Selah… is it Just a Musical Notation, or is it Part of David’s Lyrics? Psalm 32 Sung in Hebrew

Описание: Some say the word “selah” is a musical notation that doesn’t belong with the text of the Psalms. We believe it’s essential part of the lines of poetry in which it is found.

This acapella song was recorded as part of our episode on the Hebrew letter Samek. For a full discussion on the meaning of the word Selah, see our Samek video:    • 15. Samek | Paleo Hebrew Alphabet | The Me...  

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Lyrics, from Psalm 32:1-7

Ashrei nesui pesha kesui chata'ah
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered

Ashrei adam lo yachshov YHVH lo avon
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity

ve'ein berucho remiyyah
and in whose spirit there is no guile

Ki-hecherashti
When I kept silent

balu atzamai
became old my bones

besha'agati kol-hayyom
through my groaning all day long

Ki yomam valaylah
For day and night

tichbad alai yadecha
was heavy upon me Your hand

nehpach leshaddi
was turned my vitality

becharvonei kayitz selah.
into the drought of summer, selah.

Chattati odi'acha
My sin I acknowledged to You

va'avoni lo-chissiti
and my sin I have not hidden

amarti odeh alei
I said I will confess

fesha'ai la YHVH
my transgressions unto YHVH

ve'attah nasata avon chattati selah
and You forgave the iniquity of my sin, selah.

Al-zot yitpallel kol-chasid eleicha le'et metzo
For this they pray, all who are godly, to You while You may be found

rak leshetef mayim rabbim elav lo yaggi'u
Surely in a flood of great waters, near him they shall not come

Attah seter li
You are my hiding place

mitzar titzereni
from trouble You shall preserve me

Rannei fallet tesoveveni selah.
With songs of deliverance You shall surround me, selah.

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Shalom unto Jerusalem.