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אֵרָשֶׁה אֱרֹשׁ רַחֲשׁוֹן
בְּאֶֽרֶשׁ נִיב וְלָשׁוֹן
אַתְחִין בְּחֵן לַחֲשׁוֹן
דִּבְבִי מִלַּעֲשֹׁן
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Allow me to pronounce speeding thoughts,
pronouncing dialect and tongue.
Whispering, I beg for mercy —
let my oration not cause smoking anger!
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בְּעַד נְצוּרֵי כְאִישׁוֹן
אֶפְגְּעָה בְּלִי לִישׁוֹן
בַּקָּשָׁה כְּשַׁי נַחְשׁוֹן
אֵרָצֶה בָּרִאשׁוֹן׃
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By those kept like the eyeball,
let me entreat unrestingly,
a plea like Naḥshon’s gift —
I should be accepted at the start.
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גְּרוֹנִי בַּל־יֻנְטַל
מִקְּרוֹא לְרָם וְנִטַּל
גֵּוִי בַּל־יֻטַּל
מֵהַזְכִּיר גְּבוּרוֹת טַל
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Grant that I do not lose my voice,
rather than calling to the High and Raised;
my body not be cast aside
from recalling the Might-Prayer of Dew.
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דֵּעִי בַּל־יֻבְטַל
רְשׁוּת מִלִּטַּל
דּוֹדִי יִתְנַטַּל
בְּשִֽׂיחַ תְּפִלַּת טַל׃
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Do not let my knowledge be nullified
from taking permission!
My Beloved is Raised up
in the discourse of the dew-prayer.
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הֲמוֹן לוֹ נִכְסַף
לַעֲדַת־אֵל אֶאֱסַף
הוּא אִתָּם יִתְאַסַּף
וּלְמַעֲשָׂיו יִכְסַף
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Enormous crowds of Theirs desiring;
the Deity’s communtiy I will gather.
They will gather Themself along time,
and desire action for Them.
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וְאֶתְיַצְּבָה בַּסַּף
לְחַלּוֹת פְּנֵי יָסַף
וְאִמְרַת טַל אֶחֱסַף
לְחַבְּרֶֽנָּה בְּמוּסָף׃
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While I want to stand at the threshold
to appeal to the presence of the One who Added;
and words of dew I will reveal
to be included with the additional prayer.
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זֶֽבֶד מַשְׂאַת בַּר
וְאָבִיב נְשִׁיקוֹת בָּר
זַֽעַק פִּי יֻכְבַּר
וְשִֽׂיחַ לְשׁוֹנִי יֻגְבַּר
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Zest of the field’s produce,
field-kissed ripe grain;
let my mouth’s cry it be great,
and my tongue’s discourse be mighty!
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חֵן וָחֶֽסֶד יְחֻבַּר
לְחַנְּנִי עַל־דָּבָר
חַשְׁרַת־מַֽיִם יׇעֳבָר
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה הַסְּתָ֖ו עָבָ֑ר׃
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Heap together grace and kindness,
to grace me on this matter;
watery masses be passed,
for lo, the wet-season is past!
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טַֽעַם רִנּוּן
וְשַֽׁאַג שִׁנּוּן
טַלְתִּי בְּתַחֲנוּן
אֶת־פְּנֵי חַנּוּן
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Tasteful cheer
and roaring repetition
I took up in petition
to the face of the Merciful One.
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יְשִׁישַׁי לַחֲנוֹן
בְּזֵֽכֶר יֵין לְבָנוֹן
יְדוּעַי לִגְנוֹן
בְּפָסֽוֹחַ וְגָנוֹן׃
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You elders, pardon me
in recalling the wine of Lebanon;
o knowers, shield,
in passing over and shielding.
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כְּשָׁרִים וּכְחוֹלְלִים
אֲהַלֵּל כְּבַחֲלִילִים
כְּמִפִּי עוֹלְלִים
אֲשׁוֹרֵר הִלּוּלִים
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Kin to singers and musicians,
I will praise as if on the flute.
As from the mouth of babes,
I will compose praises.
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לִשָּׂא דֵּֽעַ פְּלִלִים
צַגְתִּי בְּמַסְלוּלִים
לְהַזְכִּיר בְּפִלּוּלִים
שֶֽׁוַע גְּבוּרוֹת טְלָלִים׃
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Letting in the knowledge of the assessors,
I arose upon the pathways,
to recall in prayers
the shout of the might-prayer of dewdrops.
