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כִּ֣י דִ֭כִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקֹ֣ום תַּנִּ֑ים וַתְּכַ֖ס עָלֵ֣ינוּ בְצַלְמָֽוֶת׃ For You have crushed us in a place of jackals, and You have covered us with deep darkness.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki “for” Conjunction 2 דִּכִּיתָנוּ … Continue reading →

לֹא־נָסֹ֣וג אָחֹ֣ור לִבֵּ֑נוּ וַתֵּ֥ט אֲשֻׁרֵ֗ינוּ מִנִּ֥י אָרְחֶֽךָ׃ Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have not turned aside from Your path.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לֹא־ lo “not” Negative particle 2 נָסֹוג nasog … Continue reading →

כָּל־זֹ֣את בָּ֭אַתְנוּ וְלֹ֣א שְׁכַחֲנ֑וּךָ וְלֹֽא־֝שִׁקַּ֗רְנוּ בִּבְרִיתֶֽךָ׃ All this has come upon us, and we have not forgotten You, and we have not dealt falsely in Your covenant.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כָּל־ kol “all of” … Continue reading →

מִ֭קֹּול מְחָרֵ֣ף וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף מִפְּנֵ֥י אֹ֝ויֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃ From the voice of one who reproaches and blasphemes, from the presence of the enemy and the avenger.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 מִקֹּול mi-qol “from the voice” Prep מִן … Continue reading →

כָּל־֭הַיֹּום כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי׃ All the day my humiliation is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כָּל־ kol “all of” N(ms construct) 2 הַיֹּום … Continue reading →

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭שָׁל בַּגֹּויִ֑ם מְנֹֽוד־֝רֹ֗אשׁ בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃ You set us as a proverb among the nations, a shaking of head among the peoples.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תְּשִׂימֵנוּ tesimenu “You set us” Qal imperfect 2ms + suff … Continue reading →

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ חֶ֭רְפָּה לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ לַ֥עַג וָ֝קֶ֗לֶס לִסְבִיבֹותֵֽינוּ׃ You set us as a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and a derision to those around us.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תְּשִׂימֵנוּ tesimenu “You set us” Qal imperfect … Continue reading →

תִּמְכֹּֽר־עַמְּךָ֥ בְלֹא־הֹ֑ון וְלֹ֥א־֝רִבִּ֗יתָ בִּמְחִירֵיהֶֽם׃ You sell Your people without wealth, and You did not increase by their price.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תִּמְכֹּר־ timkor “You sell” Qal imperfect 2ms 2 עַמְּךָ ʿamkha “Your people” N(ms) … Continue reading →

תִּ֭תְּנֵנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן מַאֲכָ֑ל וּ֝בַגֹּויִ֗ם זֵרִיתָֽנוּ׃ You give us as sheep of food, and among the nations You have scattered us.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תִּתְּנֵנוּ titnenu “You give us” Qal imperfect 2ms + suff 1cp … Continue reading →

תְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּ אָ֭חֹור מִנִּי־צָ֑ר וּ֝מְשַׂנְאֵ֗ינוּ שָׁ֣סוּ לָֽמֹו׃ You cause us to turn back from the adversary, and those who hate us have plundered for themselves.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ teshivenu “You cause us to turn … Continue reading →

אַף־֭זָנַחְתָּ וַתַּכְלִימֵ֑נוּ וְלֹא־֝תֵצֵ֗א בְּצִבְאֹותֵֽינוּ׃ Indeed, You have rejected and You have humiliated us, and You do not go out with our armies.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אַף־ af “indeed/even” Particle 2 זָנַחְתָּ zanakhta “You have … Continue reading →

בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִים הִלַּלְ֣נוּ כָל־הַיֹּ֑ום וְשִׁמְךָ֓ לְעֹולָ֖ם נֹודֶ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃ In God we have boasted all the day, and Your name forever we will praise, Sela.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 בֵּאלֹהִים be-Elohim “in God” Prep בְ + N(mp) … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י הֹ֭ושַׁעְתָּנוּ מִצָּרֵ֑ינוּ וּמְשַׂנְאֵ֥ינוּ הֱבִישֹֽׁותָ׃ For You have saved us from our adversaries, and those who hate us You have put to shame.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki “for” Conjunction 2 הֹושַׁעְתָּנוּ hoshaʿtanu “You … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְקַשְׁתִּ֣י אֶבְטָ֑ח וְ֝חַרְבִּ֗י לֹ֣א תֹושִׁיעֵֽנִי׃ For not in my bow do I trust, and my sword does not save me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki “for” Conjunction 2 לֹא lo “not” Negative … Continue reading →

בְּ֭ךָ צָרֵ֣ינוּ נְנַגֵּ֑חַ בְּ֝שִׁמְךָ֗ נָב֥וּס קָמֵֽינוּ׃ By You we gore our adversaries; by Your name we trample those who rise against us.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 בְּךָ bekha “by You” Prep בְ + suff 2ms … Continue reading →

