תהלים קמ״ט | Psalms 149, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s): the Masoretic Text and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

Shared on: 9 June 2019 under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license

Tags: Daily Hallel, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, Psalms 149

Note: “The SOURCE” is used to translate the Divine Name YAH. “The CAUSE” is used to translate the Divine Name YHVH, based on the philosophical idea of God as the Prime Mover and on the interpretation of the Name as a causative form of the copula – “causes to be.”

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Source (Hebrew)

Translation (English)

הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀
שִׁ֣ירוּ לַֽ֭יהֹוָה שִׁ֣יר חָדָ֑שׁ
תְּ֝הִלָּת֗וֹ בִּקְהַ֥ל חֲסִידִֽים׃
יִשְׂמַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל בְּעֹשָׂ֑יו
בְּנֵֽי־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן יָגִ֥ילוּ בְמַלְכָּֽם׃
יְהַלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל
בְּתֹ֥ף וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

Praise the SOURCE!
Sing to the SOURCE a new song,
Divine praises in the faithful community.
Let Israel delight in divine works,
children of Zion rejoice in their Sovereign!
They’ll praise the Name with dance,
with drum and lyre sing to it.

כִּֽי־רוֹצֶ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ
יְפָאֵ֥ר עֲ֝נָוִ֗ים בִּישׁוּעָֽה׃
יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּכָב֑וֹד
יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃
רוֹמְמ֣וֹת אֵ֭ל בִּגְרוֹנָ֑ם
וְחֶ֖רֶב פִּיפִיּ֣וֹת בְּיָדָֽם׃
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת נְ֭קָמָה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם
תּ֝וֹכֵח֗וֹת בַּלְאֻמִּֽים׃
לֶאְסֹ֣ר מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם בְּזִקִּ֑ים
וְ֝נִכְבְּדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּכַבְלֵ֥י בַרְזֶֽל׃
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת בָּהֶ֨ם ׀ מִשְׁפָּ֬ט כָּת֗וּב
הָדָ֣ר ה֭וּא לְכׇל־חֲסִידָ֗יו
הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃

For the CAUSE desires the People,
adorning the humble with victory.
The faithful exult with honor,
sing out upon their beds,
Shouts of God in their throats,
and a double-edged sword in their hands.
To do vengeance on the nations,
reproof upon the countries.
to bind their kings with shackles,
their nobles with iron chains.
To perform upon them written judgement,
this is the glory of all the faithful.
Praise the SOURCE!

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the Masoretic Text

The Masoretic Text is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the Tanakh for Karaite and Rabbinic Judaism. It was primarily copied, edited and distributed by a group of Jews known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE. The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter-text, with its vocalization and accentuation known as the Masorah.

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

From a family of musicians, Isaac Gantwerk Mayer believes that creative art is one of the most powerful ways to get in touch with the divine. He composes music and poetry in Hebrew and English. (He also authors his own original works and transcribes Hebrew and Aramaic text, adding niqqud and t'amim as needed.) Isaac runs a Jewish music transcription service, which will transcribe and set any Jewish music in any language, recorded or written. Contact his service on Facebook or via his music blog.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17