Shiru L’Adonai (Psalm 96)
Shiru L’Adonai (Psalms 96) is one of the six psalms of Kabbalat Shabbat, inviting all peoples and all of creation to “sing a new song” to God, transforming the welcoming of Shabbat into a universal celebration of wonder, beauty, and divine presence.
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Transliteration / Hebrew
Shiru ladonai shir hadash, shiru ladonai kol ha-aretz.
Shiru ladonai bar’khu sh’mo, basru miyom l’yom y shu-ato.
Sapru va-goyim k’vodo,
b’khol ha-amim niflotav.
Ki gadol Adonai u-m’hulal me’od, nora hu al kol elohim.
Ki kol elohei ha-amim elilim, vadonai shamayim asah.
Hod v’hadar I’fanav, oz v’tiferet b’mikdasho.
Havu ladonai mishp’hot amim, havu ladonai kavod va-oz.
Havu ladonai k’vod sh’mo,
se’u minhah u-vou l’hatzrotav.
Hishtahavu ladonai b’hadrat kodesh, hilu mi-panav kol ha-aretz.
Imru va-goyim Adonai malakh, af tikon teiveil bal timot, yadin amim b’meisharim.
Yism’hu ha-shamayim v’tagel ha-aretz, yiram hayam u-m’lo-o.
Ya-aloz sadai v’khol asher bo, az y’ran’nu kol atzei ya-ar.
Lifnei Adonai ki va, ki va lishpot ha-aretz, yishpot teiveil b’tzedek,
v’amim be emunato.
שִׁירוּ לַיהֹוָה שִׁיר חָדָשׁ שִׁירוּ לַיהֹוָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ:
שִׁירוּ לַיהֹוָה בָּרְכוּ שְׁמוֹ בַּשְּׂרוּ מִיּוֹם־לְיוֹם יְשׁוּעָתוֹ:
סַפְּרוּ בַגּוֹיִם כְּבוֹדוֹ בְּכָל־הָעַמִּים נִפְלְאוֹתָיו:
כִּי גָדוֹל יְהֹוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד נוֹרָא הוּא עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִים:
כִּי כָּל־אֱלֹהֵי הָעַמִּים אֱלִילִים וַיהֹוָה שָׁמַיִם עָשָׂה:
הוֹד־וְהָדָר לְפָנָיו עֹז וְתִפְאֶרֶת בְּמִקְדָּשׁוֹ:
הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה מִשְׁפְּחוֹת עַמִּים הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה כָּבוֹד וָעֹז:
הָבוּ לַיהֹוָה כְּבוֹד שְׁמוֹ שְׂאוּ־מִנְחָה וּבֹאוּ לְחַצְרוֹתָיו:
הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיהֹוָה בְּהַדְרַת־קֹדֶשׁ חִילוּ מִפָּנָיו כָּל־הָאָרֶץ:
אִמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ אַף־תִּכּוֹן תֵּבֵל בַּל־תִּמּוֹט יָדִין עַמִּים בְּמֵישָׁרִים:
יִשְׂמְחוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְתָגֵל הָאָרֶץ יִרְעַם הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ:
יַעֲלֹז שָׂדַי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ אָז יְרַנְּנוּ כָּל־עֲצֵי־יָעַר:
לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה כִּי בָא כִּי בָא לִשְׁפֹּט הָאָרֶץ יִשְׁפֹּט־תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק וְעַמִּים בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֹ:
Translation (Lev Shalem)
SING TO ADONAI a new song; sing to ADONAI, all the earth; sing to ADONAI, praise God’s name; day after day, tell of God’s deliverance.
Tell the nations of God’s glory; speak of God’s wonders among all peoples.
For ADONAI is great, surely to be praised, more revered than other gods.
For the gods of the nations are man-made idols, but ADONAI fashioned the very heavens.
Grandeur and glory are God’s honor guard, strength and joy where God is found.
Offer to Adonal, peoples of the world, offer to ADONAI honor and strength.
Offer to ADONAI the honor due God’s name, bring a gift of thanksgiving and enter God’s presence.
Bow to ADONAI in the glory of this holy place; tremble before God’s presence, all who dwell on earth.
Announce among the nations, “ADONAI reigns”-the land is firm and will not be moved; peoples will be truthfully judged.
The heavens shall be glad and the earth rejoice, the sea in its fullness roar;
the meadows and all that grows in them exult.
Even the trees of the forest shall sing praise—
as ADONAI comes,
comes to judge the earth,
judging lands with righteousness and peoples with divine truth.
Kabbalat Shabbat Music Library
- Yedid Nefesh
- Lekhu Neranena (Psalm 95)
- Shiru L’Adonai (Psalm 96)
- Psalm 98
- Mizmor L’David (Psalm 29)
- Lekha Dodi
- Tov L’hodot & Ma Gadlu (Psalm 92)
- Kol beru-ei ma’lah umatah
- Umalkhuto & Mi Khamokha
- Salaam/Od yavo
- V’shamru
- Ufros Aleinu
- Hamal’akh Hagoel Oti children blessing (Genesis 48:16)
- Shalom Aleikhem (Sufi)
- Kiddush
- Yigdal