The Bible in Basic English BBE
Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB
1 Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.
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3 Sing with joy in Hashem, O ye tzaddikim; for tehillah is fitting for the yesharim (upright ones).
2 Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
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Hodu l’Hashem with kinnor (harp); make music unto Him with the ten stringed nevel (lyre).
3 Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.
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Sing unto Him a shir chadash (new song); play skillfully with a teru’ah (shout of joy).
4 For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his works are certain.
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For the Devar Hashem is yashar; and kol ma’aseihu (all His deeds) are done in emunah (faithfulness).
5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.
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He loveth Tzedakah and Mishpat; ha’aretz is full of the chesed Hashem.
6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.
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By the Devar Hashem were Shomayim made; and all the tz’va (host) of them by the ruach (breath) of His mouth [MJ 11:3; Yn 1:1; Psa 56:5].
7 He makes the waters of the sea come together in a mass; he keeps the deep seas in store-houses.
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He gathereth the mey hayam (waters of the sea) like a mound; He layeth up the tehomot (ocean depths) in otzarot (storehouses, vaults).
8 Let the earth be full of the fear of the Lord; let all the people of the world be in holy fear of him.
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Let kol ha’aretz fear Hashem; let kol yoshvei tevel (all the inhabitants of the world) stand in awe of Him.
9 For he gave the word, and it was done; by his order it was fixed for ever.
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For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood firm.
10 The Lord undoes the designs of the nations; he makes the thoughts of the peoples without effect.
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Hashem annuls the atzat Goyim (plan of the Goyim); He foils the machsh’vot Amim (schemes of the peoples).
11 The Lord's purpose is eternal, the designs of his heart go on through all the generations of man.
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The atzat Hashem standeth firm l’olam, the machsh’vot of His lev l’dor va’dor (from generation to generation).
12 Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he has taken for his heritage.
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Ashrei is the Goy whose Elohav is Hashem; and HaAm whom He hath chosen for His own nachalah.
13 The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;
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Hashem looketh down from Shomayim: He beholdeth kol Bnei HaAdam.
14 From his house he keeps watch on all who are living on the earth;
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From the place of His habitation He looketh upon kol yoshvei ha’aretz.
15 He makes all their hearts; their works are clear to him.
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He formeth their hearts yachad; He considereth all their ma’asim (deeds).
16 A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.
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There is no melech saved by the multitude of an army; a gibbor is not delivered by rav ko’ach.
17 A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.
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A sus is a sheker (vain, false thing) for teshu’ah (deliverance, salvation, safety); neither shall it save any by its great strength.
18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
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Hinei, the eye of Hashem is upon them that fear Him, upon them that hope in His chesed;
19 To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
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To deliver their nefesh from mavet (death), and to keep them alive in ra’av (famine).
20 Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.
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Our nefesh waiteth for Hashem; He is ezrienu (our help) and moginneinu (our shield).
21 For in him our hearts have joy; in his holy name is our hope.
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For libeinu (our heart) shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted b’Shem Kadsho (in His holy Name).
22 Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.
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Let Thy chesed, Hashem, be upon us, even as we have hoped in Thee.
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