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מַשְׂכִּ֗יל לְאָ֫סָ֥ף הַאֲזִ֣ינָה עַ֭מִּי תּוֹרָתִ֑י הַטּ֥וּ אָ֝זְנְכֶ֗ם לְאִמְרֵי־ פִֽי׃ |
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth. |
{{Maschil of Asaph. }} Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. |
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אֶפְתְּחָ֣ה בְמָשָׁ֣ל פִּ֑י אַבִּ֥יעָה חִ֝יד֗וֹת מִנִּי־ קֶֽדֶם׃ |
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning, |
I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: |
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אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁ֭מַעְנוּ וַנֵּדָעֵ֑ם וַ֝אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ סִפְּרוּ־ לָֽנוּ׃ |
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us. |
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. |
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לֹ֤א נְכַחֵ֨ד ׀ מִבְּנֵיהֶ֗ם לְד֥וֹר אַחֲר֗וֹן מְֽ֭סַפְּרִים תְּהִלּ֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה וֶעֱזוּז֥וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָֽׂה׃ |
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed. |
We will not hide [them] from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. |
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וַיָּ֤קֶם עֵד֨וּת ׀ בְּֽיַעֲקֹ֗ב וְתוֹרָה֮ שָׂ֤ם בְּיִשְׂרָ֫אֵ֥ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִ֭וָּה אֶת־ אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ לְ֝הוֹדִיעָ֗ם לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, |
For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: |
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לְמַ֤עַן יֵדְע֨וּ ׀ דּ֣וֹר אַ֭חֲרוֹן בָּנִ֣ים יִוָּלֵ֑דוּ יָ֝קֻ֗מוּ וִֽיסַפְּר֥וּ לִבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ |
that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children |
That the generation to come might know [them, even] the children [which] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children: |
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וְיָשִׂ֥ימוּ בֵֽאלֹהִ֗ים כִּ֫סְלָ֥ם וְלֹ֣א יִ֭שְׁכְּחוּ מַֽעַלְלֵי־ אֵ֑ל וּמִצְוֺתָ֥יו יִנְצֹֽרוּ׃ |
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments. |
That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: |
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וְלֹ֤א יִהְי֨וּ ׀ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֗ם דּוֹר֮ סוֹרֵ֪ר וּמֹ֫רֶ֥ה דּ֭וֹר לֹא־ הֵכִ֣ין לִבּ֑וֹ וְלֹא־ נֶאֶמְנָ֖ה אֶת־ אֵ֣ל רוּחֽוֹ׃ |
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. |
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. |
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בְּֽנֵי־ אֶפְרַ֗יִם נוֹשְׁקֵ֥י רוֹמֵי־ קָ֑שֶׁת הָ֝פְכ֗וּ בְּי֣וֹם קְרָֽב׃ |
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. |
The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. |
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לֹ֣א שָׁ֭מְרוּ בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים וּ֝בְתוֹרָת֗וֹ מֵאֲנ֥וּ לָלֶֽכֶת׃ |
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. |
They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; |
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וַיִּשְׁכְּח֥וּ עֲלִילוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶרְאָֽם׃ |
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them. |
And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. |
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נֶ֣גֶד אֲ֭בוֹתָם עָ֣שָׂה פֶ֑לֶא בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מִצְרַ֣יִם שְׂדֵה־ צֹֽעַן׃ |
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. |
Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan. |
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בָּ֣קַע יָ֭ם וַיַּֽעֲבִירֵ֑ם וַֽיַּצֶּב־ מַ֥יִם כְּמוֹ־ נֵֽד׃ |
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. |
He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. |
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וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם בֶּעָנָ֣ן יוֹמָ֑ם וְכָל־ הַ֝לַּ֗יְלָה בְּא֣וֹר אֵֽשׁ׃ |
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night. |
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. |
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יְבַקַּ֣ע צֻ֭רִים בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַ֝יַּ֗שְׁקְ כִּתְהֹמ֥וֹת רַבָּֽה׃ |
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas. |
He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths. |
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וַיּוֹצִ֣א נוֹזְלִ֣ים מִסָּ֑לַע וַיּ֖וֹרֶד כַּנְּהָר֣וֹת מָֽיִם׃ |
He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers. |
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. |
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וַיּוֹסִ֣יפוּ ע֭וֹד לַחֲטֹא־ ל֑וֹ לַֽמְר֥וֹת עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן בַּצִּיָּֽה׃ |
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. |
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. |
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וַיְנַסּוּ־ אֵ֥ל בִּלְבָבָ֑ם לִֽשְׁאָל־ אֹ֥כֶל לְנַפְשָֽׁם׃ |
