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יְהוָ֤ה בְּֽהֵ֘יכַ֤ל קָדְשֹׁ֗ו יְהוָה֮ בַּשָּׁמַ֪יִם כִּ֫סְאֹ֥ו עֵינָ֥יו יֶחֱז֑וּ עַפְעַפָּ֥יו יִ֝בְחֲנ֗וּ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃ YHWH is in the temple of His holiness. YHWH, in the heavens is His throne. His eyes behold. His eyelids examine the sons of ʾAdam.   # Hebrew … Continue reading →

כִּ֣י הַ֭שָּׁתֹות יֵֽהָרֵס֑וּן צַ֝דִּ֗יק מַה־פָּעָֽל׃ For the foundations are being torn down. The righteous, what has he done?   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki “for” Conjunction 2 הַשָּׁתֹות ha-shatot “the foundations” Def. art. הַ + … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י הִנֵּ֪ה הָרְשָׁעִ֡ים יִדְרְכ֬וּן קֶ֗שֶׁת כֹּונְנ֣וּ חִצָּ֣ם עַל־יֶ֑תֶר לִירֹ֥ות בְּמֹו־֝אֹ֗פֶל לְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵֽב׃ For behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have prepared their arrow upon the string, to shoot in darkness at the upright of heart.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal … Continue reading →

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְדָ֫וִ֥ד בַּֽיהוָ֨ה חָסִ֗יתִי אֵ֭יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ לְנַפְשִׁ֑י נודו הַרְכֶ֥ם צִפֹּֽור׃ For the Chief. Of Dawid. In YHWH I have taken refuge. How do you say to my soul, “Flee to your mountain, bird.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph … Continue reading →

לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט יָתֹ֗ום וָ֫דָ֥ךְ בַּל־יֹוסִ֥יף עֹ֑וד לַעֲרֹ֥ץ אֱ֝נֹ֗ושׁ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ To judge the orphan and the oppressed so that man from the earth will not continue any longer to terrify.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לִשְׁפֹּט lishpot “to … Continue reading →

תַּאֲוַ֬ת עֲנָוִ֣ים שָׁמַ֣עְתָּ יְהוָ֑ה תָּכִ֥ין לִ֝בָּ֗ם תַּקְשִׁ֥יב אָזְנֶֽךָ׃ The desire of the humble You have heard, O YHWH. You will establish their heart. Your ear will listen attentively.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 תַּאֲוַת taʾavat “desire … Continue reading →

יְהוָ֣ה מֶ֭לֶךְ עֹולָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד אָבְד֥וּ גֹ֝ויִ֗ם מֵֽאַרְצֹֽו׃ YHWH is King forever and ever. Nations have perished from His land.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יְהוָה YHWH “YHWH” Proper noun 2 מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” N(ms) 3 עֹולָם … Continue reading →

שְׁ֭בֹר זְרֹ֣ועַ רָשָׁ֑ע וָ֝רָ֗ע תִּֽדְרֹושׁ־רִשְׁעֹ֥ו בַל־תִּמְצָֽא׃ Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one. You will seek out his wickedness. You will not find it.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 שְׁבֹר shevor “break” Qal … Continue reading →

רָאִ֡תָה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה עָ֘מָ֤ל וָכַ֨עַס תַּבִּיט֮ לָתֵ֪ת בְּיָ֫דֶ֥ךָ עָ֭לֶיךָ יַעֲזֹ֣ב חֵלֶ֑כָה יָ֝תֹ֗ום אַתָּ֤ה הָיִ֬יתָ עֹוזֵֽר׃ You have seen. For You behold trouble and vexation to give into Your hand. Upon You the helpless leaves himself. Of the orphan You have been … Continue reading →

עַל־מֶ֤ה נִאֵ֖ץ רָשָׁ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֑ים אָמַ֥ר בְּ֝לִבֹּ֗ו לֹ֣א תִּדְרֹֽשׁ׃ Why does the wicked despise God? He says in his heart “You will not seek.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 עַל ʿal “because of / why” Prep עַל … Continue reading →

קוּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֭ל נְשָׂ֣א יָדֶ֑ךָ אַל־תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח עֲנָיִֽים׃ כ עניים * ק עֲנָוִים * Arise YHWH. God lift up Your hand. Do not forget the humble.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 קוּמָה qumah “arise” Qal imperative 2ms … Continue reading →

אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבֹּו שָׁ֣כַֽח אֵ֑ל הִסְתִּ֥יר פָּ֝נָ֗יו בַּל־רָאָ֥ה לָנֶֽצַח׃ He says in his heart “God has forgotten.” He has hidden His face. He has not seen forever.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אָמַר ʾamar “he said” Qal … Continue reading →

וִדְכֶּ֥ה יָשֹׁ֑חַ וְנָפַ֥ל בַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יו חֵ֣לכָּאִֽים׃ כ ודכה * ק יִדְכֶּ֥ה * כ חלכאים * ק חֵ֣ל כָּאִֽים * He crushes he bows down and the helpless fall by his mighty ones.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 … Continue reading →

יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲטֹ֣וף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכֹ֥ו בְרִשְׁתֹּֽו׃ He lies in wait in the hiding place like a lion in his thicket. He lies in wait to seize the poor. He seizes the poor when he draws … Continue reading →

