Psalm 1

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Psalm 1 - תְהִלִים א

עִבְרִית - גַם תַּצְלִיל מִיָמִין לַשְּׂמֹאל    Transliteration with some notes - Ivrit Translation from Hebrew
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אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא    ahshrai ha-eesh ahsher lo Blessed is the man who walks
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הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים    ha-lakh buh-uh-tsaht reh-shah-eem not in the counsel of the wicked
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וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד     oo-vah-derekh khaht-ah-eem lo ah-mahd nor stands in the way of sinners,
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וּבְמֹושַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָׁב     oo-veh moh-shav lay-tzeem lo yah-shahv nor sits in the seat of those who scoff
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כִּי אִם בְּתֹורַת יְהֹוָה חֶפְצֹו    kee eem buh-torah Yehovah khef-tsoh but his delight is in the law of Yehovah
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וּבְתֹורָתֹו יֶהְגֶּה יֹומָם וָלָיְלָה    oo-veh torah-toh yeh-geh yoh-mahm vah lie-lah and on his law he meditates day and night.
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וְהָיָה כְּעֵץ שָׁתוּל עַל פַּלְגֵי מָיִם    veh-hah-yah keh-ahts shah-khool ahl pahl-ghey mah-yeem He is like a tree planted by streams of water
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אֲשֶׁר פִּרְיֹו יִתֵּן בְּעִתֹּו    ah-shergh peer-yeh-oh yee-ten buh-eetah-oh that yields its fruit in its season
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וְעָלֵהוּ לֹא יִבֹּול    veh ah-lay-hoo lo yee-bohl and its leaf does not wither
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וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה יַצְלִיחַ    veh coal ah-shergh yah uh-say yahtz-lee-akh in all that he does he prospers
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לֹא כֵן הָרְשָׁעִים    low ken har-shah-eem the wicked are not so
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כִּי אִם כַּמֹּץ אֲ‍שֶׁר תִּדְּפֶנּוּ רוּחַ    kee eem kah-motz ah-shergh teed-feign-oo roo-akh but are chaff that is driven away by the wind
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עַל כֵּן לֹא יָקֻמוּ רְשָׁעִים בַּמִּשְׁפָּט    ahl ken lo yah-koo-moo reh-shah-eem bah-meesh-paht therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment
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וְחַטָּאִים בַּעֲדַת צַדִּיקִים    veh khah-tah-eem bah-uh-daht tzah-dee-keem nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous
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כִּי יֹודֵעַ יְהֹוָה דֶּרֶךְ צַדִּיקִים    kee yahd-ah Yehovah derekh tzahd-eek-eem for Yehovah knows the way of the righteous
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וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תֹּאבֵד    veh derekh reh-shah-eem toh-ved the way of the wicked will perish
  • Key of ?
  • Chords Fm Eb Db Fm Eb Db Dbmaj7 ... Ab Cm7 Dbmaj7 Ab Cm7 Dbmaj7 Dbm7(at end of chorus) ... bridge Bbm Fm Bbm C7
  • sing these notes: ? ? ... not necessarily in this order (ab means a-flat)