Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Siddur Part 8 YishtabaH - Shirath HaYam

Forever praised is the idea of You our Ruler,
the great and sacred Ruler in heaven and earth:
Sacred One our God, for it is proper to express to You:
Poetry and praise, song and music, appreciation and thanks,
eternity, strength, greatness, praise and beauty
might, majesty and royalty, from now until forever.
Appreciated! You are the Sacred One Our God, Ruler of all existence,
Ruler, great with praises, God of thanksgiving, Master of all deeds,
the One who chooses songs of praise, Life of the worlds.

There are customs to recite every day the Song at the Sea,
the Song Ha`azinu, or both:
Song at the Sea - Shemoth 14:30
The Sacred One saved Yisrael that day from the hand of Misrayim;
and Yisrael saw Misrayim dead upon the sea shore.
And Yisrael saw the great command
which the Sacred One took upon Misrayim;
The people feared the Sacred One;
and believed the Sacred One, and servant Moshe.
Then Moshe and the people of Yisrael sang this song
to the Sacred One, and they declared, saying;
I will sing to the Sacred One, for this incredible triumph;
horse and his rider thrown into the sea.
God is my strength and song, and has become my salvation;
This is my God, Who I will declare glorious;
the God of my ancestors, Who I will hold in the greatest esteem.
The Sacred One is master of war; this is the idea of the Sacred One.
Pharaoh’s chariots and army have been thrown into the sea;
his chosen captains also drowned in the Sea of Reeds.
The depths have covered them;
they sank to the bottom like a stone.
Sacred One, Your manipulative force is glorious in power;
Sacred One, Your manipulative force
has dashed the enemy into pieces.
And in the greatness of Your excellency
You have overthrown those that rose up against You;
You sent forth Your anger, which consumed them like stubble.
With the blast of Your wind the waters were gathered,
the floods stood upright as a heap,
and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
The enemy said, I will pursue,
I will overtake, I will divide the plunder;
my lust will be satisfied upon them;
I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.
You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;
they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
“Who is similar to You, Sacred One, among authorities;
who is similar to You, majestic in the place of sanctity,
an awesome object of praises, acting wonderfully?
You used Your manipulative force, and the earth swallowed them.
In Your mercy You led forth the people You redeemed;
You guided them in strength to Your sacred habitation.
The people will hear, and be afraid;
sorrow will take hold on the inhabitants of Pelasheth.
Then the chiefs of Edom will be amazed,
trembling will take hold upon the mighty men of Moav;
all the inhabitants of Canaan will melt away.
Fear and dread will fall upon them;
by Your great outstretch they will be still as a stone;
until Your people pass over, Sacred One,
until the people pass over, whom You have claimed.
You will bring them in,
and plant them in the mountain of your heritage,
in the place which You have made for You to dwell, Sacred One,
the Sanctuary, Master, which You have established in Your control.
The Sacred One will reign forever and ever!
When the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots
and with his horsemen into the sea,
and the Sacred One brought the waters of the sea back upon them;
but the people of Yisrael went into the midst of the sea on dry land.

Miriam the prophetess, sister of Aaron,
took the tambourine in her hand;
and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
And Miriam answered them,
Sing to the Sacred One, for this incredible triumph;
horse and his rider thrown into the sea.

So Moshe brought Yisrael from the Reed Sea,
and they went out into the wilderness of Shur;
and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
When they came to Marah,
they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter;
therefore its name was called Marah.
And the people complained against Moshe,
saying, What will we drink?
And he cried to the Sacred One;
and the Sacred One showed him a tree,
which when he threw into the waters, and made the waters sweet;
a statute and an ordinance was made for them there,
and there they were tested.
And said the One, ‘If you will diligently listen to the voice
of the Sacred One your God,
do what is right in the sight of the One,
give ear to the instructions, and keep all the statutes,
I will put none of these diseases upon you,
which I have brought upon Misrayim;
for I am the Sacred One that heals you’.

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