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. |
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. |
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וַֽיְדַבְּר֗וּ בֵּֽאלֹ֫הִ֥ים אָ֭מְרוּ הֲי֣וּכַל אֵ֑ל לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ שֻׁ֝לְחָ֗ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ |
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? |
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? |
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הֵ֤ן הִכָּה־ צ֨וּר ׀ וַיָּז֣וּבוּ מַיִם֮ וּנְחָלִ֪ים יִ֫שְׁטֹ֥פוּ הֲגַם־ לֶ֭חֶם י֣וּכַל תֵּ֑ת אִם־ יָכִ֖ין שְׁאֵ֣ר לְעַמּֽוֹ׃ |
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?” |
Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? |
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לָכֵ֤ן ׀ שָׁמַ֥ע יְהוָ֗ה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֥ר וְ֭אֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָ֣ה בְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְגַם־ אַ֝֗ף עָלָ֥ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel, |
Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; |
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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א הֶ֭אֱמִינוּ בֵּאלֹהִ֑ים וְלֹ֥א בָ֝טְח֗וּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃ |
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation. |
Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: |
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וַיְצַ֣ו שְׁחָקִ֣ים מִמָּ֑עַל וְדַלְתֵ֖י שָׁמַ֣יִם פָּתָֽח׃ |
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens. |
Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, |
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וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מָ֣ן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וּדְגַן־ שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃ |
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. |
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. |
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לֶ֣חֶם אַ֭בִּירִים אָ֣כַל אִ֑ישׁ צֵידָ֬ה שָׁלַ֖ח לָהֶ֣ם לָשֹֽׂבַע׃ |
Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. |
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. |
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יַסַּ֣ע קָ֭דִים בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיְנַהֵ֖ג בְּעֻזּ֣וֹ תֵימָֽן׃ |
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might. |
He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. |
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וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם כֶּעָפָ֣ר שְׁאֵ֑ר וּֽכְח֥וֹל יַ֝מִּ֗ים ע֣וֹף כָּנָֽף׃ |
He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea. |
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: |
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וַ֭יַּפֵּל בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ סָ֝בִ֗יב לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ |
He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings. |
And he let [it] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. |
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וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ וַיִּשְׂבְּע֣וּ מְאֹ֑ד וְ֝תַֽאֲוָתָ֗ם יָבִ֥א לָהֶֽם׃ |
So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved. |
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; |
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לֹא־ זָר֥וּ מִתַּאֲוָתָ֑ם ע֝֗וֹד אָכְלָ֥ם בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ |
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, |
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat [was] yet in their mouths, |
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וְאַ֤ף אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ עָ֘לָ֤ה בָהֶ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּהֲרֹג בְּמִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶ֑ם וּבַחוּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִכְרִֽיעַ׃ |
God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. |
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel. |
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בְּכָל־ זֹ֭את חָֽטְאוּ־ ע֑וֹד וְלֹֽא־ הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ בְּנִפְלְאוֹתָֽיו׃ |
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe. |
For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. |
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וַיְכַל־ בַּהֶ֥בֶל יְמֵיהֶ֑ם וּ֝שְׁנוֹתָ֗ם בַּבֶּהָלָֽה׃ |
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror. |
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. |
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אִם־ הֲרָגָ֥ם וּדְרָשׁ֑וּהוּ וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּ וְשִֽׁחֲרוּ־ אֵֽל׃ |
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God. |
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. |
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וַֽ֭יִּזְכְּרוּ כִּֽי־ אֱלֹהִ֣ים צוּרָ֑ם וְאֵ֥ל עֶ֝לְיוֹן גֹּאֲלָֽם׃ |
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer. |
