א׳
יְהוָ֣ה מָ֭לָךְ יִרְגְּז֣וּ עַמִּ֑ים יֹשֵׁ֥ב כְּ֝רוּבִ֗ים תָּנ֥וּט הָאָֽרֶץ׃
1
The LORD, enthroned on cherubim, is king,
peoples tremble, the earth quakes.
1
The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.
יִרְגְּזוּ עַמִּים. מְדַבֵּר בְּמִלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג, וְאָז יִרְגְּזוּ עַמִּים כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (זכריה יד:יב) ״וְזֹאת תִּהְיֶה הַמַּגֵּפָה וְגוֹ׳״:
nations will quake [This] deals with the war of Gog and Magog. Then the nations will quake, as the matter that is said (Zech. 14:12): “And this shall be the plague, etc.”
תָּנוּט. לְשׁוֹן ״נָטָיוּ רַגְלָי״ (תהלים עג:ב):
will falter Heb. תנוט, an expression of (73:2): “my feet faltered (נטוי).”
ב׳
יְ֭הוָה בְּצִיּ֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וְרָ֥ם ה֝֗וּא עַל־כָּל־הָֽעַמִּֽים׃
2
The LORD is great in Zion,
and exalted above all peoples.
2
The LORD is great in Zion; And He is high above all the peoples.
ג׳
יוֹד֣וּ שִׁ֭מְךָ גָּד֥וֹל וְנוֹרָ֗א קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃
3
They praise Your name as great and awesome;
He is holy!
3
Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He.
יוֹדוּ שִׁמְךָ. יוֹדוּ אֶת עֹז מֶלֶךְ הָאוֹהֵב מִשְׁפָּט (תהלים עג:ב):
They will acknowledge Your name They will acknowledge the might of the King Who loves judgment.
ד׳
וְעֹ֥ז מֶלֶךְ֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט אָ֫הֵ֥ב אַ֭תָּה כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ מֵישָׁרִ֑ים מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה בְּיַעֲקֹ֤ב ׀ אַתָּ֬ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃
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Mighty king who loves justice,
it was You who established equity,
You who worked righteous judgment in Jacob.
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The strength also of the king who loveth justice— Thou hast established equity, Thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ. מוּסָב עַל מִקְרָא הָעֶלְיוֹן:
and the might of the King Who loves judgment This refers back to the preceding verse.
אַתָּה כּוֹנַנְתָּ מֵישָׁרִים. פְּשָׁרָה וְשִׂימַת שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אֲנָשִׁים כּוֹנַנְתָּ, בְּאָמְרְךָ (שמות כג:ה) ״כִּי תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שׂוֹנַאֲךָ רוֹבֵץ וְגוֹ׳״, (שמות כג:ד) ״כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אוֹיִבְךָ״ וּמִי הוּא שֶׁיִּרְאֶה אֶת שׂוֹנְאוֹ גּוֹמֵל לוֹ חֶסֶד שֶׁלֹּא יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ לְחַבְּקוֹ וּלְנַשְּׁקוֹ, תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, משפטים א):
You founded equity You founded compromise and peacemaking between persons, by Your statement (Exod. 23:5): “Should you see your enemy’s donkey lying etc.”; (ibid. verse 4), “Should you come upon Your enemy’s ox, etc.” Now who is it who sees his enemy being kind to him, whose heart will not be inspired to embrace him and kiss him? (Tanchuma).
ה׳
רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָ֗יו קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃
5
Exalt the LORD our God
and bow down to His footstool;
He is holy!
5
Exalt ye the LORD our God, And prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He.
ו׳
מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן ׀ בְּֽכֹהֲנָ֗יו וּ֭שְׁמוּאֵל בְּקֹרְאֵ֣י שְׁמ֑וֹ קֹרִ֥אים אֶל־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וְה֣וּא יַעֲנֵֽם׃
6
Moses and Aaron among His priests,
Samuel, among those who call on His name—
when they called to the LORD,
He answered them.
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Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among them that call upon His name, Did call upon the LORD, and He answered them.
ז׳
בְּעַמּ֣וּד עָ֭נָן יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם שָׁמְר֥וּ עֵ֝דֹתָ֗יו וְחֹ֣ק נָֽתַן־לָֽמוֹ׃
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He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud;
they obeyed His decrees,
the law He gave them.
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He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them.
בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן יְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם. אַף עִם שְׁמוּאֵל, וְזֶה הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמואל א ט:יא-יב) ״הֲיֵשׁ בָּזֶה הָרֹאֶה וַתַּעֲנֶינָה אוֹתָם וַתֹּאמַרְנָה יֵשׁ״, רָאוּ הֶעָנָן קָשׁוּר עַל פִּתְחוֹ, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר ״וְיֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה הֶעָנָן״ (במדבר ט:כ):
In a pillar of cloud He would speak to them Even with Samuel. This is what is stated (I Sam. 9: 11f.): “and they said to them, Is the seer here? and they answered them and said, He is (יֵש).” You will see a cloud attached to his doorway, as Scripture says (Num. 9:20): “And sometimes the cloud would be...”
שָׁמְרוּ עֵדֹתָיו וְחֹק נָתַן לָמוֹ. וְחֹק אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָמוֹ:
they kept His testimonies and the statute He gave them The statute that He gave them.
ח׳
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ֮ אַתָּ֪ה עֲנִ֫יתָ֥ם אֵ֣ל נֹ֭שֵׂא הָיִ֣יתָ לָהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹקֵ֗ם עַל־עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃
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O LORD our God, You answered them;
You were a forgiving God for them,
but You exacted retribution for their misdeeds.
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O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; A forgiving God wast Thou unto them, Though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds.
אֵל נוֹשֵׂא. עֲוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל:
a forgiving God [Forgiving] the iniquity of Israel.
הָיִיתָ לָהֶם. בִּשְׁבִילָם:
for them Heb. להם, for their sake.
וְנוֹקֵם. הָיִיתָ עַל עֲלִילוֹתָם, מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן ״שִׁמְעוּ נָא הַמּוֹרִים״ (במדבר כ:י), שְׁמוּאֵל עַל שֶׁלֹּא הִדְרִיךְ בָּנָיו בְּדֶרֶךְ טוֹבָה (שמואל א ח:ג), מֵת בָּחוּר (אגדת בראשית מא:א):
but vengeful You were vengeful for their misdeeds: Moses and Aaron for “Hear now, you rebels!” As for Samuel, because he did not direct his sons in the good way, he died young.
ט׳
רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְ֭הִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קָדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּֽי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
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Exalt the LORD our God,
and bow toward His holy hill,
for the LORD our God is holy.
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Exalt ye the LORD our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the LORD our God is holy.
כִּי קָדוֹשׁ ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ. עַל אֲשֶׁר הוּא מְדַקְדֵּק עִם הַצַּדִּיקִים הוּא מְקֻדָּשׁ בָּעוֹלָם, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וְנִקְדַּשׁ בִּכְבוֹדִי״ (שמות כט:מג), בִּמְכֻבָּדַי (זבחים קטו:):
for the Lord our God is holy because He is strict with the righteous, He is sanctified in the world, and so He says (Exod. 29:43): “and it will be sanctified with My glory,” meaning “with those glorified by Me.”