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Chapter 99

Translation and Transliteration of 

1Hashem, enthroned on cherubim, is king, peoples tremble,* the earth quakes.

a-do-NAI ma-LAKH yir-G'-zu a-MEEM yo-SHEV k'-ru-VEEM ta-NUT ha-A-rets

איְהֹוָ֣ה מָ֭לָךְ יִרְגְּז֣וּ עַמִּ֑ים יֹשֵׁ֥ב כְּ֝רוּבִ֗ים תָּנ֥וּט הָאָֽרֶץ׃

2Hashem is great in Tzion, and exalted above all peoples.

a-do-NAI b'-tzi-YON ga-DOL v'-RAM HU al-KOL ha-a-MEEM

ביְ֭הֹוָה בְּצִיּ֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וְרָ֥ם ה֝֗וּא עַל־כׇּל־הָעַמִּֽים׃

3They praise Your name as great and awesome; He is holy!

YO-du SHIM-kha ga-DOL v'-no-RA ka-DOSh HU

גיוֹד֣וּ שִׁ֭מְךָ גָּד֥וֹל וְנוֹרָ֗א קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃

4Mighty king who loves justice, it was You who established equity, You who worked righteous judgment in Yaakov.

v'-OZ me-LEKH mish-PAT a-HEV a-TAH ko-NAN-ta may-sha-REEM mish-PAT u-tze-da-KAH b'-ya-a-KOV a-TAH a-SEE-ta

דוְעֹ֥ז מֶלֶךְ֮ מִשְׁפָּ֢ט אָ֫הֵ֥ב אַ֭תָּה כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ מֵישָׁרִ֑ים מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה בְּיַעֲקֹ֤ב ׀ אַתָּ֬ה עָשִֽׂיתָ׃

5Exalt Hashem our God and bow down to His footstool; He is holy!

ro-m'-MU a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-nu v'-his-ta-cha-VU la-ha-DOM rag-LA-yav ka-DOSH HU

הרוֹמְמ֡וּ יְ֘הֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָ֗יו קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃

6Moshe and Aharon among His Kohanim, Shmuel, among those who call on His name— when they called to Hashem, He answered them.

mo-SHEH v'-a-ha-RON b'-kho-na-NAV ush-mu-AYL b'-ko-r'-AY sh'-MO ko-REEM el a-do-NAI v'-HU ya-a-NAYM

ומֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה וְאַֽהֲרֹ֨ן ׀ בְּֽכֹהֲנָ֗יו וּ֭שְׁמוּאֵל בְּקֹרְאֵ֣י שְׁמ֑וֹ קֹרִ֥אים אֶל־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה וְה֣וּא יַעֲנֵֽם׃

99:6   Moshe and Aharon among His Kohanim

The Children of Israel were guided by Moshe and Aharon in the desert, and, once they were settled in the Land of Israel, great leaders such as Shmuel. All of these prophets called out to Hashem, and He answered them and guided them. Though He took vengeance on His people for their sins, Hashem is nevertheless a forgiving God who governs His people in Eretz Yisrael with equity, justice and righteousness. This is reason to raise God up and bow down to Him at His holy mountain, for God is truly and completely holy (verse 9).

7He spoke to them in a pillar of cloud; they obeyed His decrees, the law He gave them.

b'-a-MUD a-NAN y'-da-BAYR a-LAY-hem, sham-RU e-d'-TOV v'-khok na-TAN-la-MO

זבְּעַמּ֣וּד עָ֭נָן יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם שָׁמְר֥וּ עֵ֝דֹתָ֗יו וְחֹ֣ק נָֽתַן־לָֽמוֹ׃

8Hashem our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving Hashem for them, but You exacted retribution for their misdeeds.

a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-nu, a-TAH a-NEE-tam, EL no-SAY ha-YEE-ta la-HEM, v'-no-KAYM al a-lee-LO-tam

חיְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ֮ אַתָּ֢ה עֲנִ֫יתָ֥ם אֵ֣ל נֹ֭שֵׂא הָיִ֣יתָ לָהֶ֑ם וְ֝נֹקֵ֗ם עַל־עֲלִילוֹתָֽם׃

9Exalt Hashem our God, and bow toward His holy hill, for Hashem our God is holy.

ro-m'-MU a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-nu v'-his-ta-KHA-vu l'-har kod-SHO, kee-ka-DOSH a-do-NAI e-lo-HAY-nu. {SE-lah}

טרוֹמְמ֡וּ יְ֘הֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