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מִטַּֽעַם זְקֵנִים
אֶתְבּוֹנֵן עַד זְקוּנִים
מוֹרִים תִּקּוּנִים
כַּדָּת מְתֻקָּנִים
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My elders’ reasoning
I should understand until I am aged.
Teachers establishing
per established rules.
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נֹֽפֶת נְבוֹנִים
בִּינַת עַם מְבִינִים
נְטִיעַת דָּרְבוֹנִים
תִּוְּכֽוּנִי בֵּין שְׁנֵי לֻחוֹת אֲבָנִים׃
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Nectar of the wise,
understanding of the understanding people,
goad-planters,
mediate for me between two tablets of stone!
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שְׂפָתַי בְּשֶֽׁוַע אֶפְתַּח
כְּאוּלָם הַמְּפֻתָּח
שִׂיחוֹת־פִּי אֶפְתַּח
כְּאִיתוֹן אֲשֶׁר נִפְתַּח
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So I open my lips in shouting,
like the Temple’s open hall,
beginning my mouth’s discourse
like the open outer-gate.
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עֹז וְכֹֽחַ לִי יִמְתַּח
כַּדֹּק אֲשֶׁר מָתַח
עַב טַל יִפָּתַח
וְחֹֽרֶב בַּל־יֻרְתַּח׃
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Open strength and force wide for me,
like gauze spread out;
dew-cloud be opened,
and let no drought scald.
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פְּנֵי רָם וְנִשָּׂא
עַֽיִן בְּחִין אֶשָּׂא
פְּאֵרוֹ לְנוֹסְסָה
כְּמוֹ בְּטַל נֻסָּה
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Presented before the High and Exalted one,
I lift my eye in begging;
let Their splendor be exalted,
like he who was tested with dew.
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צְבָאָיו לוֹ אֲגַיְּסָה
וְאִתָּם אֶתְגַּיְּסָה
צָעוֹק בַּעֲדָם אֶתְנַגְּשָׁה
וְלֹא בְּרֽוּחַ גַּסָּה׃
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Chosen throngs I will assemble,
and with them I will be assembled.
Chastened, crying out for their sake,
I will be, not of a pompous spirit.
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קַמְתִּי מִמִּשְׁפְּתַֽיִם
לְהַפְגִּֽיעַ בְּעַד לָנֵי שְׁפַתַּֽיִם
קוֹל מָה אֶתֵּן בְּשִׂפְתוֹתַיִם
הֵ֤ן אֲנִי֙ עֲרַ֣ל שְׂפָתַ֔יִם׃
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Questing forth from among the sheepfolds,
to pray for the sake of those dwelling in speech;
hark, what should I place in my labra?
Lo, I am of uncircumcised lips!
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רֹן בְּלִי עֲצַלְתַּֽיִם
עָרַֽכְתִּי בְּמַחֲנוֹתַֽיִם
רָחַֽשְׁתִּי גִּישׁוֹת שְׁתַּֽיִם
בְּעַד שְׁאֵלוֹת שְׁתַּֽיִם׃
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Remissness lacking,
I arranged cheer in my two camps —
uttering two prayers
for the sake of two questions.
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שַׁחֲרִית חַנּוֹתִי לְמָּטָר
בְּלׇקְשׁוֹ גֵּיא לְעַטַּר
שַׁבְתִּי לִקְחִי עוֹד לִנְטַר
מִתְּבֽוֹעַ עֵֽרֶף מָטָר
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Shaḥarit I begged for rain,
in its precipitation to adorn the valley.
I returned, lecturing again to guard
from drowning in falling rain.
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תְּפִלַּת גְּבוּרוֹת טַל
חַלְתִּי בַצֹּֽהַר לִנְטַל
תִּזַּל אִמְרָתִי כַּטַּל
לְקֹוֵי רְסִיסֵי טָל׃
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The prayer of might of dew
I began to take up at mid-day.
Let my word flow like dew
to those hoping for drops of dew!
