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Psalms 48/תהילים מ״ח

אשִׁ֥יר מִ֝זְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵי־קֹֽרַח׃

1A song. A psalm of the Korahites.

בגָּ֘ד֤וֹל יְהֹוָ֣ה וּמְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד בְּעִ֥יר אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗ינוּ הַר־קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃

2GOD is great and much acclaimedin the city of our God,the holy mountain—

גיְפֵ֥ה נוֹף֮ מְשׂ֢וֹשׂ כׇּל־הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ הַר־צִ֭יּוֹן יַרְכְּתֵ֣י צָפ֑וֹן קִ֝רְיַ֗ת מֶ֣לֶךְ רָֽב׃

3fair-crested, joy of all the earth,Mount Zion, summit of Zaphon,^a city of the great ruler.

דאֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ נוֹדַ֥ע לְמִשְׂגָּֽב׃

4Through its citadels, God has become known as a haven.

הכִּֽי־הִנֵּ֣ה הַ֭מְּלָכִים נ֥וֹעֲד֑וּ עָבְר֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו׃

5See, the kings joined forces;they advanced together.

והֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃

6At the mere sight of it they were stunned,they were terrified, they panicked;

זרְ֭עָדָה אֲחָזָ֣תַם שָׁ֑ם חִ֝֗יל כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃

7they were seized there with a trembling,like a woman in the throes of labor,

חבְּר֥וּחַ קָדִ֑ים תְּ֝שַׁבֵּ֗ר אֳנִיּ֥וֹת תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

8as the Tarshish fleet was wreckedin an easterly gale.^b

טכַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ׀ כֵּ֤ן רָאִ֗ינוּ בְּעִיר־יְהֹוָ֣ה צְ֭בָאוֹת בְּעִ֣יר אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ אֱלֹ֘הִ֤ים יְכוֹנְנֶ֖הָ עַד־עוֹלָ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃

9The likes of what we heard we have now witnessedin the city of GOD of hosts,in the city of our God—may God preserve it forever! Selah.

ידִּמִּ֣ינוּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ בְּ֝קֶ֗רֶב הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃

10In Your temple, God,we meditate upon Your faithful care.

יאכְּשִׁמְךָ֤ אֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן תְּ֭הִלָּתְךָ עַל־קַצְוֵי־אֶ֑רֶץ צֶ֝֗דֶק מָלְאָ֥ה יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

11The praise of You, God, like Your name,reaches to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is filled with beneficence.

יביִשְׂמַ֤ח׀ הַר־צִיּ֗וֹן תָּ֭גֵלְנָה בְּנ֣וֹת יְהוּדָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃

12Let Mount Zion rejoice!Let the towns^c of Judah exult,because of Your judgments.

יגסֹ֣בּוּ צִ֭יּוֹן וְהַקִּיפ֑וּהָ סִ֝פְר֗וּ מִגְדָּלֶֽיהָ׃

13Walk around Zion,circle it;count its towers,

ידשִׁ֤יתוּ לִבְּכֶ֨ם׀ לְֽחֵילָ֗הֿ פַּסְּג֥וּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֥עַן תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ לְד֣וֹר אַחֲרֽוֹן׃

14take note of its ramparts;go through^d its citadels,that you may recount it to a future age.

טוכִּ֤י זֶ֨ה׀ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֵינוּ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד ה֖וּא יְנַהֲגֵ֣נוּ עַל־מֽוּת׃

15For God truly is our God forever,who will lead us evermore.^e