אַתָּה־ה֣וּא מַלְכִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים צַ֝וֵּ֗ה יְשׁוּעֹ֥ות יַעֲקֹֽב׃ You are my King, O God; command salvations for Yaʿaqov.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אַתָּה attah “You” Independent pronoun 2ms 2 הוּא huʾ “he/is” Independent pronoun 3ms 3 מַלְכִּי … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י לֹ֪א בְחַרְבָּ֡ם יָ֥רְשׁוּ אָ֗רֶץ וּזְרֹועָם֮ לֹא־הֹושִׁ֪יעָ֫ה לָּ֥מֹו כִּֽי־יְמִֽינְךָ֣ וּ֭זְרֹועֲךָ וְאֹ֥ור פָּנֶ֗יךָ כִּ֣י רְצִיתָֽם׃ For not by their sword did they possess the land, and their arm did not save for them, but Your right hand and Your arm and … Continue reading →

אַתָּ֤ה יָדְךָ֡ גֹּויִ֣ם הֹ֭ורַשְׁתָּ וַתִּטָּעֵ֑ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽתְּשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃ You, Your hand, drove out nations, and You planted them; You afflicted peoples, and You sent them forth.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אַתָּה attah “You” Independent pronoun … Continue reading →

מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ אֱלֹהִ֤ים בְּאָזְנֵ֬ינוּ שָׁמַ֗עְנוּ אֲבֹותֵ֥ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־לָ֑נוּ פֹּ֥עַל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ בִֽ֝ימֵיהֶ֗ם בִּ֣ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃ A maskil. O God, with our ears we have heard; our fathers have recounted to us the deed You worked in their days, in days of old.   # … Continue reading →

לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃ For the one who oversees, for the sons of Qoraḥ, a maskil.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ la-menatseaḥ “for the one who oversees” Prep לְ + Def. art. הַ + Piel participle … Continue reading →

מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הֹוחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־עֹ֣וד אֹודֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ Why do you bow yourself down, my soul, and why do you murmur upon me? Wait in hope for God, for I shall still praise Him, the salvations of … Continue reading →

וְאָבֹ֤ואָה אֶל־מִזְבַּ֬ח אֱלֹהִ֗ים אֶל־אֵל֮ שִׂמְחַ֪ת גִּ֫ילִ֥י וְאֹודְךָ֥ בְכִנֹּ֗ור אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהָֽי׃ And I will come to the altar of God, to God, the joy of my rejoicing; and I will praise You with a lyre, O God, my God.   # … Continue reading →

שְׁלַח־אֹורְךָ֣ וַ֭אֲמִתְּךָ הֵ֣מָּה יַנְח֑וּנִי יְבִיא֥וּנִי אֶל־הַֽר־֝קָדְשְׁךָ֗ וְאֶל־מִשְׁכְּנֹותֶֽיךָ׃ Send Your light and Your truth; they, let them guide me; let them bring me to the mountain of Your holiness and to Your dwelling places.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י מָֽעוּזִּי֮ לָמָ֪ה זְנַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֶתְהַלֵּ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אֹויֵֽב׃ For You are the God of my stronghold; why have You rejected me? Why do I walk about mourning under the oppression of an enemy?   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss … Continue reading →

שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהִ֨ים וְרִ֘יבָ֤ה רִיבִ֗י מִגֹּ֥וי לֹא־חָסִ֑יד מֵ֤אִישׁ־מִרְמָ֖ה וְעַוְלָ֣ה תְפַלְּטֵֽנִי׃ Judge me, O God, and contend my cause from a nation not faithful; from a man of deceit and injustice deliver me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 … Continue reading →

מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וּֽמַה־תֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הֹוחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־עֹ֣וד אֹודֶ֑נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת פָּ֝נַ֗י וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃ Why do you bow yourself down, my soul, and why do you murmur upon me? Wait in hope for God, for I shall still praise Him, the salvations of … Continue reading →

בְּרֶ֤צַח בְּֽעַצְמֹותַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צֹורְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כָּל־֝הַיֹּ֗ום אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ With a crushing in my bones my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your God?”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 … Continue reading →

אֹומְרָ֤ה לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֪ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אֹויֵֽב׃ I say to God, my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning under the oppression of an enemy?”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag … Continue reading →

יֹומָ֤ם יְצַוֶּ֬ה יְהוָ֨ה חַסְדֹּ֗ו וּ֭בַלַּיְלָה שֶׂירה עִמִּ֑י תְּ֝פִלָּ֗ה לְאֵ֣ל חַיָּֽי׃ By day YHWH commands His covenant-loyalty, and by night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag … Continue reading →

תְּהֹֽום־אֶל־תְּהֹ֣ום קֹ֭ורֵא לְקֹ֣ול צִנֹּורֶ֑יךָ כָּֽל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְ֝גַלֶּ֗יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃ Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your channels; all Your breakers and Your waves have passed over me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תְּהֹום tehom “deep” … Continue reading →