Week 8 (Book 7): The Swift is Saying

B"H

The Swift is saying, 

When the Most High gave nations their lot, 

And to all her sons and her daughters, portions;

Because they came not to the aid of the Lord, 

Then the earth shook and quaked, 

By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, 

When He separated the sons of man, 

The [very] foundations of heaven did tremble; 

His left hand was under my head, 

And he will be praised in the land, 

My help is from G-d, Maker of Heaven and Earth.

He set up the boundaries of peoples 

And they were shaken when he was angered. 

When Elkanah sacrificed,  that he gave to Peninnah his wife, 

I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel.

I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul because I have sinned against You."

Speak to them, saying, In the afternoon you shall eat meat, 

The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive,

according to the number of the children of Israel. 

And it came to pass upon a day,

And his right hand would embrace me.

The Lord will support him on his sickbed; 

Sustain me with flagons of wine, spread my bed with apples, for I am lovesick.

And in the morning you shall be sated with bread,

And Your faithfulness surrounds You. 

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 

And you shall know that I am the Lord, your G-d.

O Lord, G-d of Hosts, who is like You,  O Y-h, Who are mighty?

When You have transformed his entire restfulness in his illness.

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  

To the aid of the Lord against the mighty.

That you neither awaken nor arouse the love while it is desirous.

And You will not deliver him into the desire of his enemies.