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וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר דָּוִד֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה אֶת־ דִּבְרֵ֖י הַשִּׁירָ֣ה הַזֹּ֑את בְּיוֹם֩ הִצִּ֨יל יְהוָ֥ה אֹת֛וֹ מִכַּ֥ף כָּל־ אֹיְבָ֖יו וּמִכַּ֥ף שָׁאֽוּל׃ |
And David sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. |
And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: |
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וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהוָ֛ה סַֽלְעִ֥י וּמְצֻדָתִ֖י וּמְפַלְטִי־ לִֽי׃ |
He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. |
And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; |
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אֱלֹהֵ֥י צוּרִ֖י אֶחֱסֶה־ בּ֑וֹ מָגִנִּ֞י וְקֶ֣רֶן יִשְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ וּמְנוּסִ֔י מֹשִׁעִ֕י מֵחָמָ֖ס תֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃ |
My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation. My stronghold, my refuge, and my Savior, You save me from violence. |
The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. |
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מְהֻלָּ֖ל אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּמֵאֹיְבַ֖י אִוָּשֵֽׁעַ׃ |
I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. |
I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. |
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כִּ֥י אֲפָפֻ֖נִי מִשְׁבְּרֵי־ מָ֑וֶת נַחֲלֵ֥י בְלִיַּ֖עַל יְבַעֲתֻֽנִי׃ |
For the waves of death engulfed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. |
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; |
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חֶבְלֵ֥י שְׁא֖וֹל סַבֻּ֑נִי קִדְּמֻ֖נִי מֹֽקְשֵׁי־ מָֽוֶת׃ |
The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. |
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; |
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בַּצַּר־ לִי֙ אֶקְרָ֣א יְהוָ֔ה וְאֶל־ אֱלֹהַ֖י אֶקְרָ֑א וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע מֵהֵֽיכָלוֹ֙ קוֹלִ֔י וְשַׁוְעָתִ֖י בְּאָזְנָֽיו׃ |
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears. |
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry [did enter] into his ears. |
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[ותגעש] (וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁ) וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מוֹסְד֥וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ כִּֽי־ חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃ |
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger. |
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. |
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עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ |
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. |
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. |
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וַיֵּ֥ט שָׁמַ֖יִם וַיֵּרַ֑ד וַעֲרָפֶ֖ל תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽיו׃ |
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. |
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet. |
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וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב עַל־ כְּר֖וּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַיֵּרָ֖א עַל־ כַּנְפֵי־ רֽוּחַ׃ |
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. |
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. |
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וַיָּ֥שֶׁת חֹ֛שֶׁךְ סְבִיבֹתָ֖יו סֻכּ֑וֹת חַֽשְׁרַת־ מַ֖יִם עָבֵ֥י שְׁחָקִֽים׃ |
He made darkness a canopy around Him, a gathering of water and thick clouds. |
And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies. |
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מִנֹּ֖גַהּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ בָּעֲר֖וּ גַּחֲלֵי־ אֵֽשׁ׃ |
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth. |
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. |
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יַרְעֵ֥ם מִן־ שָׁמַ֖יִם יְהוָ֑ה וְעֶלְי֖וֹן יִתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֽוֹ׃ |
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. |
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. |
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִצִּ֖ים וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם בָּרָ֖ק [ויהמם] (וַיָּהֹֽם׃) |
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. |
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. |
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וַיֵּֽרָאוּ֙ אֲפִ֣קֵי יָ֔ם יִגָּל֖וּ מֹסְד֣וֹת תֵּבֵ֑ל בְּגַעֲרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת ר֥וּחַ אַפּֽוֹ׃ |
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. |
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. |
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יִשְׁלַ֥ח מִמָּר֖וֹם יִקָּחֵ֑נִי יַֽמְשֵׁ֖נִי מִמַּ֥יִם רַבִּֽים׃ |
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; He drew me out of deep waters. |
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; |
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יַצִּילֵ֕נִי מֵאֹיְבִ֖י עָ֑ז מִשֹּׂ֣נְאַ֔י כִּ֥י אָמְצ֖וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from foes too mighty for me. |
He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. |
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יְקַדְּמֻ֖נִי בְּי֣וֹם אֵידִ֑י וַיְהִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה מִשְׁעָ֖ן לִֽי׃ |
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support. |
They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. |
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וַיֹּצֵ֥א לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב אֹתִ֑י יְחַלְּצֵ֖נִי כִּי־ חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃ |
He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me. |
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. |
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יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָדַ֖י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃ |
The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands. |
The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. |
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כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖רְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א רָשַׁ֖עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃ |
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. |
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כִּ֥י כָל־ [משפטו] (מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו) לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־ אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ |
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes. |
For all his judgments [were] before me: and [as for] his statutes, I did not depart from them. |
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וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים ל֑וֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃ |
And I have been blameless before Him and kept myself from iniquity. |
I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. |
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וַיָּ֧שֶׁב יְהוָ֛ה לִ֖י כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹרִ֖י לְנֶ֥גֶד עֵינָֽיו׃ |
So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight. |
Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. |
