תְהִלִּים 135
| הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ הַֽ֭לְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה הֽ͏ַ֝לְלוּ עַבְדֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ | 1 |
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
| שֶׁ֣֭עֹֽמְדִים בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝חַצְרֹ֗ות בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ | 2 |
You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
| הַֽ֭לְלוּ־יָהּ כִּי־טֹ֣וב יְהוָ֑ה זַמְּר֥וּ לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ו כִּ֣י נָעִֽים׃ | 3 |
Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
| כִּֽי־יַעֲקֹ֗ב בָּחַ֣ר לֹ֣ו יָ֑הּ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִסְגֻלָּתֹֽו׃ | 4 |
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
| כִּ֤י אֲנִ֣י יָ֭דַעְתִּי כִּי־גָדֹ֣ול יְהוָ֑ה וַ֝אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מִכָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | 5 |
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
| כֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־חָפֵ֥ץ יְהוָ֗ה עָ֫שָׂ֥ה בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָ֑רֶץ בַּ֝יַּמִּ֗ים וְכָל־תְּהֹומֹֽות׃ | 6 |
Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
| מַֽעֲלֶ֣ה נְשִׂאִים֮ מִקְצֵ֪ה הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ בְּרָקִ֣ים לַמָּטָ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה מֹֽוצֵא־ר֝וּחַ מֵאֹֽוצְרֹותָֽיו׃ | 7 |
He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
| שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה בְּכֹורֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם מֵ֝אָדָ֗ם עַד־בְּהֵמָֽה׃ | 8 |
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
| שָׁלַ֤ח ׀ אֹתֹ֣ות וּ֭מֹפְתִים בְּתֹוכֵ֣כִי מִצְרָ֑יִם בְּ֝פַרְעֹ֗ה וּבְכָל־עֲבָדָֽיו׃ | 9 |
There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
| שֶֽׁ֭הִכָּה גֹּויִ֣ם רַבִּ֑ים וְ֝הָרַ֗ג מְלָכִ֥ים עֲצוּמִֽים׃ | 10 |
He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
| לְסִיחֹ֤ון ׀ מֶ֤לֶךְ הָאֱמֹרִ֗י וּ֭לְעֹוג מֶ֣לֶךְ הַבָּשָׁ֑ן וּ֝לְכֹ֗ל מַמְלְכֹ֥ות כְּנָֽעַן׃ | 11 |
Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
| וְנָתַ֣ן אַרְצָ֣ם נַחֲלָ֑ה נַ֝חֲלָ֗ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עַמֹּֽו׃ | 12 |
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
| יְ֭הוָה שִׁמְךָ֣ לְעֹולָ֑ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה זִכְרְךָ֥ לְדֹר־וָדֹֽר׃ | 13 |
Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
| כִּֽי־יָדִ֣ין יְהוָ֣ה עַמֹּ֑ו וְעַל־עֲ֝בָדָ֗יו יִתְנֶחָֽם׃ | 14 |
Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
| עֲצַבֵּ֣י הַ֭גֹּויִם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃ | 15 |
But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
| פֶּֽה־לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ עֵינַ֥יִם לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֽוּ׃ | 16 |
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
| אָזְנַ֣יִם לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יַאֲזִ֑ינוּ אַ֝֗ף אֵין־יֶשׁ־ר֥וּחַ בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ | 17 |
They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
| כְּ֭מֹוהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃ | 18 |
The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
| בֵּ֣ית יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בָּרֲכ֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה בֵּ֥ית אַ֝הֲרֹ֗ן בָּרֲכ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ | 19 |
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
| בֵּ֣ית הַ֭לֵּוִי בָּרֲכ֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה יִֽרְאֵ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה בָּרֲכ֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃ | 20 |
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
| בָּ֘ר֤וּךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מִצִּיֹּ֗ון שֹׁ֘כֵ֤ן יְֽרוּשָׁלָ֗͏ִם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃ | 21 |
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
