## Perek Shirah Chapter 6

###### Perek Shirah 6:1
[Perek Shirah 6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:1)

**שְׁרָצִים** אוֹמְרִים. יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֹשָׂיו בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן יָגִילוּ בְמַלְכָּם: (תהילים קמט ב)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Creeping Creatures are saying, “Let Yisra’el rejoice in he Who made him; let the children of Tsiyon be joyful in their King.”


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

**אֵלִים שֶׁבַּשְּׁרָצִים** אוֹמְרִים. אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ: (תהילים קכח ג)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Prolific Creeping Creatures are saying, “Your wife shall be like a fruittful vine in the recesses of your house; your children like olive shoots around your table.”


###### Perek Shirah 6:3
[Perek Shirah 6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:3)

**נָחָשׁ** אוֹמֵר. סוֹמֵךְ יְיָ לְכָל הַנֹּפְלִים וְזוֹקֵף לְכָל הַכְּפוּפִים: (תהילים קמה טו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Snake is saying: “YHVH supports all the fallen, and straightens all the bent.”


###### Perek Shirah 6:4
[Perek Shirah 6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:4)

**עַקְרַב** אוֹמֵר. טוֹב יְיָ לַכֹּל וְרַחֲמָיו עַל כָּל מַעֲשָׂיו: (תהילים קמה ט)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Scorpion is saying, “Yah is good to all, and his mercy is upon all of his handiwork.”


###### Perek Shirah 6:5
[Perek Shirah 6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:5)

**שַׁבְּלוּל** אוֹמֵר. כְּמוֹ שַׁבְּלוּל תֶּמֶס יַהֲלֹךְ נֵפֶל אֵשֶׁת בַּל חָזוּ שָׁמֶשׁ: (תהילים נח ט)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Snail is saying, “Like the snail that melts away, the stillborn of a mole that does not see the sun.”


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

**נְמָלָה** אוֹמֶרֶת. לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם: (ספר משלי ו ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Ant is saying, “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.”


###### Perek Shirah 6:7
[Perek Shirah 6:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:7)

**חֻלְדָּה** אוֹמֶרֶת. כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ הַלְלוּיָהּ. (תהילים קנ ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Rat is saying: “Let every soul praise Yah, Hallelu-Yah!”


###### Perek Shirah 6:8
[Perek Shirah 6:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:8)

**כְּלָבִים** אוֹמְרִים. בֹּאוּ נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנִכְרָעָה נִבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי יְיָ עֹשֵׂנוּ: (תהילים צה ו)

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
The Dogs are saying, “Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before YHVH our Maker.”


###### Perek Shirah 6:9
[Perek Shirah 6:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Perek%20Shirah/r/6:9)

(ילקוט שמעוני פרשת בא רמז קפז) רַבִּי יְשַׁעְיָה תַּלְמִידוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶּן דּוֹסָא הִתְעַנָּה חָמֵשׁ וּשְׁמוֹנִים תַּעֲנִיּוֹת. אָמַר כְּלָבִים שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהֶם (ישעיה נו יא) וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ לֹא יָדְעוּ שָׂבְעָה, יִזְכּוּ לוֹמַר שִׁירָה. עָנָה לוֹ מַלְאָךְ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאָמַר לוֹ יְשַעְיָה עַד מָתַי אַתָּה מִתְעַנֶּה עַל זֶה הַדָּבָר. שְׁבוּעָה הִיא מִלִּפְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם בָּרוּךְ הוּא מִיּוֹם שֶׁגִּילָּה סוֹדוֹ לַחֲבַקּוּק הַנָּבִיא לֹא גִלָּה דָבָר זֶה לְשׁוּם בְּרִיאָה בָּעוֹלָם. אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁתַּלְמִידוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם גָּדוֹל אַתָּה שְׁלָחוּנִי מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם לִזְדַקֵּק אֵלֶיךָ לְהַגִיד לְךָ בַּמֶה זָכוּ הַכְּלָבִים לוֹמַר שִׁירָה. לְפִי שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהֶם (שמות יא ז) וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶחֱרַץ כֶּלֶב לְשׁוֹנוֹ. וְלֹא עוֹד אֶלָּא שֶׁזָכוּ לְעַבֵּד עוֹרוֹת מִצּוֹאָתָם שֶׁכּוֹתְבִים בָּהֶם תְּפִילִּין וּמְזוּזוֹת וְסִפְרֵי תּוֹרָה. עַל כֵּן זָכוּ לוֹמַר שִׁירָה. וּלְעִנְיַן הַשְׁאֵלָה שֶּׁשָּׁאַלְתָּ חֲזוֹר לַאֲחֹרֶיךָ וְאַל תּוֹסִיף בַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה עוֹד, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב (משלי כא כג) שׁוֹמֵר פִּיו וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ שׁוֹמֵר מִצָּרוֹת נַפְשׁוֹ. בָּרוּךְ יְיָ לְעוֹלָם אָמֵן וְאָמֵן׃

** Perek Shirah, translation and adaptation by Aharon N. Varady and Rabbi Natan Slifkin:**
[Yalkut Shimoni, Bo 187:] Rabbi Yeshayah, student of Rabbi Ḥanina ben Dosa, fasted eighty-five fasts. He said, “Dogs, about which it is written, ‘the dogs are brazen of spirit; they do not know satisfaction' — shall they merit saying a song?” An angel answered him from Heaven and said to him, “Yeshayah, until when will you fast over this? It is an oath from the blessed Holy One; from the day that he revealed his secret to Havakuk the prophet, he has not revealed this matter to anyone in the world. But because you are the student of a great man, I have been sent from Heaven to assist you. They said that dogs have written about them, ‘No dog sharpened its tongue against any of the children of Yisra’el'. Furthermore, they merited that hides are tanned with their excrement, on which Tefillin, Mezuzot, and Torah scrolls are written. For this reason they merited saying a song. And regarding what you asked, take back your word and do not continue in this way, as it is written, ‘He that guards his mouth and tongue, guards from afflictions of his soul.’” Blessed is YHVH forever, Amen and Amen.