## Perek Shirah Chapter 2

###### Perek Shirah 2:1
[Perek Shirah 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:1)

**יוֹם** אוֹמֵר. יוֹם לְיוֹם יַבִּיעַ אֹמֶר וְלַיְלָה לְּלַיְלָה יְחַוֶּה דָּעַת: (תהילים יט ג)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Day is saying: “Day to day utters speech, and night to night relates knowledge.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:2
[Perek Shirah 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:2)

**לַיְלָה** אוֹמֵר. לְהַגִּיד בַּבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ בַּלֵילוֹת: (תהילים צב ג)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Night is saying: “To speak of his kindness in the morning, and of his faithfulness by nights.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:3
[Perek Shirah 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:3)

**שֶׁמֶשׁ** אוֹמֵר. שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ עָמַד זְבֻלָה לְאוֹר חִצֶּיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּ לְנֹגַהּ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶּךָ: (חבקוק ג יא)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Sun is saying: “The sun, [when covered by] the moon, stood in its abode; they speed at the light of your arrows, and at the shining of your glittering spear.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:4
[Perek Shirah 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:4)

**יָרֵחַ** אוֹמֶרֶת. עָשָׂה יָרֵחַ לְמוֹעֲדִים שֶׁמֶשׁ יָדַע מְבוֹאוֹ: (תהילים קד יט)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Moon is saying: “He made the Moon for the festivals; the Sun knows the time of its coming.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:5
[Perek Shirah 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:5)

**כּוֹכָבִים** אוֹמְרִים. אַתָּה הוּא יי לְבַדֶּךָ אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם שְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכָל צְבָאָם הָאָרֶץ וְכָל אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ הַיַּמִּים וְכָל אֲשֶׁר בָּהֶם וְאַתָּה מְחַיֶּה אֶת כֻּלָּם וּצְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם לְךָ מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים: (נחמיה ט ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Stars are saying, “You, only you, are YHVH; You made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host; the earth, and everything that is in it; the seas, and everything that is in them; and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven prostrate themselves to you.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:6
[Perek Shirah 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:6)

**עָבִים** אוֹמְרִים. יָשֶׁת חֹשֶׁךְ סִתְרוֹ סְבִיבוֹתָיו סֻכָּתוֹ חֶשְׁכַת מַיִם עָבֵי שְׁחָקִים: (תהילים יח יב)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Thick Clouds are saying, “He made darkness his secret place; His pavilion around him was dark with waters and thick clouds of the skies.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:7
[Perek Shirah 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:7)

**עַנְנֵי כָּבוֹד** אוֹמְרִים. אַף בְּרִי יַטְרִיחַ עָב יָפִיץ עֲנַן אוֹרוֹ: (איוב לז יא)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Light Clouds are saying, “Also he burdens the thick cloud with an overflow; the cloud scatters its light.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:8
[Perek Shirah 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:8)

**רוּחַ** אוֹמֵר. אֹמַר לַצָּפוֹן תֵּנִי וּלְתֵימָן אַל תִּכְלָאִי הָבִיאִי בָנַי מֵרָחוֹק וּבְנוֹתַי מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ: (ישעיה מג ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Wind is saying, “I will say to the north, ‘Give up’; and to the south, ‘Do not withhold; bring My sons from far, and My daughters from the ends of the earth.’”


###### Perek Shirah 2:9
[Perek Shirah 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:9)

**בְּרָקִים** אוֹמְרִים. בְּרָקִים לַמָּטָר עָשָׂה מוֹצֵא רוּחַ מֵאוֹצְרוֹתָיו: (תהילים קלה ז)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Lightning Bolts are saying, “…He makes lightning for the rain; He brings forth the wind from his storehouses.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:10
[Perek Shirah 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:10)

**טַל** אוֹמֵר. אֶהְיֶה כַטַּל לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִפְרַח כַּשּׁוֹשַׁנָּה וְיַךְ שָׁרָשָׁיו כַּלְּבָנוֹן: (הושע יד ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Dew is saying: “I shall be as the dew to Yisra’el, he shall blossom as a rose, he shall spread forth his roots as the Lebanon.”


###### Perek Shirah 2:11
[Perek Shirah 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/2:11)

**גְּשָׁמִים** אוֹמְרִים. גֶּשֶׁם נְדָבוֹת תָּנִיף אֱלֹהִים נַחֲלָתְךָ וְנִלְאָה אַתָּה כוֹנַנְתָּהּ (תהילים סח י)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Rains are saying, “You, Elohim, poured a generous rain, to strengthen your heritage when it languished.”