And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer. |
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וַיְפַתּ֥וּהוּ בְּפִיהֶ֑ם וּ֝בִלְשׁוֹנָ֗ם יְכַזְּבוּ־ לֽוֹ׃ |
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues. |
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. |
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וְ֭לִבָּם לֹא־ נָכ֣וֹן עִמּ֑וֹ וְלֹ֥א נֶ֝אֶמְנ֗וּ בִּבְרִיתֽוֹ׃ |
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant. |
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. |
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וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם ׀ יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־ יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־ יָ֝עִיר כָּל־ חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ |
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath. |
But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. |
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וַ֭יִּזְכֹּר כִּי־ בָשָׂ֣ר הֵ֑מָּה ר֥וּחַ ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ וְלֹ֣א יָשֽׁוּב׃ |
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return. |
For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. |
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כַּ֭מָּה יַמְר֣וּהוּ בַמִּדְבָּ֑ר יַ֝עֲצִיב֗וּהוּ בִּֽישִׁימֽוֹן׃ |
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! |
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert! |
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וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּ וַיְנַסּ֣וּ אֵ֑ל וּקְד֖וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הִתְווּ׃ |
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel. |
Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. |
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לֹא־ זָכְר֥וּ אֶת־ יָד֑וֹ י֝֗וֹם אֲֽשֶׁר־ פָּדָ֥ם מִנִּי־ צָֽר׃ |
They did not remember His power the day He redeemed them from the adversary, |
They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy. |
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אֲשֶׁר־ שָׂ֣ם בְּ֭מִצְרַיִם אֹֽתוֹתָ֑יו וּ֝מוֹפְתָ֗יו בִּשְׂדֵה־ צֹֽעַן׃ |
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan. |
How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: |
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וַיַּהֲפֹ֣ךְ לְ֭דָם יְאֹרֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹזְלֵיהֶ֗ם בַּל־ יִשְׁתָּיֽוּן׃ |
He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink. |
And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. |
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יְשַׁלַּ֬ח בָּהֶ֣ם עָ֭רֹב וַיֹּאכְלֵ֑ם וּ֝צְפַרְדֵּ֗עַ וַתַּשְׁחִיתֵֽם׃ |
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them. |
He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. |
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וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לֶחָסִ֣יל יְבוּלָ֑ם וִֽ֝יגִיעָ֗ם לָאַרְבֶּֽה׃ |
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. |
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. |
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יַהֲרֹ֣ג בַּבָּרָ֣ד גַּפְנָ֑ם וְ֝שִׁקְמוֹתָ֗ם בַּֽחֲנָמַֽל׃ |
He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet. |
He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. |
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וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַבָּרָ֣ד בְּעִירָ֑ם וּ֝מִקְנֵיהֶ֗ם לָרְשָׁפִֽים׃ |
He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning. |
He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. |
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יְשַׁלַּח־ בָּ֨ם ׀ חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים׃ |
He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels. |
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them]. |
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יְפַלֵּ֥ס נָתִ֗יב לְאַ֫פּ֥וֹ לֹא־ חָשַׂ֣ךְ מִמָּ֣וֶת נַפְשָׁ֑ם וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗ם לַדֶּ֥בֶר הִסְגִּֽיר׃ |
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague. |
He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; |
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וַיַּ֣ךְ כָּל־ בְּכ֣וֹר בְּמִצְרָ֑יִם רֵאשִׁ֥ית א֝וֹנִ֗ים בְּאָהֳלֵי־ חָֽם׃ |
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham. |
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham: |
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וַיַּסַּ֣ע כַּצֹּ֣אן עַמּ֑וֹ וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֥ם כַּ֝עֵ֗דֶר בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ |
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness. |
But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. |
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וַיַּנְחֵ֣ם לָ֭בֶטַח וְלֹ֣א פָחָ֑דוּ וְאֶת־ א֝וֹיְבֵיהֶ֗ם כִּסָּ֥ה הַיָּֽם׃ |
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies. |
And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. |
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וַ֭יְבִיאֵם אֶל־ גְּב֣וּל קָדְשׁ֑וֹ הַר־ זֶ֝֗ה קָנְתָ֥ה יְמִינֽוֹ׃ |
