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Praise Before the All-Clear.

Hebrew (WLC) with ESV parallel

1

לַ֭מְנַצֵּחַ עַלְמ֥וּת לַבֵּ֗ן מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

2

אֶשְׂמְחָ֣ה וְאֶעֶלְצָ֣ה בָ֑ךְ אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה שִׁמְךָ֣ עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

[2] I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

3

בְּשׁוּב־אוֹיְבַ֥י אָח֑וֹר יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ וְ֝יֹאבְד֗וּ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃

[3] When my enemies turn back, they stumble and perish before your presence.

4

כִּֽי־עָ֭שִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י וְדִינִ֑י יָשַׁ֥בְתָּ לְ֝כִסֵּ֗א שׁוֹפֵ֥ט צֶֽדֶק׃

[4] For you have maintained my just cause; you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5

גָּעַ֣רְתָּ ג֭וֹיִם אִבַּ֣דְתָּ רָשָׁ֑ע שְׁמָ֥ם מָ֝חִ֗יתָ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

[5] You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish; you have blotted out their name forever and ever.

Sources

Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) · English Standard Version (ESV)

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הָֽאוֹיֵ֨ב׀ תַּ֥מּוּ חֳרָב֗וֹת לָ֫נֶ֥צַח וְעָרִ֥ים נָתַ֑שְׁתָּ אָבַ֖ד זִכְרָ֣ם הֵֽמָּה׃

[6] The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins; their cities you rooted out; the very memory of them has perished.

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וַֽ֭יהוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם יֵשֵׁ֑ב כּוֹנֵ֖ן לַמִּשְׁפָּ֣ט כִּסְאֽוֹ׃

[7] But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,

8

וְה֗וּא יִשְׁפֹּֽט־תֵּבֵ֥ל בְּצֶ֑דֶק יָדִ֥ין לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים׃

[8] and he judges the world with righteousness; he judges the peoples with uprightness.

9

וִ֘יהִ֤י יְהוָ֣ה מִשְׂגָּ֣ב לַדָּ֑ךְ מִ֝שְׂגָּ֗ב לְעִתּ֥וֹת בַּצָּרָֽה׃

[9] The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10

וְיִבְטְח֣וּ בְ֭ךָ יוֹדְעֵ֣י שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־עָזַ֖בְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃

[10] And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord , have not forsaken those who seek you.

11

זַמְּר֗וּ לַ֭יהוָה יֹשֵׁ֣ב צִיּ֑וֹן הַגִּ֥ידוּ בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים עֲלִֽילוֹתָֽיו׃

[11] Sing praises to the Lord , who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!

12

כִּֽי־דֹרֵ֣שׁ דָּ֭מִים אוֹתָ֣ם זָכָ֑ר לֹֽא־שָׁ֝כַ֗ח צַעֲקַ֥ת ׳עֲנִיִּים׳ ״עֲנָוִֽים׃״

[12] For he who avenges blood is mindful of them; he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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חָֽנְנֵ֬נִי יְהוָ֗ה רְאֵ֣ה עָ֭נְיִי מִשֹּׂנְאָ֑י מְ֝רוֹמְמִ֗י מִשַּׁ֥עֲרֵי מָֽוֶת׃

[13] Be gracious to me, O Lord ! See my affliction from those who hate me, O you who lift me up from the gates of death,

14

לְמַ֥עַן אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה כָּֽל־תְּהִלָּ֫תֶ֥יךָ בְּשַֽׁעֲרֵ֥י בַת־צִיּ֑וֹן אָ֝גִ֗ילָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃

[14] that I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.

15

טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־ז֥וּ טָ֝מָ֗נוּ נִלְכְּדָ֥ה רַגְלָֽם׃

[15] The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16

נ֤וֹדַ֨ע׀ יְהוָה֮ מִשְׁפָּ֪ט עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בְּפֹ֣עַל כַּ֭פָּיו נוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָשָׁ֑ע הִגָּי֥וֹן סֶֽלָה׃

[16] The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion. Selah

17

יָשׁ֣וּבוּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה כָּל־גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם שְׁכֵחֵ֥י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

[17] The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א לָ֭נֶצַח יִשָּׁכַ֣ח אֶבְי֑וֹן תִּקְוַ֥ת ׳עֲנָוִים׳ ״עֲ֝נִיִּ֗ים״ תֹּאבַ֥ד לָעַֽד׃

[18] For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19

קוּמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה אַל־יָעֹ֣ז אֱנ֑וֹשׁ יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם עַל־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

[19] Arise, O Lord ! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!

20

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃

[20] Put them in fear, O Lord ! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah