To the Preeminent Musician
To the Superintendent of Temple Services
A Mizmor Of David
(Psalm 20)
YaHUWaH,
He will sing,
He will answer tunefully.
In the time period
Between the rising
Of the sun
And the going down thereof,
When the adversary
Presses you
Into a narrow place,
When travail comes upon you
Because of a rival,
The Name and the Character
Of the ELOHAI of Ya’aqob
Shall lift you up
And set you on high,
In an inaccessible city.
You shall be safely protected.
He will stretch forth,
He will send forth a messenger,
A helper,
From qodesh—set-apart—Zion.
He will support you.
He will prop you up.
He will remember
All your ascending offerings.
He will bring to mind
Your gifts,
The tribute
And sacrifices laid upon His altar.
Your sacrifice shall be accepted,
Fire shall descend from heaven.
The offerings shall burn to ashes.
[Selah: A dramatic pause in the music]
He will give into your custody,
Unto the authority inside—
Your heart—
All the wisdom
You have acquired;
He will bestow upon you,
All your experience on your journey,
And His authority will lead you
From chaos.
We will cry out for joy!
In Your YESHUAH,
O, ALOHIM,
We will rejoice:
Preeminent,
Shining from afar,
We will be arrayed with banners.
In the Character and Name
Of YaHUWaH,
We will celebrate with shouting!
Our hands will be filled
With praises.
Our petitions we will cast forth
Unto our ALOHIM.
Now do I perceive,
Now do I acquire knowledge,
For YaHUWaH gives victory
Unto His Maschiach—
His Anointed.
Above the visible arch of sky,
The vaulted dome,
From His Set-Apart Dwelling,
YaHUWah will proclaim
With a tremendous voice,
ALOHIM will answer tunefully.
With strength and military power,
With Yasha—–
The salvation and deliverance
Of the right.
Behold, these strong leaders
Place their confidence
In their military vehicles,
And other powerful authorities
Depend upon their calvary—
Swift, leaping horses—
Yet we, the inheritors,
Preserve the Name
And Character
Of YaHUWaH Aloheynu.
Before Him,
They bend the knee
And throw themselves prostrate.
They have fallen into ruin.
But we, like the sun on the horizon,
Have risen.
Again and again,
We will testify:
We are set at liberty.
Our feet walk
In a spacious land.
YaHUWaH is He
Who sets us at liberty:
In the time period
From the rising of the sun
Unto the going down thereof,
YaHUWaH will answer tunefully
When we cry out.
Pamela Glasgow
The Psalm Project represents my desire for a deeper understanding of the Word of YAHUAH. It is not a mechanical translation, a one-word-for-word exchange from Hebrew to English. We have those. This is a lyrical adaptation of the many possibilities hidden in the Hebrew, arranged with consideration for the poetic and musical intent of the original writer. I pray you are as enriched in the reading as I was in the transcribing.
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