He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired. |
And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased. |
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וַיְגָ֤רֶשׁ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ גּוֹיִ֗ם וַֽ֭יַּפִּילֵם בְּחֶ֣בֶל נַחֲלָ֑ה וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ן בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents. |
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. |
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וַיְנַסּ֣וּ וַ֭יַּמְרוּ אֶת־ אֱלֹהִ֣ים עֶלְי֑וֹן וְ֝עֵדוֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ |
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. |
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: |
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וַיִּסֹּ֣גוּ וַֽ֭יִּבְגְּדוּ כַּאֲבוֹתָ֑ם נֶ֝הְפְּכ֗וּ כְּקֶ֣שֶׁת רְמִיָּֽה׃ |
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. |
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. |
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וַיַּכְעִיס֥וּהוּ בְּבָמוֹתָ֑ם וּ֝בִפְסִילֵיהֶ֗ם יַקְנִיאֽוּהוּ׃ |
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. |
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. |
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שָׁמַ֣ע אֱ֭לֹהִים וַֽיִּתְעַבָּ֑ר וַיִּמְאַ֥ס מְ֝אֹ֗ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ |
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely. |
When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: |
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וַ֭יִּטֹּשׁ מִשְׁכַּ֣ן שִׁל֑וֹ אֹ֝֗הֶל שִׁכֵּ֥ן בָּאָדָֽם׃ |
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men. |
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men; |
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וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לַשְּׁבִ֣י עֻזּ֑וֹ וְֽתִפְאַרְתּ֥וֹ בְיַד־ צָֽר׃ |
He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary. |
And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. |
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וַיַּסְגֵּ֣ר לַחֶ֣רֶב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְנַחֲלָת֗וֹ הִתְעַבָּֽר׃ |
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage. |
He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. |
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בַּחוּרָ֥יו אָֽכְלָה־ אֵ֑שׁ וּ֝בְתוּלֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א הוּלָּֽלוּ׃ |
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs. |
The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. |
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כֹּ֭הֲנָיו בַּחֶ֣רֶב נָפָ֑לוּ וְ֝אַלְמְנֹתָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִבְכֶּֽינָה׃ |
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament. |
Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. |
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וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃ |
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine. |
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. |
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וַיַּךְ־ צָרָ֥יו אָח֑וֹר חֶרְפַּ֥ת ע֝וֹלָ֗ם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃ |
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame. |
And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. |
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וַ֭יִּמְאַס בְּאֹ֣הֶל יוֹסֵ֑ף וּֽבְשֵׁ֥בֶט אֶ֝פְרַ֗יִם לֹ֣א בָחָֽר׃ |
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim. |
Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: |
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וַ֭יִּבְחַר אֶת־ שֵׁ֣בֶט יְהוּדָ֑ה אֶֽת־ הַ֥ר צִ֝יּ֗וֹן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהֵֽב׃ |
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved. |
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. |
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וַיִּ֣בֶן כְּמוֹ־ רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשׁ֑וֹ כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ יְסָדָ֥הּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃ |
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever. |
And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever. |
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וַ֭יִּבְחַר בְּדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥ת צֹֽאן׃ |
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; |
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: |
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מֵאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱ֫בִיא֥וֹ לִ֭רְעוֹת בְּיַעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ |
from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance. |
From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. |
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וַ֭יִּרְעֵם כְּתֹ֣ם לְבָב֑וֹ וּבִתְבוּנ֖וֹת כַּפָּ֣יו יַנְחֵֽם׃ |
So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands. |
So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. |
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