תהילים מ״ד | Psalm 44

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לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי קֹרַח מַשְׂכִּיל
For the conductor. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil.

 

אֱלֹהִים בְּאָזְנֵינוּ שָׁמָעְנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ פֹּעַל פָּעַלְתָּ בִימֵיהֶם בִּימֵי קֶדֶם
O God, we have heard with our ears; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

 

אַתָּה יָדְךָ גּוֹיִם הוֹרַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵם תָּרַע לְאֻמִּים וַתְּשַׁלְּחֵם
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted them; You afflicted peoples and spread them abroad.

 

כִּי לֹא בְחַרְבָּם יָרְשׁוּ־אָרֶץ וּזְרוֹעָם לֹא־הוֹשִׁיעָה לָמוֹ כִּי יְמִינְךָ וּזְרוֹעֲךָ וְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ כִּי רְצִיתָם
For they did not possess the land by their own sword, nor did their arm save them; but Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

 

אַתָּה הוּא מַלְכִּי אֱלֹהִים צַוֵּה יְשׁוּעוֹת יַעֲקֹב
You are my King, O God; command deliverances for Jacob.

 

בְּךָ צָרֵינוּ נְנַגַּח בְּשִׁמְךָ נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ
Through You we push back our adversaries; through Your name we trample those who rise against us.

 

כִּי לֹא בְקַשְׁתִּי אֶבְטָח וְחַרְבִּי לֹא־תוֹשִׁיעֵנִי
For I will not trust in my bow, nor will my sword save me.

 

כִּי הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ הֱבִישׁוֹתָ
But You have saved us from our enemies and have put to shame those who hated us.

 

בֵּאלֹהִים הִלַּלְנוּ כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְשִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם נוֹדֶה סֶלָה
In God we have boasted all day long, and we will praise Your name forever. Selah.

 

אַף־זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵנוּ וְלֹא תֵצֵא בְצִבְאוֹתֵינוּ
But now You have cast us off and put us to shame, and do not go out with our armies.

 

תַּשִּׁיבֵנוּ אָחוֹר מִנִּי־צָר וּמְשַׂנְאֵינוּ שָׁסוּ־לָמוֹ
You make us turn back from the adversary, and those who hate us plunder for themselves.

 

תִּתְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹאן מַאֲכָל וּבַגּוֹיִם זֵרִיתָנוּ
You have given us like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.

 

תִּמְכֹּר עַמְּךָ בְלוֹא־הוֹן וְלֹא רִבִּיתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶם
You sell Your people for nothing and have not profited by their price.

 

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ חֶרְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵינוּ לַעַג וָקֶלֶס לִסְבִיבוֹתֵינוּ
You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those around us.

 

תְּשִׂימֵנוּ מָשָׁל בַּגּוֹיִם מְנוֹד־רֹאשׁ בָּעַמִּים
You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

 

כָּל־הַיּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִי נֶגְדִּי וּבֹשֶׁת פָּנַי כִּסָּתְנִי
All day my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

 

מִקּוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם
Because of the voice of him who reproaches and blasphemes, because of the enemy and the avenger.

 

כָּל־זֹאת בָּאתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ וְלֹא שִׁקַּרְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶךָ
All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, nor have we dealt falsely in Your covenant.

 

לֹא־נָסוֹג אָחוֹר לִבֵּנוּ וַתֵּט אַשֻׁרֵינוּ מִנְּתִיבֶךָ
Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from Your way;

 

כִּי־דִכִּיתָנוּ בִמְקוֹם תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְּצַלְמָוֶת
But You have crushed us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

 

אִם־שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָר
If we had forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,

 

הֲלוֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקָר־זֹאת כִּי־הוּא יֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלוּמוֹת לֵב
Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

 

כִּי עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָּל־הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה
For Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

 

עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי הָקִיצָה אַל־תִּזְנַח לָנֶצַח
Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

 

לָמָּה פָנֶיךָ תַסְתִּיר תִּשְׁכַּח עָנְיֵנוּ וְלַחֲצֵנוּ
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?

