Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃
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For the conductor, a psalm of David.
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יַֽעַנְךָ֣ יְ֭הֹוָה בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה
יְ֝שַׂגֶּבְךָ֗ שֵׁ֤ם ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֬י יַעֲקֹֽב׃ |
May the Cause answer you on a day of trouble,
may the name of the God of Jacob secure you. |
יִשְׁלַֽח־עֶזְרְךָ֥ מִקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
וּ֝מִצִּיּ֗וֹן יִסְעָדֶֽךָּ׃ |
May God send Your help from the Holy,
and from Zion sustain you. |
יִזְכֹּ֥ר כׇּל־מִנְחֹתֶ֑ךָ
וְעוֹלָתְךָ֖ יְדַשְּׁנֶ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃ |
May God remember all your minḥah offerings,
and approve your whole-offerings – Selah. |
יִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ כִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ
וְֽכׇל־עֲצָתְךָ֥ יְמַלֵּֽא׃ |
May God give you your heart’s desire,
and fulfill all your plans. |
נְרַנְּנָ֤ה ׀ בִּ֘ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗ךָ
וּבְשֵֽׁם־אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ נִדְגֹּ֑ל יְמַלֵּ֥א יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה כׇּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ |
Let us shout for joy in your victory,
bannered in the name of our God; may the Cause fulfill all your requests. |
עַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֗עְתִּי
כִּ֤י הוֹשִׁ֥יעַ ׀ יְהֹוָ֗ה מְשִׁ֫יח֥וֹ יַ֭עֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵ֣י קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ בִּ֝גְבֻר֗וֹת יֵ֣שַׁע יְמִינֽוֹ׃ |
Now I know
that the Cause will save the anointed, will answer him from the heavens of the Holy with might, dexterous victory. |
אֵ֣לֶּה בָ֭רֶכֶב וְאֵ֣לֶּה בַסּוּסִ֑ים
וַאֲנַ֓חְנוּ ׀ בְּשֵׁם־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣ינוּ נַזְכִּֽיר׃ |
They call on chariots, they call on horses,
but we call on the name of the Cause our God. |
הֵ֭מָּה כָּרְע֣וּ וְנָפָ֑לוּ
וַאֲנַ֥חְנוּ קַּ֝֗מְנוּ וַנִּתְעוֹדָֽד׃ |
They collapse and fall,
and we rise and gain strength. |
יְהֹוָ֥ה הוֹשִׁ֑יעָה
הַ֝מֶּ֗לֶךְ יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ בְיוֹם־קׇרְאֵֽנוּ׃ |
O Cause, save!
May the Sovereign answer us on the day we call. |
“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.”

“תהלים כ׳ | Psalms 20 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer” is shared by the living contributor(s) with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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