#Psalter 1:3

Psalms 1:3 You can hear Psalm 1 performed here.

וְֽהָיָ֗ה כְּעֵץ֮ שָׁת֪וּל עַֽל־פַּלְגֵ֫י־מָ֥יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר פִּרְי֨וֹ ׀ יִתֵּ֬ן בְּעִתּ֗וֹ וְעָלֵ֥הוּ לֹֽא־יִבּ֑וֹל וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יַצְלִֽיחַ		3 Such a one is like a tree transplanted by streams of water, that gives its fruit in its time and its leaf does not wither. And in all that it does, it thrives.
g vhih cyx wtul yl-plgi-mim awr priio iitn byito vylhu la-iibol vcol awr-iywh ixlik	11 15 10	v/hih c/yx wtl yl plg\i mim awr pr\iv i/tn b/yt\v v/ylh\v la i/bl v/cl awr i/ywh i/xlk

The first line, in a low tessitura, cadences in bar 4 (on the word mim) on the supertonic. This cadence, called ole veyored covers two accents, the first above the text and the second below. The combination is used only in the three poetry books, Psalms, Proverbs, and the speeches of Job. Only in these books do we see these tri-cola, the first cadence on the second note of the scale, and the second on the subdominant, the fourth note of the scale.

The second musical line, beginning in the last beat of bar 4, ascends to the sixth in joy at the unfading fruitfulness of the one who delights in the instruction of Yahweh. The cadence and pause on the subdominant is marked (bar 8).

The final musical line returns to the tonic. For an introduction to the music, please see here.