 

כִּי־שָׁחָה לֶעָפָר נַפְשֵׁנוּ דָּבְקָה לָאָרֶץ בִּטְנֵנוּ
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the earth.

 

קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ
Arise for our help and redeem us for the sake of Your mercy.

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תהילים פ״ג | Psalm 83

 

שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לְאָסָף
A song. A psalm of Asaph.

 

אֱלֹהִים אַל־דֳּמִי־לָךְ אַל־תֶּחֱרַשׁ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵל
O God, do not keep silent; do not hold Your peace, and do not be still, O God.

 

כִּי הִנֵּה אוֹיְבֶיךָ יֶהֱמָיוּן וּמְשַׂנְאֶיךָ נָשְׂאוּ רֹאשׁ
For behold, Your enemies make an uproar; those who hate You have lifted up their head.

 

עַל־עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד וְיִתְיַעֲצוּ עַל־צְפוּנֶיךָ
They craftily plot against Your people and conspire against Your treasured ones.

 

אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי וְלֹא־יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד
They have said, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

 

כִּי נוֹעֲצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּו עָלֶיךָ בְּרִית יִכְרֹתוּ
For they have conspired together with one mind; against You they make a covenant.

 

אָהֳלֵי אֱדוֹם וְיִשְׁמְעֵאלִים מוֹאָב וְהַגְרִים
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;

 

גְּבָל וְעַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵק פְּלֶשֶׁת עִם־יוֹשְׁבֵי צוֹר
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.

 

גַּם אַשּׁוּר נִלְוָה עִמָּם הָיוּ זְרוֹעַ לִבְנֵי־לוֹט סֶלָה
Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.

 

עֲשֵׂה לָהֶם כְּמִדְיָן כְּסִיסְרָא כְּיָבִין בְּנַחַל קִישׁוֹן
Do to them as You did to Midian, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook Kishon.

 

נִשְׁמְדוּ בְעֵין־דּוֹר הָיוּ דֹמֶן לַאֲדָמָה
Who perished at En-dor; they became as dung for the earth.

 

שִׁיתֵמוֹ נְדִיבֵימוֹ כְּעֹרֵב וְכִזְאֵב וּכְזֶבַח וּכְצַלְמֻנָּע כָּל־נְסִיכֵימוֹ
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,

 

אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ נִירְשָׁה לָּנוּ אֵת נְאוֹת אֱלֹהִים
Who said, “Let us take for ourselves the pastures of God for our own possession.”

 

אֱלֹהַי שִׁיתֵמוֹ כַגַּלְגַּל כְּקַשׁ לִפְנֵי־רוּחַ
O my God, make them like the whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

 

כְּאֵשׁ תִּבְעַר יָעַר וּכְלֶהָבָה תְּלַהֵט הָרִים
As the fire burns a forest and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,

 

כֵּן תִּרְדְּפֵם בְּסַעֲרֶךָ וּבְסוּפָתְךָ תְּבַהֲלֵם
So pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm.

 

מַלֵּא פְנֵיהֶם קָלוֹן וִיבַקְשׁוּ שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה
Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek Your name, O LORD.

 

יִבֹּשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ עֲדֵי־עַד וְיַחְפְּרוּ וְיֹאבֵדוּ
Let them be confounded and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish.

 

וְיֵדְעוּ כִּי־אַתָּה שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ
That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

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תהילים צ״א | Psalm 91

 

יֹשֵׁב בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי יִתְלוֹנָן
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

 

אֹמַר לַיהוָה מַחְסִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אֱלֹהַי אֶבְטַח־בּוֹ
I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.”

 

כִּי הוּא יַצִּילְךָ מִפַּח יָקוּשׁ מִדֶּבֶר הַוּוֹת
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.