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כַּכָּתוּב׃
יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י
תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י
כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־דֶ֔שֶׁא
וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי־עֵֽשֶׂב׃ (דברים לב:יב)
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Let my lecture drip like rain,
like dew flow my word;
like drops upon the herbiage,
and like showers upon the grass. (Deuteronomy 32:2)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה הַסְּתָ֖ו עָבָ֑ר
הַגֶּ֕שֶׁם חָלַ֖ף הָלַ֥ךְ לֽוֹ׃ (שיר השירים ב:יא)
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As it is written:
For lo, the wet-season is past,
the rain is over and gone. (Song of Songs 2:11)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
הַנִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ
עֵ֥ת הַזָּמִ֖יר הִגִּ֑יעַ
וְק֥וֹל הַתּ֖וֹר נִשְׁמַ֥ע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃ (שיר השירים ב:יב)
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And it is said:
The buds are seen on the land;
the time of pruning has come,
and the turtledove’s call
in heard in our land. (Song of Songs 2:12)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
אֶהְיֶ֤ה כַטַּל֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
יִפְרַ֖ח כַּשּׁוֹשַׁנָּ֑ה
וְיַ֥ךְ שׇׁרָשָׁ֖יו כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ (הושע יד:ו)
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And it is said:
I will be like dew for Israel,
which will flower like a rose,
and strike its roots like Lebanon. (Hosea 14:6)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
עֶ֤רֶב וָבֹ֣קֶר וְ֭צׇהֳרַיִם
אָשִׂ֣יחָה וְאֶהֱמֶ֑ה
וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹלִֽי׃ (תהלים נה:יח)
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And it is said:
Evening and morning and noon
I’d discourse and mutter,
and They heard my voice. (Psalms 55:18)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
כִּֽי־לְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה הוֹחָ֑לְתִּי
אַתָּ֥ה תַ֝עֲנֶ֗ה אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (תהלים לח:טז)
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And it is said:
For to You, Cause, I await;
You answer, my Master, my God. (Psalms 38:16)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
יִ֥הְיֽוּ־לְרָצ֨וֹן ׀ אִמְרֵי־פִ֡י
וְהֶגְי֣וֹן לִבִּ֣י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ
יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה צוּרִ֥י וְגֹאֲלִֽי׃ (תהלים יט:טו)
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And it is said:
May my mouth’s words be desired
and heart’s mutterings before You,
Cause, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalms 19:15)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
לְאָדָ֥ם מַעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב
וּ֝מֵיְהֹוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן׃ (תהלים טז:א)
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And it is said:
A man sets his mind,
but from the Cause the tongue responds. (Proverbs 16:1)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף
וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃
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And it is said:
A prayer of the lowly who is faint
and at the Cause spills his speech. (Psalms 102:1)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
וְהוֹצִ֣יא כָא֣וֹר צִדְקֶ֑ךָ
וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗ךָ כַּֽצׇּהֳרָֽיִם׃ (תהלים לז:ו)
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And it is said:
And bring out Your right like light,
and Your justice as of noon. (Psalms 37:6)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
אֲ֭דֹנָי שְׂפָתַ֣י תִּפְתָּ֑ח
וּ֝פִ֗י יַגִּ֥יד תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ׃ (תהלים נא:יז)
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And it is said:
My Master, open my lips
so my mouth may tell Your praise. (Psalms 51:17)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
וַאֲנִ֤י תְפִלָּֽתִי־לְךָ֨ ׀ יְהֹוָ֡ה עֵ֤ת רָצ֗וֹן
אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּרׇב־חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ
עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בֶּאֱמֶ֥ת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ׃ (תהלים סט:יד)
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And it is said:
As for me, may my prayer to You, Cause, come at a desired time.
My God, in Your great mercy
answer me in Your true salvation. (Psalms 69:14)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
תְּהִלַּ֥ת יְהֹוָ֗ה יְֽדַבֶּ֫ר־פִּ֥י
וִיבָרֵ֣ךְ כׇּל־בָּ֭שָׂר שֵׁ֥ם קׇדְשׁ֗וֹ
לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃ (תהלים קמה:כא)
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And it is said:
The Cause’s praise my mouth will speak,
and all flesh will bless Their name
forever and ever. (Psalms 145:21)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
טוֹב־יְהֹוָ֥ה לַכֹּ֑ל
וְ֝רַחֲמָ֗יו עַל־כׇּל־מַעֲשָֽׂיו׃ (תהלים קמה:ט)
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And it is said:
Good is the Cause to all,
and Their mercy on all Their works. (Psalms 145:9)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
טוֹב־אַתָּ֥ה וּמֵטִ֗יב
לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ (תהלים קיט:סח)
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And it is said:
You are good and do good;
teach me Your law! (Psalms 119:68)
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וְנֶאֱמַר׃
בָּר֖וּךְ אַתָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֗ה
לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃ (תהלים קיט:יב)
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And it is said:
Blessed are You, Cause;
teach me Your laws! (Psalms 119:12)
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