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הֵאִירוּ בְּרָקָיו תֵּבֵל, רָאֲתָה וַתָּחֵל הָאָרֶץ: הָרִים כַּדּוֹנַג נָמַסּוּ
מִלִּפְנֵי יְהֹוָה, מִלִּפְנֵי אֲדוֹן כָּל־הָאָרֶץ: הִגִּידוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם צִדְקוֹ,
וְרָאוּ כָּל־הָעַמִּים כְּבוֹדוֹ: יֵבֹשׁוּ כָּל־עֹבְדֵי פֶסֶל הַמִּתְהַלְלִים
בָּאֱלִילִים, הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־לוֹ כָּל־אֱלֹהִים: שָׁמְעָה וַתִּשְׂמַח צִיּוֹן,
וַתָּגֵלְנָה בְּנוֹת יְהוּדָה, לְמַעַן מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ יְהֹוָה: כִּי־אַתָּה יְהֹוָה
עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ, מְאֹד נַעֲלֵיתָ עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִים: אֹהֲבֵי יְהֹוָה
שִׂנְאוּ רָע, שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹת חֲסִידָיו, מִיַּד רְשָׁעִים יַצִּילֵם: אוֹר
זָרֻעַ לַצַּדִּיק, וּלְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵב שִׂמְחָה: שִׂמְחוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּיהֹוָה, וְהוֹדוּ
לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ:

Sephardi

He'iru verakav tevel, ra'atah vatachel ha'aretz: Harim kadonag namasu
milifnei Adonai, milifnei Adon kol-ha'aretz: Higidu hashamayim tzidko,
vera'u kol-ha'amim kevodo: Yevoshu kol-ovdei fesel hamithalelim
ba'elilim, hishtachavu-lo kol-elohim: Sham'ah vatismach Tziyon,
vatagelnah benot Yehudah, lema'an mishpatecha Adonai: Ki-atah Adonai
elyon al-kol-ha'aretz, me'od na'aleita al-kol-elohim: Ohavei Adonai
sin'u ra, shomeir nafshot chasidav, miyad resha'im yatzilem: Or
zaru'a latzadik, uleyishrei-lev simchah: Simchu tzadikim ba-Adonai, vehodu
lezecher kodsho:

English

world; the earth sees and trembles. Mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the LORD of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory. All who worship images and boast in idols are put to shame. Bow down to Him, all you heavenly powers. Zion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah are glad because of Your judgments, LORD. For You, LORD, are supreme over all the earth; You are exalted far above all heavenly powers. Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for He protects the lives of His devoted ones, delivering them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and give thanks to His holy name.

Ps. 98

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר, שִׁירוּ לַיהֹוָה שִׁיר חָדָשׁ כִּי־נִפְלָאוֹת עָשָׂה, הוֹשִׁיעָה־לּוֹ
יְמִינוֹ וּזְרוֹעַ קָדְשׁוֹ: הוֹדִיעַ יְהֹוָה יְשׁוּעָתוֹ, לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם גִּלָּה
צִדְקָתוֹ: זָכַר חַסְדּוֹ וֶאֱמוּנָתוֹ לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל, רָאוּ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ
אֵת יְשׁוּעַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ: הָרִיעוּ לַיהֹוָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ, פִּצְחוּ וְרַנְּנוּ וְזַמֵּרוּ:
זַמְּרוּ לַיהֹוָה בְּכִנּוֹר, בְּכִנּוֹר וְקוֹל זִמְרָה: בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת וְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר,
הָרִיעוּ לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהֹוָה: יִרְעַם הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ, תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ:
נְהָרוֹת יִמְחֲאוּ־כָף, יַחַד הָרִים יְרַנֵּנוּ: לִפְנֵי־יְהֹוָה כִּי בָא לִשְׁפֹּט
הָאָרֶץ, יִשְׁפֹּט־תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק, וְעַמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים:

Sephardi

Mizmor, shiru ladonai shir chadash ki-nifla'ot asah, hoshi'ah-lo
yemino uzro'a kodsho: Hodi'a Adonai yeshu'ato, le'einei hagoyim gilah
tzidkato: Zachar chasdo ve'emunato leveit Yisrael, ra'u kol-afsei-aretz
eit yeshu'at Eloheinu: Hari'u ladonai kol-ha'aretz, pitzchu veranenu vezameru:
Zameru ladonai bechinor, bechinor vekol zimrah: Bachatzotzrot vekol shofar,
hari'u lifnei hamelech Adonai: Yir'am hayam umelo'o, tevel veyoshvei vah:
Neharot yimcha'u-chaf, yachad harim yeranenu: Lifnei-Adonai ki va lishpot
ha'aretz, yishpot-tevel betzedek, ve'amim bemeisharim:

English

A Psalm. Sing a new song to the LORD, for He has done wondrous things; He has saved by His right hand and His holy arm. The LORD has made His salvation known; He has displayed His righteousness in the sight of the nations. He remembered His loving-kindness and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our LORD. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth; burst into song, sing with joy, play music. Play music to the LORD on the harp – on the harp with the sound of singing. With trumpets and the sound of the shofar, shout for joy before the LORD, the King. Let the sea and all that is in it thunder, the world and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains sing together for joy – before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with justice, and the peoples with equity.

Commentary

… millennia recovered it again. Ravaged by the Holocaust a mere three years earlier, the declaration of Israel’s independence was a remarkable act of faith, an everlasting symbol of the victory of life over death, hope over despair.

Some thirty-three centuries ago, Moses prophesied: “Even if you have been dispersed to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back” (Deut. 30:4), and so it happened. If, as we believe, there are events that bear the signature of Heaven, this surely was one. Therefore we give thanks to God for bringing the land back to the people, and the people back to the land – the land where our people was born in ancient times, and reborn in ours.

… to rule and defend themselves. Only in Israel can a Jew speak a Jewish language, see a Jewish landscape, walk where our ancestors walked and continue the story they began. Only in Israel have Jews been able to live as a nation shaping its own destiny, constructing a society according to its own principles and laws.

Jews were the first to see God in history, to see the unfolding of events as a meaningful narrative, the ongoing story of the covenant between God and His people. The celebration of Yom HaAtzma’ut as a religious festival is part of this faith. Never before had a people survived so long an exile, its identity intact. Never before had a nation that had not known sovereignty for two …