בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יוּשַׁ֥ר הַשִּׁיר הַזֶּ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה עִ֣יר עָז לָ֔נוּ יְשׁוּעָ֥ה יָשִׁ֖ית חוֹמ֥וֹת וָחֵֽל
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will appoint walls and bulwarks.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
פִּתְח֖וּ שְׁעָרִ֑ים וְיָבֹ֥א גוֹי צַדִּ֖יק שֹׁמֵ֥ר אֱמֻנִֽים
Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
יֵ֣צֶר סָמ֔וּךְ תִּצֹּ֖ר שָׁל֣וֹם שָׁל֑וֹם כִּ֥י בְךָ֖ בָּטֽוּחַ
You will keep in perfect peace, mind stayed : because he trusteth in you.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
בִּטְח֥וּ בַֽיהוָ֖ה עֲדֵי עַ֑ד כִּ֚י בְּיָ֣הּ יְהוָ֔ה צ֖וּר עוֹלָמִֽים
Trust you in YHWH for ever: for in YHWH JEHOVAH everlasting strength:
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
כִּ֤י הֵשַׁח֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מָר֔וֹם קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּה יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙ עַד אֶ֔רֶץ יַגִּיעֶ֖נָּה עַד עָפָֽר
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, to the ground; he bringeth it to the dust.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
תִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּה רָ֑גֶל רַגְלֵ֥י עָנִ֖י פַּעֲמֵ֥י דַלִּֽים
The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.
Word-by-word analysis· 6 words
אֹ֥רַח לַצַּדִּ֖יק מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים יָשָׁ֕ר מַעְגַּ֥ל צַדִּ֖יק תְּפַלֵּֽס
The way of the just uprightness: you, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
אַ֣ף אֹ֧רַח מִשְׁפָּטֶ֛יךָ יְהוָ֖ה קִוִּינ֑וּךָ לְשִׁמְךָ֥ וּֽלְזִכְרְךָ֖ תַּאֲוַת נָֽפֶשׁ
Yea, in the way of your judgments, O YHWH, have we waited for you; the desire of soul to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
נַפְשִׁ֤י אִוִּיתִ֨יךָ֙ בַּלַּ֔יְלָה אַף רוּחִ֥י בְקִרְבִּ֖י אֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ כִּ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר מִשְׁפָּטֶ֨יךָ֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ צֶ֥דֶק לָמְד֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל
With my soul have I desired you in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
יֻחַ֤ן רָשָׁע֙ בַּל לָמַ֣ד צֶ֔דֶק בְּאֶ֥רֶץ נְכֹח֖וֹת יְעַוֵּ֑ל וּבַל יִרְאֶ֖ה גֵּא֥וּת יְהוָֽה
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of YHWH.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
יְהוָ֛ה רָ֥מָה יָדְךָ֖ בַּל יֶחֱזָי֑וּן יֶחֱז֤וּ וְיֵבֹ֨שׁוּ֙ קִנְאַת עָ֔ם אַף אֵ֖שׁ צָרֶ֥יךָ תֹאכְלֵֽם
YHWH, your hand is lifted up, they will not see: they shall see, and be ashamed for envy at the people; yea, the fire of your enemies shall devour them.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
יְהוָ֕ה תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ת שָׁל֖וֹם לָ֑נוּ כִּ֛י גַּ֥ם כָּֽל מַעֲשֵׂ֖ינוּ פָּעַ֥לְתָּ לָּֽנוּ
YHWH, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have wrought all our works in us.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ בְּעָל֥וּנוּ אֲדֹנִ֖ים זֽוּלָתֶ֑ךָ לְבַד בְּךָ֖ נַזְכִּ֥יר שְׁמֶֽךָ
O YHWH our God, lords beside you have had dominion over us: by you only will we make mention of your name.
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
מֵתִים֙ בַּל יִחְי֔וּ רְפָאִ֖ים בַּל יָקֻ֑מוּ לָכֵ֤ן פָּקַ֨דְתָּ֙ וַתַּשְׁמִידֵ֔ם וַתְּאַבֵּ֥ד כָּל זֵ֖כֶר לָֽמוֹ
dead, they shall not live; deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
יָסַ֤פְתָּ לַגּוֹי֙ יְהוָ֔ה יָסַ֥פְתָּ לַגּ֖וֹי נִכְבָּ֑דְתָּ רִחַ֖קְתָּ כָּל קַצְוֵי אָֽרֶץ
You have increased the nation, O YHWH, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed far all the ends of the earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 10 words
יְהוָ֖ה בַּצַּ֣ר פְּקָד֑וּךָ צָק֣וּן לַ֔חַשׁ מוּסָרְךָ֖ לָֽמוֹ
YHWH, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer your chastening upon them.
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
כְּמ֤וֹ הָרָה֙ תַּקְרִ֣יב לָלֶ֔דֶת תָּחִ֥יל תִּזְעַ֖ק בַּחֲבָלֶ֑יהָ כֵּ֛ן הָיִ֥ינוּ מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהוָֽה
Like as a woman with child, draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O YHWH.
Word-by-word analysis· 11 words
הָרִ֣ינוּ חַ֔לְנוּ כְּמ֖וֹ יָלַ֣דְנוּ ר֑וּחַ יְשׁוּעֹת֙ בַּל נַ֣עֲשֶׂה אֶ֔רֶץ וּבַֽל יִפְּל֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
יִֽחְי֣וּ מֵתֶ֔יךָ נְבֵלָתִ֖י יְקוּמ֑וּן הָקִ֨יצוּ וְרַנְּנ֜וּ שֹׁכְנֵ֣י עָפָ֗ר כִּ֣י טַ֤ל אוֹרֹת֙ טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ רְפָאִ֥ים תַּפִּֽיל
Your dead shall live, my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
לֵ֤ךְ עַמִּי֙ בֹּ֣א בַחֲדָרֶ֔יךָ וּֽסְגֹ֥ר דלתיך דְּלָתְךָ֖ בַּעֲדֶ֑ךָ חֲבִ֥י כִמְעַט רֶ֖גַע עַד יעבור יַעֲבָר זָֽעַם
Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
כִּֽי הִנֵּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יֹצֵ֣א מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ לִפְקֹ֛ד עֲוֺ֥ן יֹֽשֵׁב הָאָ֖רֶץ עָלָ֑יו וְגִלְּתָ֤ה הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ אֶת דָּמֶ֔יהָ וְלֹֽא תְכַסֶּ֥ה ע֖וֹד עַל הֲרוּגֶֽיהָ
For, behold, YHWH cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.