Category Archives: Psalms

אֱֽלֹהַ֗י עָלַי֮ נַפְשִׁ֪י תִשְׁתֹּ֫וחָ֥ח עַל־כֵּ֗ן אֶ֭זְכָּרְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ יַרְדֵּ֑ן וְ֝חֶרְמֹונִ֗ים מֵהַ֥ר מִצְעָֽר׃ O my God, upon me my soul bows itself down; therefore I remember You from the land of Yarden and Ḥermonim, from Mount Mitsʿar.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal … Continue reading →

מַה־תִּשְׁתֹּ֬וחֲחִ֨י נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֪י עָ֫לָ֥י הֹוחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־עֹ֥וד אֹודֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּעֹ֥ות פָּנָֽיו׃ Why do you bow yourself down, my soul, and why do you murmur upon me? Hope in God, for still I shall praise Him, the salvations of His face.   … Continue reading →

אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה וְאֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨י נַפְשִׁ֗י כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בַּסָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗ם עַד־בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים בְּקֹול־רִנָּ֥ה וְתֹודָ֗ה הָמֹ֥ון חֹוגֵֽג׃ These I remember, and I pour out upon myself my soul, for I would pass in the throng, I would lead them unto the house … Continue reading →

הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יֹומָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כָּל־֝הַיֹּ֗ום אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ My tears have been for me bread by day and by night, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your God?”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss … Continue reading →

צָמְאָ֬ה נַפְשִׁ֨י לֵאלֹהִים֮ לְאֵ֪ל חָ֥י מָתַ֥י אָבֹ֑וא וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה פְּנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִֽים׃ My soul has thirsted for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before the face of God?   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 … Continue reading →

כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃ As a deer pants upon streams of water, so my soul pants toward You, O God.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 כְּאַיָּל ke-ʾayyal “as a deer” Prep כְּ … Continue reading →

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

בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵֽ֭הָעֹולָם וְעַ֥ד הָעֹולָ֗ם אָ֘מֵ֥ן וְאָמֵֽן׃ Blessed is YHWH, the God of Yisraʾel, from the everlasting and unto the everlasting. “Amen and Amen.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 בָּרוּךְ barukh “blessed” Qal passive … Continue reading →

וַאֲנִ֗י בְּ֭תֻמִּי תָּמַ֣כְתָּ בִּ֑י וַתַּצִּיבֵ֖נִי לְפָנֶ֣יךָ לְעֹולָֽם׃ And I, in my integrity, You have upheld me, and You have set me before You forever.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 וַאֲנִי va-ʾani “and I” Conj + pron … Continue reading →

בְּזֹ֣את יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּֽי־חָפַ֣צְתָּ בִּ֑י כִּ֤י לֹֽא־יָרִ֖יעַ אֹיְבִ֣י עָלָֽי׃ By this I have known that You delight in me, for my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 בְּזֹאת be-zot “by … Continue reading →

וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה חָנֵּ֥נִי וַהֲקִימֵ֑נִי וַֽאֲשַׁלְּמָ֥ה לָהֶֽם׃ And You, YHWH, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 וְאַתָּה ve-ʾattah “and You” Conj + pron 2ms 2 … Continue reading →

גַּם־אִ֤ישׁ שְׁלֹומִ֨י אֲשֶׁר־בָּטַ֣חְתִּי בֹ֭ו אֹוכֵ֣ל לַחְמִ֑י הִגְדִּ֖יל עָלַ֣י עָקֵֽב׃ Also a man of my peace, in whom I trusted, eating my bread, has made great against me a heel.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 גַּם gam … Continue reading →

דְּֽבַר־֭בְּלִיַּעַל יָצ֣וּק בֹּ֑ו וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁ֝כַ֗ב לֹא־יֹוסִ֥יף לָקֽוּם׃ A word of worthlessness is poured upon him, and that he has lain down, he will not add to rise.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 דְּבַר־בְּלִיַּעַל devar-beliyyaʿal “a word … Continue reading →

יַ֗חַד עָלַ֣י יִ֭תְלַחֲשׁוּ כָּל־שֹׂנְאָ֑י עָלַ֓י יַחְשְׁב֖וּ רָעָ֣ה לִֽי׃ Together against me they whisper, all those hating me; against me they think evil for me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יַחַד yaḥad “together” Adverb 2 עָלַי ʿalay … Continue reading →

וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְאֹ֨ות שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבֹּ֗ו יִקְבָּץ־אָ֥וֶן לֹ֑ו יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃ And if he comes to see, he speaks falsehood; his heart gathers iniquity to him; he goes out to the outside, he speaks.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph … Continue reading →

אֹויְבַ֗י יֹאמְר֣וּ רַ֣ע לִ֑י מָתַ֥י יָ֝מ֗וּת וְאָבַ֥ד שְׁמֹֽו׃ My enemies say evil to me, “When will he die and his name perish?”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אֹויְבַי ʾoyevay “my enemies” N(mp) + suff 1cs 2 … Continue reading →

אֲֽנִי־֭אָמַרְתִּי יְהוָ֣ה חָנֵּ֑נִי רְפָאָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י כִּי־חָטָ֥אתִי לָֽךְ׃ I, I said, “YHWH, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned to You.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אֲנִי ʾani “I” Pronoun 1cs 2 אָמַרְתִּי … Continue reading →