 

בְּאֶבְרָתוֹ יָסֶךְ לָךְ וְתַחַת כְּנָפָיו תֶּחְסֶה צִנָּה וְסֹחֵרָה אֲמִתּוֹ
He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

 

לֹא־תִירָא מִפַּחַד לָיְלָה מֵחֵץ יָעוּף יוֹמָם
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

 

מִדֶּבֶר בָּאֹפֶל יַהֲלֹךְ מִקֶּטֶב יָשׁוּד צָהֳרָיִם
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

 

יִפֹּל מִצִּדְּךָ אָלֶף וּרְבָבָה מִימִינֶךָ אֵלֶיךָ לֹא יִגָּשׁ
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.

 

רַק בְּעֵינֶיךָ תַבִּיט וְשִׁלֻּמַת רְשָׁעִים תִּרְאֶה
Only with your eyes shall you look and see the reward of the wicked.

 

כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה מַחְסִי עֶלְיוֹן שַׂמְתָּ מְעוֹנֶךָ
Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place,

 

לֹא־תְאֻנֶּה אֵלֶיךָ רָעָה וְנֶגַע לֹא־יִקְרַב בְּאָהֳלֶךָ
No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling.

 

כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה־לָּךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ
For He shall give His angels charge over you, to guard you in all your ways.

 

עַל־כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ פֶּן־תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ
They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.

 

עַל־שַׁחַל וָפֶתֶן תִּדְרֹךְ תִּרְמֹס כְּפִיר וְתַנִּין
You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra; the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

 

כִּי־בִי חָשַׁק וַאֲפַלְּטֵהוּ אֲשַׂגְּבֵהוּ כִּי יָדַע שְׁמִי
“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high because he has known My name.

 

יִקְרָאֵנִי וְאֶעֱנֵהוּ עִמּוֹ אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה אֲחַלְּצֵהוּ וַאֲכַבְּדֵהוּ
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him.

 

אֹרֶךְ יָמִים אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ וְאַרְאֵהוּ בִּישׁוּעָתִי
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”

 

תהילים קכ״א | Psalm 121

 

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת
A song of ascents.

 

אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי

I lift up my eyes to the mountains — from where will my help come?

 

עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ
My help comes from the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth.

 

אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ
He will not let your foot stumble; your Guardian will not slumber.

 

הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל
Behold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

 

יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶךָ
The LORD is your Keeper; the LORD is your shade upon your right hand.

 

יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַלָּיְלָה
The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

 

יְהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ
The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will guard your soul.

 

יְהוָה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם
The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in from now and forever.

 

תהילים קכ״ב | Psalm 122

 

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד
A song of ascents. Of David.

 

שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהוָה נֵלֵךְ
I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

 

עֹמְדוֹת הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם
Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.

 

יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם הַבְּנוּיָה כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּהּ יַחְדָּו
Jerusalem, built as a city that is bound firmly together,

 

שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהוֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה
To which the tribes go up — the tribes of the LORD — as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

 

כִּי שָׁמָּה יָשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֹת לְמִשְׁפָּט כִּסְאוֹת לְבֵית דָּוִד
For there thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

 

שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָיִךְ
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure.”

 

יְהִי שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ שַׁלְוָה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְ
May peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.

 

לְמַעַן אַחַי וְרֵעָי אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ
For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

 

לְמַעַן בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁה טוֹב לָךְ
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

 

תהילים קל׳ | Psalm 130

 

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת
A song of ascents.

 

מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָה
Out of the depths I call to You, O LORD.

 

אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי
Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

 

אִם־עֲו‍ֹנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד
If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?

 

כִּי־עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא
But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared.

 

קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי
I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and in His word I hope.

 

נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר
My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning — yes, more than watchmen for the morning.

 

יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי עִם־יְהוָה הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת
Let Israel hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is lovingkindness, and with Him is abundant redemption.

 

וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲו‍ֹנֹתָיו
And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.​​​​​

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