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Categories: Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh, Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: Full Hallel, Partial Hallel, Psalms 115
Excerpt: Psalms 115 in Hebrew with English translation. . . .
Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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לֹ֤א לָ֥נוּ יְהוָ֗ה לֹ֫א לָ֥נוּ
כִּֽי־לְ֭שִׁמְךָ תֵּ֣ן כָּב֑וֹד עַל־חַ֝סְדְּךָ֗ עַל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃ |
Not for us, oh Cause, not to us,
no, to Your name give glory, for Your mercy, for Your truth. |
לָ֭מָּה יֹאמְר֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם
אַיֵּה־נָ֝֗א אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ |
Why do the nations say
where, pray tell, is their god? |
וֵֽאלֹהֵ֥ינוּ בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם
כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־חָפֵ֣ץ עָשָֽׂה׃ |
But our God is in heaven,
and all that the One desires is done. |
עֲֽ֭צַבֵּיהֶם כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֑ב
מַ֝עֲשֵׂ֗ה יְדֵ֣י אָדָֽם׃ |
Their idols are gold and silver,
the works of mortal humans. |
פֶּֽה־לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ
עֵינַ֥יִם לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יִרְאֽוּ׃ |
A mouth they have and do not speak,
eyes they have and do not see. |
אָזְנַ֣יִם לָ֭הֶם וְלֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ
אַ֥ף לָ֝הֶ֗ם וְלֹ֣א יְרִיחֽוּן׃ |
Ears they have and do not hear,
a nose they have and do not breathe. |
יְדֵיהֶ֤ם ׀ וְלֹ֬א יְמִישׁ֗וּן
רַ֭גְלֵיהֶם וְלֹ֣א יְהַלֵּ֑כוּ לֹֽא־יֶ֝הְגּ֗וּ בִּגְרוֹנָֽם׃ |
Hands, and do not touch,
feet, and do not walk, no murmuring in their throats. |
כְּ֭מוֹהֶם יִהְי֣וּ עֹשֵׂיהֶ֑ם
כֹּ֭ל אֲשֶׁר־בֹּטֵ֣חַ בָּהֶֽם׃ |
Like them will be their makers,
all who trust in them. |
יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל בְּטַ֣ח בַּיהוָ֑ה
עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃ |
Israel, trust in the Cause,
who is their help and shield! |
בֵּ֣ית אַ֭הֲרֹן בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהוָ֑ה
עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃ |
House of Aaron, trust in the Cause,
who is their help and shield! |
יִרְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה בִּטְח֣וּ בַיהוָ֑ה
עֶזְרָ֖ם וּמָגִנָּ֣ם הֽוּא׃ |
Reverent of the Cause, trust in the Cause,
who is their help and shield! |
יְהוָה֮ זְכָרָ֪נוּ יְבָ֫רֵ֥ךְ
יְ֭בָרֵךְ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְ֝בָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אַהֲרֹֽן׃ |
Oh Cause, remember us, bless!
The One who blesses the house of Israel, who blesses the house of Aharon. |
יְ֭בָרֵךְ יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
הַ֝קְּטַנִּ֗ים עִם־הַגְּדֹלִֽים׃ |
Who blesses the reverent of the Cause,
the small and the great! |
יֹסֵ֣ף יְהוָ֣ה עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם
עֲ֝לֵיכֶ֗ם וְעַל־בְּנֵיכֶֽם׃ |
May the Cause increase you all,
you and your children too! |
בְּרוּכִ֣ים אַ֭תֶּם לַיהוָ֑ה
עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ |
Blessed are you all to the Cause,
maker of heaven and earth! |
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם שָׁ֭מַיִם לַיהוָ֑ה
וְ֝הָאָ֗רֶץ נָתַ֥ן לִבְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃ |
The heaven is the Cause‘s heaven,
and the earth is given to mortal humans. |
לֹ֣א הַ֭מֵּתִים יְהַֽלְלוּ־יָ֑הּ
וְ֝לֹ֗א כָּל־יֹרְדֵ֥י דוּמָֽה׃ |
The dead cannot praise the Source,
nor those gone down into the dark. |
וַאֲנַ֤חְנוּ ׀ נְבָ֘רֵ֤ךְ יָ֗הּ
מֵֽעַתָּ֥ה וְעַד־עוֹלָ֗ם הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃ |
But we, we will praise the Source,
from now until eternity! Praise the Source! |
“The Cause” is used to translate the Divine Name, 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.”
Psalms 115 is part of the Hallel Shalem near the end of Shaḥarit on festival days and Psalms 115:12-18 is part of the Ḥatsi Hallel.
Psalms 115:1-11
Psalms 115:12-18
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