א׳
אֵל־נְקָמ֥וֹת יְהוָ֑ה אֵ֖ל נְקָמ֣וֹת הוֹפִֽיַע׃
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God of retribution, LORD,
God of retribution, appear!
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O LORD, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
הוֹפִיעַ. הֶרְאָה וְגַלֵּה לָנוּ אֶת נִקְמָתְךָ:
show Heb. הופיע, show and reveal to us Your vengeance.
ב׳
הִ֭נָּשֵׂא שֹׁפֵ֣ט הָאָ֑רֶץ הָשֵׁ֥ב גְּ֝מ֗וּל עַל־גֵּאִֽים׃
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Rise up, judge of the earth,
give the arrogant their deserts!
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Lift up Thyself, Thou Judge of the earth; Render to the proud their recompense.
ג׳
עַד־מָתַ֖י רְשָׁעִ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה עַד־מָ֝תַ֗י רְשָׁעִ֥ים יַעֲלֹֽזוּ׃
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How long shall the wicked, O LORD,
how long shall the wicked exult,
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LORD, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked exult?
ד׳
יַבִּ֣יעוּ יְדַבְּר֣וּ עָתָ֑ק יִֽ֝תְאַמְּר֗וּ כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃
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shall they utter insolent speech,
shall all evildoers vaunt themselves?
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They gush out, they speak arrogancy; All the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.
יִתְאַמְּרוּ. יִשְׁתַּבְּחוּ, כְּמוֹ ״הֶאֱמַרְתָּ״ וְ״הֶאֱמִירְךָ״ (דברים כו:יז-יח):
boast Heb. יתאמרו. They praise themselves, as (Deut. 26:17f.): “you praised (האמרת),” and “praised you (האמירך).”
ה׳
עַמְּךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה יְדַכְּא֑וּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ יְעַנּֽוּ׃
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They crush Your people, O LORD,
they afflict Your very own;
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They crush Thy people, O LORD, And afflict Thy heritage.
ו׳
אַ֭לְמָנָה וְגֵ֣ר יַהֲרֹ֑גוּ וִֽיתוֹמִ֣ים יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃
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they kill the widow and the stranger;
they murder the fatherless,
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They slay the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.
ז׳
וַ֭יֹּ֣אמְרוּ לֹ֣א יִרְאֶה־יָּ֑הּ וְלֹא־יָ֝בִ֗ין אֱלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃
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thinking, “The LORD does not see it,
the God of Jacob does not pay heed.”
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And they say: 'The LORD will not see, Neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'
ח׳
בִּ֭ינוּ בֹּעֲרִ֣ים בָּעָ֑ם וּ֝כְסִילִ֗ים מָתַ֥י תַּשְׂכִּֽילוּ׃
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Take heed, you most brutish people;
fools, when will you get wisdom?
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Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye understand?
בִּינוּ בּוֹעֲרִים בָּעָם. קְצָת שׁוֹטִים שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם:
Understand, [you] most boorish of the people the most foolish peoples in the world.
ט׳
הֲנֹ֣טַֽע אֹ֭זֶן הֲלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑ע אִֽם־יֹ֥צֵֽר עַ֝֗יִן הֲלֹ֣א יַבִּֽיט׃
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Shall He who implants the ear not hear,
He who forms the eye not see?
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He that planted the ear, shall He not hear? He that formed the eye, shall He not see?
הֲנֹטַע אֹזֶן. שֶׁמָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנָּטַע אֹזֶן, לֹא יִשְׁמָע צַעֲקַת עַמּוֹ וְעָנְיוֹ?
Will He Who implants the ear Is it possible that the Holy One, blessed be He, Who implanted the ear, should not hear the cry of His people and their affliction?
י׳
הֲיֹסֵ֣ר גּ֭וֹיִם הֲלֹ֣א יוֹכִ֑יחַ הַֽמְלַמֵּ֖ד אָדָ֣ם דָּֽעַת׃
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Shall He who disciplines nations not punish,
He who instructs men in knowledge?
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He that instructeth nations, shall not He correct? Even He that teacheth man knowledge?
הֲלֹא יוֹכִיחַ. יְיַסֵּר אֶתְכֶם עַל כָּךְ:
will He...not reprove and chastise you for that?
י"א
יְֽהוָ֗ה יֹ֭דֵעַ מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת אָדָ֑ם כִּי־הֵ֥מָּה הָֽבֶל׃
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The LORD knows the designs of men to be futile.
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The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, That they are vanity.
ה׳ יוֹדֵעַ. מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם שֶׁאַתֶּם סְבוּרִין לְהִתְגָּאוֹת בְּנֵזֶר הַמְּלוּכָה, וְתֵדְעוּ כִּי הֶבֶל הֵם:
The Lord knows your thoughts, that you are thinking to be haughty with the crown of the kingdom, and you should know that they [your thoughts] are vanity.
י"ב
אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ׃
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Happy is the man whom You discipline, O LORD,
the man You instruct in Your teaching,
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Happy is the man whom Thou instructest, O LORD, And teachest out of Thy law;
אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר. אַשְׁרֵיהֶם הַצַּדִּיקִים הַמְעֻנִּים תַּחַת יְדֵיכֶם, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ עוֹסְקִין בַּתּוֹרָה וּבַמִּצְווֹת (תנחומא, מקץ טז):
Fortunate is the man Fortunate are the righteous who are afflicted under Your hands, provided that they engage in Torah and mitzvoth.
י"ג
לְהַשְׁקִ֣יט ל֭וֹ מִ֣ימֵי רָ֑ע עַ֤ד יִכָּרֶ֖ה לָרָשָׁ֣ע שָֽׁחַת׃
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to give him tranquillity in times of misfortune,
until a pit be dug for the wicked.