יֵשֵׁ֤ב בְּמַאְרַ֬ב חֲצֵרִ֗ים בַּֽ֭מִּסְתָּרִים יַהֲרֹ֣ג נָקִ֑י עֵ֝ינָ֗יו לְֽחֵלְכָ֥ה יִצְפֹּֽנוּ׃ He sits in the ambush of villages. In the hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes for the helpless lie in wait.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag … Continue reading →

אָלָ֤ה פִּ֣יהוּ מָ֭לֵא וּמִרְמֹ֣ות וָתֹ֑ךְ תַּ֥חַת לְ֝שֹׁונֹ֗ו עָמָ֥ל וָאָֽוֶן׃ Cursing his mouth is full and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אָלָה ʾalah “cursing” N(fs) 2 פִּיהוּ … Continue reading →

אָמַ֣ר בְּ֭לִבֹּו בַּל־אֶמֹּ֑וט לְדֹ֥ר וָ֝דֹ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־בְרָֽע׃ He said in his heart, “I shall not be moved. From generation to generation I shall not be in adversity.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אָמַר ʾamar “he said” … Continue reading →

יָ֘חִ֤ילוּ דרכו בְּכָל־עֵ֗ת מָרֹ֣ום מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדֹּ֑ו כָּל־֝צֹורְרָ֗יו יָפִ֥יחַ בָּהֶֽם׃ His ways prosper at every time. Your judgments are on high from before him. All his adversaries he snorts at them.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יָחִילוּ … Continue reading →

רָשָׁ֗ע כְּגֹ֣בַהּ אַ֭פֹּו בַּל־יִדְרֹ֑שׁ אֵ֥ין אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים כָּל־מְזִמֹּותָֽיו׃ The wicked according to the height of his nose does not seek. “There is no God” are all his schemes.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 רָשָׁע rashaʿ “wicked one” … Continue reading →

כִּֽי־הִלֵּ֣ל רָ֭שָׁע עַל־תַּאֲוַ֣ת נַפְשֹׁ֑ו וּבֹצֵ֥עַ בֵּ֝רֵ֗ךְ נִ֘אֵ֥ץ יְהוָֽה׃ For the wicked praises himself over the desire of his soul and the one greedy for gain blesses and despises YHWH.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki … Continue reading →

בְּגַאֲוַ֣ת רָ֭שָׁע יִדְלַ֣ק עָנִ֑י יִתָּפְשׂ֓וּ בִּמְזִמֹּ֖ות ז֣וּ חָשָֽׁבוּ׃ In the pride of the wicked he fiercely pursues the poor. Let them be caught in the schemes which they devised.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 בְּגַאֲוַת be-gaʾavat … Continue reading →

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תַּעֲמֹ֣ד בְּרָחֹ֑וק תַּ֝עְלִ֗ים לְעִתֹּ֥ות בַּצָּרָֽה׃ Why, O YHWH, do You stand at a distance? Why do You hide Yourself in times of distress?   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לָמָה lamah “why” Interrogative particle 2 … Continue reading →

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה מֹורָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גֹויִ֑ם אֱנֹ֖ושׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃ Set, O YHWH, a fear for them. Let nations know that they are mortal men. Sela.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה shitah “set” Qal imperative 2ms … Continue reading →

קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אַל־יָעֹ֣ז אֱנֹ֑ושׁ יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ גֹ֝ויִ֗ם עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ Arise YHWH. Let not mortal be strong. Let the nations be judged before Your face.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 קוּמָה qumah arise Qal imperative 2ms + paragogic ה … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְיֹ֑ון תִּקְוַ֥ת ענוים תֹּאבַ֥ד לָעַֽד׃ For not forever will the needy be forgotten. The hope of the humble will not perish forever.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כִּי ki for Conjunction 2 … Continue reading →

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לִשְׁאֹ֑ולָה כָּל־֝גֹּויִ֗ם שְׁכֵחֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃ The wicked will return to Sheol. All the nations that forget God.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יָשׁוּבוּ yashuvu “they will return” Qal imperfect 3mp 2 רְשָׁעִים reshaʿim “wicked ones” … Continue reading →

נֹ֤ודַ֨ע יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נֹוקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּיֹ֥ון סֶֽלָה׃ YHWH is known. He executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is ensnared. Higgaion. Sela.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 נֹודַע nodaʿ … Continue reading →

טָבְע֣וּ גֹ֭ויִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־ז֥וּ טָ֝מָ֗נוּ נִלְכְּדָ֥ה רַגְלָֽם׃ The nations sank in the pit they made. In the net this they hid, their foot was caught.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 טָבְעוּ ṭavʿu “they sank” Qal … Continue reading →

לְמַ֥עַן אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה כָּֽל־תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥י בַת־צִיֹּ֑ון אָ֝גִ֗ילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃ So that I may recount all Your praises in the gates of the daughter of Tsiyyon. I will rejoice in Your salvation.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לְמַעַן lemaʿan … Continue reading →

חָֽנְנֵ֬נִי יְהוָ֗ה רְאֵ֣ה עָ֭נְיִי מִשֹּׂנְאָ֑י מְ֝רֹומְמִ֗י מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃ Show favor to me YHWH. See my affliction from those hating me. The One lifting me up from the gates of death.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 חָנֵּנִי … Continue reading →