(א) הַ֥לְלוּ־יָ֨הּ ׀ הַ֭לְלוּ עַבְדֵ֣י יי הַֽ֝לְל֗וּ אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם יי׃ (ב) יְהִ֤י שֵׁ֣ם יי מְבֹרָ֑ךְ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ (ג) מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֥מֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹא֑וֹ מְ֝הֻלָּ֗ל שֵׁ֣ם יי׃ (ד) רָ֖ם עַל־כׇּל־גּוֹיִ֥ם ׀ יי עַ֖ל הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃ (ה) מִ֭י כַּיי אֱלֹקֵ֑ינוּ הַֽמַּגְבִּיהִ֥י לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ (ו) הַֽמַּשְׁפִּילִ֥י לִרְא֑וֹת בַּשָּׁמַ֥יִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ז) מְקִ֥ימִ֣י מֵעָפָ֣ר דָּ֑ל מֵ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת יָרִ֥ים אֶבְיֽוֹן׃ (ח) לְהוֹשִׁיבִ֥י עִם־נְדִיבִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם נְדִיבֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹ׃ (ט) מֽוֹשִׁיבִ֨י ׀ עֲקֶ֬רֶת הַבַּ֗יִת אֵֽם־הַבָּנִ֥ים שְׂמֵחָ֗ה הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃ {פ}
(1) Hallelujah. O servants of the LORD, give praise; praise the name of the LORD. (2) Let the name of the LORD be blessed now and forever. (3) From east to west the name of the LORD is praised. (4) The LORD is exalted above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. (5) Who is like the LORD our God, who, enthroned on high, (6) sees what is below, in heaven and on earth? (7) He raises the poor from the dust, lifts up the needy from the refuse heap (8) to set them with the great, with the great men of His people. (9) He sets the childless woman among her household as a happy mother of children. Hallelujah.
(א) בְּצֵ֣את יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם בֵּ֥ית יַ֝עֲקֹ֗ב מֵעַ֥ם לֹעֵֽז׃ (ב) הָיְתָ֣ה יְהוּדָ֣ה לְקׇדְשׁ֑וֹ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל מַמְשְׁלוֹתָֽיו׃ (ג) הַיָּ֣ם רָ֭אָה וַיָּנֹ֑ס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן יִסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃ (ד) הֶ֭הָרִים רָקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃ (ה) מַה־לְּךָ֣ הַ֭יָּם כִּ֣י תָנ֑וּס הַ֝יַּרְדֵּ֗ן תִּסֹּ֥ב לְאָחֽוֹר׃ (ו) הֶ֭הָרִים תִּרְקְד֣וּ כְאֵילִ֑ים גְּ֝בָע֗וֹת כִּבְנֵי־צֹֽאן׃ (ז) מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אָ֭דוֹן ח֣וּלִי אָ֑רֶץ מִ֝לִּפְנֵ֗י אֱל֣וֹקַּ יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ח) הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃
(1) When Israel went forth from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech, (2) Judah became His holy one, Israel, His dominion. (3) The sea saw them and fled, Jordan ran backward, (4) mountains skipped like rams, hills like sheep. (5) What alarmed you, O sea, that you fled, Jordan, that you ran backward, (6) mountains, that you skipped like rams, hills, like sheep? (7) Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, (8) who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flinty rock into a fountain.
Mah l’chah hah-yahm
kee tahnoos
hah-yahrdayn
tisov l-ahchor
Heh-hahreem
tirk’doo ch-ayleem
g’vah’ot
kiv-nay tson.
Mi-lifnay ahdon
choolee ahrets
mi-lifnay
elo’ah yah’ahkov.
Hah-hofchee hah-tsoor
ahgahm mahyim
chahlahmeesh
l-maino mahyim.
Rabbi Yosi: Moses and all of Israel said Hallel when emerged safely from the sea.
Rabbi Eliezer: Moses and all of Isael said Hallel when they stood before the sea.
Rabbi Yeyoshua: Joshua and all of Israel said Hallel when all of the Kings of Canaan gathered against them.
Rabbi Eliezer HaModei: Devorah and Barak said Hallel when Sisera threatened them.
Rabbi Eliezer Ben Azaria: King Chizkiyahu and his court said Hallel when the wicked Sennacherib threatened them.
Rabbi Yosi HaGalli said that Mordechai and Esther said Hallel when Haman threatened them
The Sages said that the prophets of Israel composed Hallel so that the people could recite it upon every great event and in every period of danger; they will also recite Hallel upon the final redemption.
King David composed Hallel
Hallel was established by the early prophets, but then was elaborated upon in successive generations as a result of histic occasions which stimulated the outpouring of praise for God. King David compiled them in the Psalms. (Teshuvah Me'Ahavah Vol II, response 264)