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That Thou mayest give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
לְהַשְׁקִיט לוֹ מִימֵי רָע. כִּי הַיִּסּוּרִין גּוֹרְמִין לוֹ לְהַשְׁקִיט לָהֶם מִימֵי דִּין גֵּיהִנֹּם, עַד שֶׁיִּרְאֶה שֶׁיִּכָּרֶה לָרָשָׁע שַׁחַת:
To grant him peace from days of evil For the chastisements cause him to have peace from the days of the judgment of Gehinnom. while he sees that a pit is dug for the wicked man.
י"ד
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־יִטֹּ֣שׁ יְהוָ֣ה עַמּ֑וֹ וְ֝נַחֲלָת֗וֹ לֹ֣א יַעֲזֹֽב׃
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For the LORD will not forsake His people;
He will not abandon His very own.
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For the LORD will not cast off His people, Neither will He forsake His inheritance.
ט"ו
כִּֽי־עַד־צֶ֭דֶק יָשׁ֣וּב מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְ֝אַחֲרָ֗יו כָּל־יִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃
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Judgment shall again accord with justice
and all the upright shall rally to it.
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For right shall return unto justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
כִּי עַד צֶדֶק יָשׁוּב מִשְׁפָּט. הַיִּסּוּרִין שֶׁלָּהֶם, עַד שֶׁיִּצְדְּקוּ בִּשְׁבִילָם. וְאַחַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט כָּל יִשְׁרֵי לֵב יִתְקַבְּצוּ, כִּי יִטְּלוּ שְׂכָרָם:
For until righteousness will judgment return [i.e., the judgment of] their chastisements [will persist] until they become righteous because of them. And after the judgment, all those upright in heart will gather, for they will receive their reward.
ט"ז
מִֽי־יָק֣וּם לִ֭י עִם־מְרֵעִ֑ים מִֽי־יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב לִ֝י עִם־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃
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Who will take my part against evil men?
Who will stand up for me against wrongdoers?
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Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
מִי יָקוּם לִי. זְכוּת מִי יַעֲמֹד לָנוּ בֵּין הַמְּרֵעִים הַלָּלוּ?
Who will rise up for me Whose merit will stand up for us among these evildoers?
י"ז
לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י כִּמְעַ֓ט ׀ שָֽׁכְנָ֖ה דוּמָ֣ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃
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Were not the LORD my help,
I should soon dwell in silence.
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Unless the LORD had been my help, My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
דּוּמָה. ״דּוּמִיָּה״ (תהלים לט:ג):
י"ח
אִם־אָ֭מַרְתִּי מָ֣טָה רַגְלִ֑י חַסְדְּךָ֥ יְ֝הוָ֗ה יִסְעָדֵֽנִי׃
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When I think my foot has given way,
Your faithfulness, O LORD, supports me.
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If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth me up.
י"ט
בְּרֹ֣ב שַׂרְעַפַּ֣י בְּקִרְבִּ֑י תַּ֝נְחוּמֶ֗יךָ יְֽשַׁעַשְׁע֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃
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When I am filled with cares,
Your assurance soothes my soul.
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When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.
כ׳
הַֽ֭יְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּ֣א הַוּ֑וֹת יֹצֵ֖ר עָמָ֣ל עֲלֵי־חֹֽק׃
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Shall the seat of injustice be Your partner,
that frames mischief by statute?
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Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
הֲיְחָבְרְךָ כִּסֵּא הַוּוֹת. הֲיוּכַל לְהִדָּמוֹת לְךָ הָאֻמּוֹת הַיּוֹצְרִים צְלָמִים וּמַסֵּכוֹת שֶׁל עָמָל?
Will the throne of evil join You Will it be able to compare to You?
עֲלֵי חֹק. בִּשְׁבִיל חֹק, לִהְיוֹת חֹק לָהֶם עֲבוֹדָתָם:
for a statute for the sake of a statue, to be for them as the statute of their worship.
כ"א
יָ֭גוֹדּוּ עַל־נֶ֣פֶשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וְדָ֖ם נָקִ֣י יַרְשִֽׁיעוּ׃
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They band together to do away with the righteous;
they condemn the innocent to death.
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They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn innocent blood.
יָגוֹדּוּ. יֵאָסְפוּ גְדוּדִים עַל נֶפֶשׁ צַדִּיק לַהֲרֹג:
They gather Troops gather upon a Jewish soul to kill [him].
יַרְשִׁיעוּ. יְחַיְּבוּ בַדִּין לְהָרְגוֹ:
and condemn Heb. ירשיעו. They condemn in judgment to kill him.
כ"ב
וַיְהִ֬י יְהוָ֣ה לִ֣י לְמִשְׂגָּ֑ב וֵ֝אלֹהַ֗י לְצ֣וּר מַחְסִֽי׃
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But the LORD is my haven;
my God is my sheltering rock.
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But the LORD hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.
כ"ג
וַיָּ֤שֶׁב עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ אֶת־אוֹנָ֗ם וּבְרָעָתָ֥ם יַצְמִיתֵ֑ם יַ֝צְמִיתֵ֗ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
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He will make their evil recoil upon them,
annihilate them through their own wickedness;
the LORD our God will annihilate them.
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And He hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own evil; The LORD our God will cut them off.
אוֹנָם. אוֹנְסָם, כְּמוֹ ״יִצְפֹּן לְבָנָיו אוֹנוֹ״ (איוב כא:יט):
their violence Heb. אונם, their violence, as (Job 21:19): “Should God lay away his violence (אונו) for his sons?”