Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29)
Mizmor L’David (Psalms 29) is a majestic psalm describing the powerful “voice of God” resounding through the natural world. Recited near the conclusion of Kabbalat Shabbat, it reminds us that the same force revealed in thunder and storm ultimately blesses the world with peace.
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Transliteration / Hebrew
Mizmor I’david:
havu ladonai b’nei eilim, havu ladonai kavod va-oz.
Havu ladonai k’vod sh’mo, hishtahavu ladonai b’hadrat kodesh.
Kol Adonai al ha-mayim, El ha-kavod hirim, Adonai al mayim rabim.
Kol Adonai ba-ko-ah, kol Adonai be-hadar.
Kol Adonai shover arazim, va-y ‘shaber Adonai et arzei ha-l’vanon.
Va-yarkidem k’mo egel, I’vanon v’siryon k’mo ven re’eimim.
Kol Adonai hotzev lahavot esh.
Kol Adonai yahil midbar, yahil Adonai midbar kadesh.
Kol Adonai y’holel ayalot,
va-yehesof ye’arot, u-v’heikhalo kulo omer kavod.
Adonai lamabul yashav, va-yeshev Adonai melekh l’olam.
Adonai oz l’amo yiten, Adonai y’varekh et amo vashalom.
מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה בְּנֵי אֵלִים הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה כָּבוֹד וָעֹז:
הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיהֹוָה בְּהַדְרַת־קֹדֶשׁ:
קוֹל יְהֹוָה עַל־הַמָּיִם אֵל־הַכָּבוֹד הִרְעִים יְהֹוָה עַל־מַיִם רַבִּים:
קוֹל־יְהֹוָה בַּכֹּחַ קוֹל יְהֹוָה בֶּהָדָר:
קוֹל יְהֹוָה שֹׁבֵר אֲרָזִים וַיְשַׁבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶת־אַרְזֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן:
וַיַּרְקִידֵם כְּמוֹ־עֵגֶל לְבָנוֹן וְשִׂרְיוֹן כְּמוֹ בֶן־רְאֵמִים:
קוֹל־יְהֹוָה חֹצֵב לַהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ:
קוֹל יְהֹוָה יָחִיל מִדְבָּר יָחִיל יְהֹוָה מִדְבַּר קָדֵשׁ:
קוֹל יְהֹוָה יְחוֹלֵל אַיָּלוֹת וַיֶּחֱשׂף יְעָרוֹת וּבְהֵיכָלוֹ כֻּלּוֹ אֹמֵר כָּבוֹד:
יְהֹוָה לַמַּבּוּל יָשָׁב וַיֵּשֶׁב יְהֹוָה מֶלֶךְ לְעוֹלָם:
יְהֹוָה עֹז לְעַמּוֹ יִתֵּן יְהֹוָה יְבָרֵךְ אֶת־עַמּוֹ בַשָּׁלוֹם:
Translation (Lev Shalem)
A PSALM OF DAVID
Acclaim ADONAI, children of the Divine;
acclaim Adonal, with honor and strength.
Acclaim ADONAI, with the honor due God’s name; bow before ADONAI in the splendor of the sanctuary.
The voice of ADONAI thunders over the waters;
God, glorious, thunders—
ADONAI, over the great sea.
The voice of ADONAI, with all its power; the voice of ADONAI, with all its majesty; the voice of ADONAI shatters the cedars.
ADONAI shatters the cedars of Lebanon— making the trees dance like calves, the mountains of Lebanon and Sirion like wild bulls.
The voice of ADONAI forms flames of fire; the voice of ADONAI convulses the wilderness, ADONAI convulses the wilderness of Kadesh.
The voice of ADONAI makes hinds calve and strips forests bare, and in God’s sanctuary all acknowledge the glory of God.
ADONAI was enthroned above the flood waters:
enthroned, ADONAI is eternally sovereign.
ADONAI will grant strength to God’s people;
ADONAI will bless them with peace.