Corpus Psalterium · Vol. VI
Psalm CXLVI (146)
Cantillated — Hallelujah Hymn
Paul Whitehorn
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Psalm 146 in Hebrew and English, and the words as they are sung.
Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
הַֽלְלוּ־יָ֡הּ הַלְלִ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
אֲהַלְלָ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּחַיָּ֑י אֲזַמְּרָ֖ה לֵֽאלֹהַ֣י בְּעוֹדִֽי׃
Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.
אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם ׀ שֶׁ֤אֵֽין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃
His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.
תֵּצֵ֣א ר֭וּחוֹ יָשֻׁ֣ב לְאַדְמָת֑וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַ֝ה֗וּא אָבְד֥וּ עֶשְׁתֹּנֹתָֽיו׃
Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God,
אַשְׁרֵ֗י שֶׁ֤אֵ֣ל יַעֲקֹ֣ב בְּעֶזְר֑וֹ שִׂ֝בְר֗וֹ עַל־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽיו׃
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps truth forever;
עֹשֶׂ֤ה ׀ שָׁ֘מַ֤יִם וָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת־הַיָּ֥ם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֑ם הַשֹּׁמֵ֖ר אֱמֶ֣ת לְעוֹלָֽם׃
who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
עֹשֶׂ֤ה מִשְׁפָּ֨ט ׀ לָעֲשׁוּקִ֗ים נֹתֵ֣ן לֶ֭חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַתִּ֥יר אֲסוּרִֽים׃
Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous.
יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃
Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but he turns the way of the wicked upside down.
יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שֹׁ֘מֵ֤ר אֶת־גֵּרִ֗ים יָת֣וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֣ה יְעוֹדֵ֑ד וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יְעַוֵּֽת׃
Yahweh will reign forever; your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise Yah!
יִמְלֹ֤ךְ יְהוָ֨ה ׀ לְעוֹלָ֗ם אֱלֹהַ֣יִךְ צִ֭יּוֹן לְדֹ֥ר וָדֹ֗ר הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain), from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: World English Bible (public domain). Verse numbers follow the English Bible; the Hebrew numbering is shown beneath where it differs.
the LORD!
Hallelujah!
Praise the LORD, my soul.
Praise Him, soul.
Oh, my life.
I will praise the Lord
All your life
While I'm still here
I'll sing to my God
Sing it
Don't lean on the powerful
Don't put your weight on a mortal
No rescue in him
His path goes out
He goes back to the ground
Back to the ground
And that same day
His plans are gone
Gone
Gone
Happy is the one
Whose help is Jacob's God
Jacob's God
Whose hope is on the Lord
The Lord is God
His God
He made the sky and the land
The sea and all that's in them
All that's in them
He keeps faith forever
Forever
He does right by the crushed
He gives bread to the hungry
The Lord unties the bound
The Lord gives the blind their sight
The Lord lifts the bow down
The Lord loves the righteous
The Lord watches over the strangers
He holds up the orphan and the widow.
And he turns the road of the wicked aside.
And he turns the road of the wicked aside, aside, aside.
The Lord will be king forever
Your God, Zion, for every generation
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
We'll see you next time.
Lyrics by Paul Whitehorn, taken down from this recording by ear. Some lines may be mishearings.
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