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עִם־ חָסִ֖יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־ גִּבּ֥וֹר תָּמִ֖ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃ |
To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless; |
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, [and] with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. |
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עִם־ נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־ עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃ |
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd. |
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. |
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וְאֶת־ עַ֥ם עָנִ֖י תּוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְעֵינֶ֖יךָ עַל־ רָמִ֥ים תַּשְׁפִּֽיל׃ |
You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down. |
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down. |
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כִּֽי־ אַתָּ֥ה נֵירִ֖י יְהוָ֑ה וַיהוָ֖ה יַגִּ֥יהַּ חָשְׁכִּֽי׃ |
For You, O LORD, are my lamp; the LORD lights up my darkness. |
For thou [art] my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. |
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כִּ֥י בְכָ֖ה אָר֣וּץ גְּד֑וּד בֵּאלֹהַ֖י אֲדַלֶּג־ שֽׁוּר׃ |
For in You I can charge an army; with my God I can scale a wall. |
For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. |
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הָאֵ֖ל תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכּ֑וֹ אִמְרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ צְרוּפָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן ה֔וּא לְכֹ֖ל הַחֹסִ֥ים בּֽוֹ׃ |
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. |
[As for] God, his way [is] perfect; the word of the LORD [is] tried: he [is] a buckler to all them that trust in him. |
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כִּ֥י מִי־ אֵ֖ל מִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וּמִ֥י צ֖וּר מִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֥י אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ |
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God? |
For who [is] God, save the LORD? and who [is] a rock, save our God? |
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הָאֵ֥ל מָעוּזִּ֖י חָ֑יִל וַיַּתֵּ֥ר תָּמִ֖ים [דרכו] (דַּרְכִּֽי׃) |
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear. |
God [is] my strength [and] power: and he maketh my way perfect. |
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מְשַׁוֶּ֥ה [רגליו] (רַגְלַ֖י) כָּאַיָּל֑וֹת וְעַ֥ל בָּמוֹתַ֖י יַעֲמִדֵֽנִי׃ |
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights. |
He maketh my feet like hinds' [feet]: and setteth me upon my high places. |
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מְלַמֵּ֥ד יָדַ֖י לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וְנִחַ֥ת קֶֽשֶׁת־ נְחוּשָׁ֖ה זְרֹעֹתָֽי׃ |
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. |
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. |
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וַתִּתֶּן־ לִ֖י מָגֵ֣ן יִשְׁעֶ֑ךָ וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖ תַּרְבֵּֽנִי׃ |
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me. |
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. |
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תַּרְחִ֥יב צַעֲדִ֖י תַּחְתֵּ֑נִי וְלֹ֥א מָעֲד֖וּ קַרְסֻלָּֽי׃ |
You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way. |
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. |
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אֶרְדְּפָ֥ה אֹיְבַ֖י וָאַשְׁמִידֵ֑ם וְלֹ֥א אָשׁ֖וּב עַד־ כַּלּוֹתָֽם׃ |
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. |
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. |
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וָאֲכַלֵּ֥ם וָאֶמְחָצֵ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יְקוּמ֑וּן וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ תַּ֥חַת רַגְלָֽי׃ |
I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. |
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. |
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וַתַּזְרֵ֥נִי חַ֖יִל לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה תַּכְרִ֥יעַ קָמַ֖י תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃ |
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. |
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. |
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וְאֹ֣יְבַ֔י תַּ֥תָּה לִּ֖י עֹ֑רֶף מְשַׂנְאַ֖י וָאַצְמִיתֵֽם׃ |
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me. |
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. |
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יִשְׁע֖וּ וְאֵ֣ין מֹשִׁ֑יעַ אֶל־ יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽם׃ |
They looked, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer. |
They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not. |
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וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־ אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־ חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃ |
I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets. |
Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, [and] did spread them abroad. |
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וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי מֵרִיבֵ֖י עַמִּ֑י תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֔ם עַ֥ם לֹא־ יָדַ֖עְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ |
You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me. |
Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew not shall serve me. |
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בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִתְכַּֽחֲשׁוּ־ לִ֑י לִשְׁמ֥וֹעַ אֹ֖זֶן יִשָּׁ֥מְעוּ לִֽי׃ |
Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me. |
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. |
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בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃ |
Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds. |
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. |
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חַי־ יְהוָ֖ה וּבָר֣וּךְ צוּרִ֑י וְיָרֻ֕ם אֱלֹהֵ֖י צ֥וּר יִשְׁעִֽי׃ |
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted— |
The LORD liveth; and blessed [be] my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. |
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הָאֵ֕ל הַנֹּתֵ֥ן נְקָמֹ֖ת לִ֑י וּמוֹרִ֥יד עַמִּ֖ים תַּחְתֵּֽנִי׃ |
the God who avenges me and brings down nations beneath me, |
It [is] God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, |
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וּמוֹצִיאִ֖י מֵאֹֽיְבָ֑י וּמִקָּמַי֙ תְּר֣וֹמְמֵ֔נִי מֵאִ֥ישׁ חֲמָסִ֖ים תַּצִּילֵֽנִי׃ |
who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men. |
And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. |
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עַל־ כֵּ֛ן אוֹדְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם וּלְשִׁמְךָ֖ אֲזַמֵּֽר׃ |
Therefore I will praise You, O LORD, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. |
Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. |
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[מגדיל] (מִגְדּ֖וֹל) יְשׁוּע֣וֹת מַלְכּ֑וֹ וְעֹֽשֶׂה־ חֶ֧סֶד לִמְשִׁיח֛וֹ לְדָוִ֥ד וּלְזַרְע֖וֹ עַד־ עוֹלָֽם׃ פ |
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.” |
[He is] the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. |
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