| 1. For the conductor on jeduthun, a song of Asaph. |
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א. לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל יְדוּתוּן לְאָסָף מִזְמוֹר: |
| on jeduthun: Concerning the decrees and the laws that pass over Israel. |
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| 2. My voice is to God, and I shall cry out; my voice is to God, and hearken to me. |
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ב. קוֹלִי אֶל אֱלֹהִים וְאֶצְעָקָה קוֹלִי אֶל אֱלֹהִים וְהַאֲזִין אֵלָי: |
| 3. On the day of my distress, I sought the Lord; my wound oozes at night and does not abate; my soul refuses to be comforted. |
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ג. בְּיוֹם צָרָתִי אֲדֹנָי דָּרָשְׁתִּי יָדִי | לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה וְלֹא תָפוּג מֵאֲנָה הִנָּחֵם נַפְשִׁי: |
| my wound: Heb. ידי, lit. my hand; my wound. |
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| my wound oozes: In this exile, which is like night, it oozes pus and gall. |
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| and does not abate: Its oozing does not abate. |
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| 4. I remember God and I stir; I speak and my spirit becomes faint, forever. |
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ד. אֶזְכְּרָה אֱלֹהִים וְאֶהֱמָיָה אָשִׂיחָה | וְתִתְעַטֵּף רוּחִי סֶלָה: |
| I remember God: The kindness that He used to do for me in the days of my love. |
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| I speak: about those acts of kindness and the favors. |
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| and my spirit becomes faint: Pasmer in Old French, to faint or swoon. |
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| 5. You held fast the awakenings of my eyes; I throb and I do not speak. |
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ה. אָחַזְתָּ שְׁמֻרוֹת עֵינָי נִפְעַמְתִּי וְלֹא אֲדַבֵּר: |
| You held fast the awakenings of my eyes: Heb. שמרות, an expression of the watch (אשמרת) of the night, for [when] a person awakens from his sleep his mind is settled and his heart returns to him, but I am not like that. In this night of exile, my eyes are always stuck together, like a man sleeping from a clogged heart, and in the troubles that I see, my spirit throbs and I have no speech within me. |
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| 6. I think of days of yore, ancient years. |
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ו. חִשַּׁבְתִּי יָמִים מִקֶּדֶם שְׁנוֹת עוֹלָמִים: |
| I think of the days of yore: to remember the kind acts that You performed for our forefathers. |
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| 7. I recall my music at night; I speak with my heart and my spirit searches. |
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ז. אֶזְכְּרָה נְגִינָתִי בַּלָּיְלָה עִם לְבָבִי אָשִׂיחָה וַיְחַפֵּשׂ רוּחִי: |
| I recall my music at night: In the days of this exile, which is like night, I remember my melodies that I used to play in days of yore in the Temple. |
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| I speak with my heart: I think, and my spirit searches [to ascertain] what is the manner of the Holy One, blessed be He, and I wonder: will He forsake [me] forever? |
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| 8. "Will the Lord forsake [me] forever and nevermore be appeased? |
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ח. הַלְעוֹלָמִים יִזְנַח | אֲדֹנָי וְלֹא יֹסִיף לִרְצוֹת עוֹד: |
| 9. Has His kindness ended forever? Has He issued a decree for all generations? |
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ט. הֶאָפֵס לָנֶצַח חַסְדּוֹ גָּמַר אוֹמֶר לְדֹר וָדֹר: |
| Has… ended forever: Perhaps His kind acts have ended? |
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| Has He issued a decree: a perpetual decree that He will never again repent of His anger? |
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| 10. Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has He, in anger, shut off His mercy forever?" |
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י. הֲשָׁכַח חַנּוֹת אֵל אִם קָפַץ בְּאַף רַחֲמָיו סֶלָה: |
| Has… forgotten to be gracious: Heb. חנות, to be gracious, like עשוֹת, to do; ראוֹת, to see. Another explanation: חנות means gracious acts. |
