Category Archives: Psalms

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 →

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 →