Transliteration / Hebrew


Mizmor shir l’yom ha-shabbat.
Tov l’hodot ladonai, u-Izamer I’shimkha elyon.
L’hagid ba-boker hasdekha, ve-emunat’kha baleilot.
Alei asor va-alei na-vel, alei higayon b’khinor.
Ki simahtani Adonai b’fo-olekha, b’ma-asei yadekha aranen.
Mah gadlu ma asekha Adonai, me’od amku mahsh’votekha.
Ish ba-ar lo yeida, u-kh’sil lo yavin et zot.
Bifro-ah r’sha-im k’mo esev va-yatzitzu kol po-alei aven, l’hishamdam adei ad.
V’atah marom l’olam Adonai.

Ki hineih oyvekha Adonai,
ki hineih oyvekha yoveidu,
yitpardu kol po-alei aven.
Va-tarem kireim karni, baloti b’shemen raanan.
Va-tabeit eini b’shurai,
bakamim alai m’rei-im tishmanah oznai.
Tzadik katamar yifrah, k’erez balvanon yisgeh.
Sh’tulim b’veit Adonai, b’hatzrot eloheinu yafrihu.
Od y’nuvun b’seivah,
d’sheinim v’ra ananim yihyu.
L’hagid ki yashar Adonai, tzuri v’lo avlatah bo.

מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת:
טוֹב לְהֹדוֹת לַיהֹוָה וּלְזַמֵּר לְשִׁמְךָ עֶלְיוֹן:
לְהַגִּיד בַּבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ בַּלֵּילוֹת:
עֲלֵי־עָשׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי־נָבֶל עֲלֵי הִגָּיוֹן בְּכִנּוֹר:
כִּי שִׂמַּחְתַּנִי יְהֹוָה בְּפָעֳלֶךָ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ אֲרַנֵּן:
מַה־גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְהֹוָה מְאֹד עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ:
אִישׁ־בַּעַר לֹא יֵדָע וּכְסִיל לֹא־יָבִין אֶת־זֹאת:
בִּפְרֹחַ רְשָׁעִים כְּמוֹ עֵשֶׂב וַיָּצִיצוּ כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן לְהִשָּׁמְדָם עֲדֵי־עַד:
וְאַתָּה מָרוֹם לְעֹלָם יְהֹוָה:
כִּי הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ יְהֹוָה כִּי־הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ יִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן:
וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵים קַרְנִי בַּלֹּתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן:
וַתַּבֵּט עֵינִי בְּשׁוּרָי בַּקָּמִים עָלַי מְרֵעִים תִּשְׁמַעְנָה אָזְנָי:
צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן יִשְׂגֶּה:
שְׁתוּלִים בְּבֵית יְהֹוָה בְּחַצְרוֹת אֱלֹהֵינוּ יַפְרִיחוּ:
עוֹד יְנוּבוּן בְּשֵׂיבָה דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים יִהְיוּ:
לְהַגִּיד כִּי־יָשָׁר יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְלֹא־עַוְלָתָה בּוֹ:

Translation (Lev Shalem)


A PSALM: THE SONG OF THE DAY OF SHABBAT
It is good to thank You, ADONAI, and sing to Your name, Most High; to proclaim Your love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night.
Finger the lute, pluck the harp, let the sound of the lyre rise up.
You gladdened me with Your deeds, ADONAI, and I shall sing of Your handiwork.
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 ADONAL, 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.