶ֨יךָ ׀ נֶאֶמְנ֬וּ מְאֹ֗ד לְבֵיתְךָ֥ נַאֲוָה־קֹ֑דֶשׁ יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃
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Your decrees are indeed enduring;
holiness befits Your house,
O LORD, for all times.
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Thy testimonies are very sure, Holiness becometh Thy house, O LORD, for evermore.
עֵדֹתֶיךָ. שֶׁהֵעִידוּ וְהִבְטִיחוּ נְבִיאֶיךָ לְבֵיתְךָ, שֶׁהוּא נַאֲוָה קֹדֶשׁ:
Your testimonies which Your prophets prophesied and promised concerning Your house, which is the dwelling of holiness.
נֶאֶמְנוּ מְאֹד לְבֵיתְךָ. וּלְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים הוּא מְצַפֶּה לָהֶם, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאָרְכוּ הַיָּמִים, נֶאֱמָנִים הֵם לַה׳ מְאֹד:
are very faithful to Your house and to the length of days He looks forward to them, and although it has been a long time, they are very faithful to God.
נַאֲוָה. כְּמוֹ ״נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים״ (תהלים פג:יג), לְשׁוֹן נָוֶה. וְתֵדַע שֶׁכָּל נָאוֶה שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא אֵינָן מְפִיקִין אָלֶ״ף, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם לְשׁוֹן נוֹי, וְזֶה מֵפִיק אָלֶ״ף:
dwelling Heb. נאוה, like (83:13): “the dwellings נְאוֹת of God,” an expression of נָוֶה. You should know [that this is so] because no instance of נָאוָה has a pronounced “aleph,” for they are an expression of נוֹי beauty, but this one has an “aleph” which is pronounced.