Transliteration / Hebrew


Mizmor shir l’Yom haShabbat.
Tov lehodot laAdonai,
ulezamer leshimkha Elyon.
Lehagid baboker ẖasdekha,
ve’emunatkha baleilot.
Alei asor va’alei nevel,
alei higayon bekhinor.
Ki simahtani Adonai befo’olekha,
bema’asei yadekha aranein.
Ma gadlu ma’asekha Adonai,
me’od amku maẖshevotekha.
Ish ba’ar lo yeida,
ukhsil lo yavin et zot.
Bifroah resha’im kemo esev,
vayatzitzu kol po’alei aven,
lehishamdam adei ad.
Ve’ata marom le’olam Adonai.
Ki hineh oyvekha Adonai,
ki hineh oyvekha yoveidu,
yitpardu kol po’alei aven.
Vatarem kerem re’emi karni,
baloti beshemen ra’anan.
Vatabet eini beshurai,
bakamim alai merei’im tishma’na oznai.
Tzadik katamar yifra,
ke’erez balvanon yisgeh.
Shetulim beveit Adonai,
beẖatzrot Eloheinu yafriẖu.
Od yenuvun beseiva,
desheinim vera’ananim yihyu.
Lehagid ki yashar Adonai,
tzuri velo avlata bo.

Translation (Lev Shalem)


How wonderful are Your works, Adonai, how subtle Your designs! 

The arrogant do not understand, the fool does not comprehend this: the wicked flourish like grass and every evildoer blossoms, only to be destroyed forever–But You, Adonai, are exalted for all time.

Surely Your enemies, Adonai, surely Your enemies will perish; all who commit evil will be scattered. 

As a wild bull raises up its horn, You raised my head high, anointed it with fresh oil. 

As my enemies gather against me, my gaze remains steady, for my ears listen and hear: 

The righteous flourish like the date palm, thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; planted in the house of Adonai, they flourish in our God’s courtyards. In old age they remain fruitful, still fresh and bountiful, proclaiming: Adonai is upright, my rock in whom there is no flaw.