א׳
לְ֭כוּ נְרַנְּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֑ה נָ֝רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ׃
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Come, let us sing joyously to the LORD,
raise a shout for our rock and deliverer;
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O come, let us sing unto the LORD; Let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
ב׳
נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ׃
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let us come into His presence with praise;
let us raise a shout for Him in song!
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Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout for joy unto Him with psalms.
ג׳
כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּד֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה וּמֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃
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For the LORD is a great God,
the great king of all divine beings.
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For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods;
ד׳
אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ֭יָדוֹ מֶחְקְרֵי־אָ֑רֶץ וְתוֹעֲפ֖וֹת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ׃
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In His hand are the depths of the earth;
the peaks of the mountains are His.
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In whose hand are the depths of the earth; The heights of the mountains are His also.
וְתוֹעֲפוֹת. לְשׁוֹן גֹּבַהּ, כְּעוֹף הַמְּעוֹפֵף:
and the heights An expression of height, like a bird that flies [up high].
ה׳
אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַ֭יָּם וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑הוּ וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃
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His is the sea, He made it;
and the land, which His hands fashioned.
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The sea is His, and He made it; And His hands formed the dry land.
ו׳
בֹּ֭אוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֣ה וְנִכְרָ֑עָה נִ֝בְרְכָ֗ה לִֽפְנֵי־יְהוָ֥ה עֹשֵֽׂנוּ׃
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Come, let us bow down and kneel,
bend the knee before the LORD our maker,
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O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;
נִבְרְכָה. לְשׁוֹן ״וַיַּבְרֵךְ אֶת הַגְּמַלִּים״ (בראשית כד:יא):
let us kneel Heb. נברכה, an expression of (Gen. 24:11): “He made the camels kneel (ויברך).”
ז׳
כִּ֘י ה֤וּא אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ עַ֣ם מַ֭רְעִיתוֹ וְצֹ֣אן יָד֑וֹ הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אִֽם־בְּקֹל֥וֹ תִשְׁמָֽעוּ׃
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for He is our God,
and we are the people He tends, the flock in His care.
O, if you would but heed His charge this day:
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For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, and the flock of His hand. To-day, if ye would but hearken to His voice!
הַיּוֹם. בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה אִם בְּקוֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ:
today In this world.
ח׳
אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
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Do not be stubborn as at Meribah,
as on the day of Massah, in the wilderness,
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'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;
ט׳
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִ֭סּוּנִי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם בְּ֝חָנ֗וּנִי גַּם־רָא֥וּ פָעֳלִֽי׃
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when your fathers put Me to the test,
tried Me, though they had seen My deeds.
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When your fathers tried Me, Proved Me, even though they saw My work.
בְּחָנוּנִי. חִנָּם:
tested Me for nothing.
גַּם רָאוּ פָעֳלִי. בְּמִצְרָיִם (שמות ז:ג-יב:לו):
even though they had seen My work in Egypt.
י׳
אַרְבָּ֘עִ֤ים שָׁנָ֨ה ׀ אָ֘ק֤וּט בְּד֗וֹר וָאֹמַ֗ר עַ֤ם תֹּעֵ֣י לֵבָ֣ב הֵ֑ם וְ֝הֵ֗ם לֹא־יָדְע֥וּ דְרָכָֽי׃
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Forty years I was provoked by that generation;
I thought, “They are a senseless people;
they would not know My ways.”
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For forty years was I wearied with that generation, And said: It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known My ways;
אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה. קַטְתִּי בָהֶם, רַבְתִּי עִמָּהֶם, לְשׁוֹן ״נָקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי״ (איוב י:א). נִלְחַמְתִּי בָם אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה לַהֲמִיתָם בַּמִּדְבָּר, כִּי אָמַרְתִּי תֹּעֵי לֵבָב הֵם:
Forty years I quarreled with them and contended with them. [אקוט is] an expression of (Job 10: 1): “My soul quarrels (נקטה) with my life.” I strove with them for forty years to kill them in the desert, because I said, “They are of erring heart.”
י"א
אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי בְאַפִּ֑י אִם־יְ֝בֹא֗וּן אֶל־מְנוּחָתִֽי׃
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Concerning them I swore in anger,
“They shall never come to My resting-place!”
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Wherefore I swore in My wrath, That they should not enter into My rest.'
אֶל מְנוּחָתִי. לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִירוּשָׁלַיִם אֲשֶׁר קְרָאתִים מְנוּחָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים קלב:יד) ״זֹאת מְנוּחָתִי עֲדֵי עַד״:
My resting place [In]to the land of Israel and Jerusalem, which I called “resting place,” as it says (below 132:14): “This is my resting place forever.”