יְֽהוָ֗ה יִ֭סְעָדֶנּוּ עַל־עֶ֣רֶשׂ דְּוָ֑י כָּל־֝מִשְׁכָּבֹ֗ו הָפַ֥כְתָּ בְחָלְיֹֽו׃ YHWH will sustain him upon the bed of sickness; all his bed You have turned in his illness.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יְהוָה YHWH “YHWH” Proper noun 2 … Continue reading →

יְהוָ֤ה יִשְׁמְרֵ֣הוּ וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ יְאַשֵּׁ֣ר בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְאַל־תִּתְּנֵ֗הוּ בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ אֹיְבָֽיו׃ YHWH will keep him and will preserve him alive; He will make him blessed in the land, and do not give him into the desire of his enemies.   # Hebrew Transliteration … Continue reading →

אַ֭שְׁרֵי מַשְׂכִּ֣יל אֶל־דָּ֑ל בְּיֹ֥ום רָ֝עָ֗ה יְֽמַלְּטֵ֥הוּ יְהוָֽה׃ Blessed is one acting wisely toward the poor; in the day of evil, YHWH will deliver him.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אַשְׁרֵי ʾashrē “blessed is” N(mp) construct 2 … Continue reading →

לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמֹ֥ור לְדָוִֽד׃ For the Chief Musician, a psalm of Dawid.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 לַמְנַצֵּחַ la-menatseaḥ “for the one directing” Prep לְ + Def. art. הַ + Piel participle ms 2 מִזְמוֹר mizmor “psalm” … Continue reading →

וַאֲנִ֤י עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיֹון֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י יַחֲשָׁ֫ב לִ֥י עֶזְרָתִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אַל־תְּאַחַֽר׃ And I am poor and needy; Lord will think upon me; my help and my deliverer You are; my God, do not delay.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss … Continue reading →

יָ֘שִׂ֤ישׂוּ וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ בְּךָ֗ כָּֽל־מְבַ֫קְשֶׁ֥יךָ יֹאמְר֣וּ תָ֭מִיד יִגְדַּ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה אֹֽ֝הֲבֵ֗י תְּשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃ Let them rejoice and be glad in You, all those seeking You; let them say continually, “Let YHWH be magnified,” those loving Your salvation.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss … Continue reading →

יָ֭שֹׁמּוּ עַל־עֵ֣קֶב בָּשְׁתָּ֑ם הָאֹמְרִ֥ים לִ֝֗י הֶאָ֥ח הֶאָֽח׃ Let them be desolated because of the consequence of their shame, those who are saying to me, “Aha, aha.”   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 יָשֹׁמּוּ yashommu “let them be … Continue reading →

יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ יַחַד֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗י לִסְפֹּ֫ותָ֥הּ יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חֹור וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃ Let them be ashamed and let them be confounded together, those seeking my life to sweep it away; let them turn back backward and let them be humiliated, those … Continue reading →

רְצֵ֣ה יְ֭הוָה לְהַצִּילֵ֑נִי יְ֝הוָ֗ה לְעֶזְרָ֥תִי חֽוּשָׁה׃ Be pleased, O YHWH, to deliver me; O YHWH, hasten to my help.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 רְצֵה retseh “be pleased” Qal imperative 2ms 2 יְהוָה YHWH “YHWH” Proper … Continue reading →

כִּ֤י אָפְפ֥וּ־עָלַ֨י רָעֹ֡ות עַד־אֵ֬ין מִסְפָּ֗ר הִשִּׂיג֣וּנִי עֲ֭וֹנֹתַי וְלֹא־יָכֹ֣לְתִּי לִרְאֹ֑ות עָצְמ֥וּ מִשַּֽׂעֲרֹ֥ות רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י וְלִבִּ֥י עֲזָבָֽנִי׃ For evils have surrounded me upon me until there is no number, my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see; they are … Continue reading →

אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָ֗ה לֹא־תִכְלָ֣א רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּ֑נִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥ וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ תָּמִ֥יד יִצְּרֽוּנִי׃ You, YHWH, do not restrain Your mercies from me; Your steadfast love and Your truth continually guard me.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag 1 אַתָּה ʾattah “You” Pronoun … Continue reading →

צִדְקָתְךָ֬ לֹא־כִסִּ֨יתִי בְּתֹ֬וךְ לִבִּ֗י אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣ אָמָ֑רְתִּי לֹא־כִחַ֥דְתִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥ וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ לְקָהָ֥ל רָֽב׃ Your righteousness I did not conceal within my heart; Your faithfulness and Your salvation I have spoken; I did not hide Your steadfast love and Your truth to … Continue reading →

בִּשַּׂ֤רְתִּי צֶ֨דֶק בְּקָ֘הָ֤ל רָ֗ב הִנֵּ֣ה שְׂ֭פָתַי לֹ֣א אֶכְלָ֑א יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה יָדָֽעְתָּ׃ I proclaimed good news of righteousness in a great assembly; behold, my lips I do not restrain; YHWH, You, You know.   # Hebrew Transliteration Literal Gloss Morph Tag … Continue reading →