tagged: Psalms 114 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/tagged/psalms-114/ a community-grown, libre Open Access archive of Jewish prayer and liturgical resources Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:04:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Siddur-Project-Logo-2015-5509b4bdv1_site_icon-250x250.png tagged: Psalms 114 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/tagged/psalms-114/ 32 32 תהלים קי״ד | Psalms 114, translated and cantillated for Hallel by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/hallel/psalms-114-translated-and-cantillated-for-hallel-by-isaac-gantwerk-mayer/ https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/hallel/psalms-114-translated-and-cantillated-for-hallel-by-isaac-gantwerk-mayer/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2019 06:39:49 +0000 https://opensiddur.org/?p=23837 Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
בְּצֵ֣את יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם
בֵּ֥ית יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב מֵעַ֥ם לֹעֵֽז׃
When Israel was leaving Egypt,
Jacob’s house from a strange-tongued people.
הָיְתָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֣ה לְקָדְשׁ֑וֹ
יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָֽיו׃
Judah became the Holy One’s,
Israel the Divine dominion.
הַיָּ֣ם רָ֭אָה וַיָּנֹ֑ס
הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן יִסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃
The sea looked and flew away,
the Jordan flowed backwards.
הֶֽ֭הָרִים רָקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים
גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃
The mountains danced like rams,
The hills like lambs.
מַה־לְּךָ֣ הַ֭יָּם כִּ֣י תָנ֑וּס
הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן תִּסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃
What’s with you, oh sea, why fly away?
Oh Jordan, why flow backwards?
הֶֽ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים
גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃
Oh mountains, why dance like rams?
Oh hills, why dance like lambs?
מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ
מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹהַּ יַעֲקֹֽב׃
From before the Master the earth quakes;
from before the Single God of Jacob!
הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם
חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃
Who turns a rock to a water lake,
a flint to a water well.

Psalms 114 is part of the Hallel Shalem or Ḥatsi Hallel near the end of Shaḥarit on festival days.

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]]> https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/hallel/psalms-114-translated-and-cantillated-for-hallel-by-isaac-gantwerk-mayer/feed/ 0 תהלים קי״ד | Psalms 114, an adapted German translation for Hallel by Lisa Tarlau (1909) https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/hallel/psalms-114-an-adapted-german-translation-for-hallel-by-lisa-tarlau-1909/ https://opensiddur.org/prayers/lunisolar/hallel/psalms-114-an-adapted-german-translation-for-hallel-by-lisa-tarlau-1909/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 03:22:25 +0000 https://opensiddur.org/?p=61572 Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (1909), page 163. ]]> Source (Hebrew) Adaptation (German) Translation of German (English)
בְּצֵאת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָיִם
בֵּית יַעֲקֹב מֵעַם לֹעֵז׃
הָיְתָה יְהוּדָה לְקׇדְשׁוֹ
יִשְׂרָאֵל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָיו׃
Als Israel aus der Ägypter Land,
Als Jakobs Haus aus fremder Knechtschaft zog,
Da wurde Juda ihm zum Heiligtum
Und Israel sein Reich und sein Besitz.
When Yisrael came out of the land of Egypt,
when Yaakov’s house came out of foreign bondage,
Yehudah became his sanctuary
and Yisrael his kingdom and his possessions.
הַיָּם רָאָה וַיָּנֹס הַיַּרְדֵּן יִסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃
הֶהָרִים רָקְדוּ כְאֵילִים
גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃
Das Meer, es floh, der Jordan wich zurück.
Wie wilde Widder beugten sich die Berge
Und Hügel bebten wie erschreckte Lämmer.
The sea fled, the Jordan receded.
Like wild rams the mountains bowed down
and the hills shook like frightened lambs.
מַה־לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס
הַיַּרְדֵּן תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר׃
הֶהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים
גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹאן׃
„Was ist dir, Meer, dir, Jordan, wohl gescheh’n?
Was fliehet ihr, warum weicht ihr zurück?
Was machte, Berge, euch den Widdern gleich?
Warum bebt, Hügel, ihr wie junge Lämmer?“
“What’s wrong with you, Sea? [River] Yarden, what happened to you?
Why do you flee, why do you retreat?
What made you, mountains, behave like rams?
Why do you tremble, hills, like young lambs?”
מִלִּפְנֵי אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ
 
מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יַעֲקֹב׃
„„An Israel erwies sich Gottes Macht,
Vor seinem Antlitz bebt in Scheu die Erde.
Was hat Bestand vor Jakobs starkem Gott?!
“Israel was shown God‘s might,
The earth trembles in fear before his face.
What can stand before Yaakov’s mighty God?
Er nimmt die Macht den Mächt’gen, den Bedrückten
Macht er zum Herrscher über weites Land.
He takes might from the mighty,
He makes the oppressed ruler over a vast land.
הַהֹפְכִי הַצּוּר אֲגַם־מָיִם חַלָּמִישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָיִם׃
Der Fels wird Teich, der Kiesel wird zum Quell
Vor seinem Angesicht. Ja, wir erbeben
Und im Erbeben preisen wir den Berrn.““
The rock becomes a pond, the pebble becomes a spring
before his face. Yes, we tremble
and in our trembling we praise the Lord.”

This adapted translation of Psalms 114 by Lisa Tarlau can be found in Rabbi Max Grunwald’s anthology of Jewish women’s prayer, Beruria: Gebet- und Andachtsbuch für jüdische Frauen und Mädchen (second revised edition 1909), page 163.

The transcription of the German provided machine-readable text for machine translations by DeepL, which we then edited for accuracy and clarity. We welcome any/all corrections, improvements, and additional transcriptions and translations of this work’s contents. –Aharon Varady

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Hallel (Lisa Tarlau, Beruria, 1909) p. 163

 

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