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| Has He, in anger, shut off His mercy forever: Heb. קפץ, an expression of (Deut. 15:7): “and do not close (תקפץ) your hand,” i.e., has He shut off the mercy forever because of the anger? |
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| 11. And I said, "This is to terrify me, the change of the right hand of the Most High." |
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יא. וָאֹמַר חַלּוֹתִי הִיא שְׁנוֹת יְמִין עֶלְיוֹן: |
| And I said, “This is to terrify me”: My thoughts tell me, “This is only to terrify me and frighten me into returning to Him.” |
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| to terrify me: Heb. חלותי, like לחלוֹתי, to terrify me, an expression of sickness and terror. |
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| the change of the right hand of the Most High: How the right hand of the Most High changed. It was mighty with strength and now He has withdrawn His right hand. |
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| 12. I recall the deeds of Yah when I remember Your wonder from time immemorial. |
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יב. אֶזְכּוֹר מַעַלְלֵי יָהּ כִּי אֶזְכְּרָה מִקֶּדֶם פִּלְאֶךָ: |
| 13. And I meditate over all Your works, and I speak of Your deeds. |
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יג. וְהָגִיתִי בְכָל פָּעֳלֶךָ וּבַעֲלִילוֹתֶיךָ אָשִׂיחָה: |
| And I meditate over all Your works: that You have already done for us. |
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| 14. O God, Your way is in sanctity. Who is a power as great as God? |
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יד. אֱלֹהִים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּךָ מִי אֵל גָּדוֹל כֵּאלֹהִים: |
| Your way is in sanctity: Your manner is to sanctify Your name in the world, to execute justice upon the wicked. |
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| 15. You are the God Who works wonders; You made known Your might among the peoples. |
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טו. אַתָּה הָאֵל עֹשֵׂה פֶלֶא הוֹדַעְתָּ בָעַמִּים עֻזֶּךָ: |
| 16. You redeemed Your people with Your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph forever. |
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טז. גָּאַלְתָּ בִּזְרוֹעַ עַמֶּךָ בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב וְיוֹסֵף סֶלָה: |
| 17. The waters perceived You, O God, the waters perceived You, they trembled, even the deeps quaked. |
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יז. רָאוּךָ מַּיִם | אֱלֹהִים רָאוּךָ מַּיִם יָחִילוּ אַף יִרְגְּזוּ תְהֹמוֹת: |
| The waters perceived You: [The] mighty [waters perceived You] when You were revealed by the sea. |
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| 18. They poured forth thick waters; the skies let out a voice, even your arrows went abroad. |
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יח. זֹרְמוּ מַיִם | עָבוֹת קוֹל נָתְנוּ שְׁחָקִים אַף חֲצָצֶיךָ יִתְהַלָּכוּ: |
| They poured forth thick waters: The skies poured forth a stream of thick waters. |
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| Your arrows: Heb. חצציך, like חִצֶי. |
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| 19. The sound of Your thunder is like a wheel; the lightning illuminated the world; the earth shook and quaked. |
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יט. קוֹל רַעַמְךָ | בַּגַּלְגַּל הֵאִירוּ בְרָקִים תֵּבֵל רָגְזָה וַתִּרְעַשׁ הָאָרֶץ: |
| like a wheel: Heb. בגלגל, like כגלגל. The sound of Your thunder [rolled] like a wheel on the sea to confuse the camp of the Egyptians. |
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| 20. In the sea was Your way, and Your path in the mighty waters, and Your steps were not known. |
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כ. בַּיָּם | דַּרְכֶּךָ וּשְׁבִילְךָ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים וְעִקְּבוֹתֶיךָ לֹא נוֹדָעוּ: |
| and Your steps were not known: The steps are not recognizable on the water. [The word] ועקבותי means trazes in Old French, footprints. |
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| 21. You led Your people like sheep by the hand of Moses and Aaron. |
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כא. נָחִיתָ כַצֹּאן עַמֶּךָ בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן: |
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