Pesukei DeZimra

Pesukei Dezimrah

פְּסוּקֵי דְּזִמְרָה

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Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
הָאֵל הָאָב הָרַחֲמָן הַמְהֻלָּל בְּפִי עַמּוֹ
מְשֻׁבָּח וּמְפֹאָר בִּלְשׁוֹן חֲסִידָיו וַעֲבָדָיו
וּבְשִׁירֵי דָוִד עַבְדֶּךָ נְהַלֶּלְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ.
בִּשְׁבָחוֹת וּבִזְמִירוֹת
נְגַדֶּלְךָ וּנְשַׁבֵּחֲךָ וּנְפָאֶרְךָ וְנַמְלִיכְךָ וְנַזְכִּיר שִׁמְךָ
מַלְכֵּנוּ אֱלֹהֵינוּ, ‧ יָחִיד חֵי הָעוֹלָמִים
מֶלֶךְ, מְשֻׁבָּח וּמְפֹאָר עֲדֵי עַד שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, מֶלֶךְ מְהֻלָּל בַּתִּשְׁבָּחוֹת.

Sephardi

Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam
Ha'El ha'av harachaman hamehulal befi amo
Meshubach umefo'ar bilshon chasidav va'avadav
Uvshirei David avdecha nehalelcha Adonai Eloheinu.
Bishvachot uvizmirot
Negadelcha uneshabechacha unefa'ercha venamlichcha venazkir shimcha
Malkenu Eloheinu, yachid chei ha'olamim
Melech, meshubach umefo'ar adei ad shemo hagadol
Baruch atah Adonai, melech mehulal batishbachot.

English

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, God, compassionate Father, extolled by the mouth of His people, praised and glorified by the tongue of His devoted ones and those who serve Him. With the songs of Your servant David we will praise You, O LORD our God. With praises and psalms we will magnify and praise You, glorify You, proclaim Your kingship and speak Your name, our King, our God, the only One, Giver of life to the worlds, the King whose great name is praised and glorified to all eternity. Blessed are You, LORD, the King extolled with songs of praise.

The following psalm recalls the thanksgiving-offering in Temple times. It is not said on Erev Pesah, on Hol HaMo'ed Pesah, or Erev Yom Kippur since no thanksgiving-offerings were brought on these days. To emphasize its sacrificial nature, the custom is to say it standing.

Ps. 100

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה, הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ: עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה
בְּשִׂמְחָה, בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִּרְנָנָה: דְּעוּ כִּי־יְהוָה הוּא אֱלֹהִים,
הוּא עָשָׂנוּ וְלוֹ אֲנַחְנוּ, עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ: בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו
בְּתוֹדָה, חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּתְהִלָּה, הוֹדוּ לוֹ, בָּרְכוּ שְׁמוֹ: ‧ כִּי־טוֹב
יְהוָה, לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ, וְעַד־דֹּר וָדֹר אֱמוּנָתוֹ:

Sephardi

Mizmor letodah, hari'u laAdonai kol-ha'aretz: ivdu et-Adonai
Besimchah, bo'u lefanav birnanah: de'u ki-Adonai hu Elohim,
Hu asanu velo anachnu, amo vetzon mar'ito: bo'u she'arav
Betoda, chatzerotav bit'hilla, hodu lo, barechu shemo: ki-tov
Adonai, le'olam chasdo, ve'ad-dor vador emunato:

English

A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyously to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with joy. Come before Him with jubilation. Know that the LORD is God. He made us and we are His. We are His people and the flock He tends. Enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise. Thank Him and bless His name. For the LORD is good, His loving-kindness is everlasting, and His faithfulness is for every generation.

Commentary

Blessed are You: The second half of the blessing is a prelude to the biblical verses that follow, mainly from the book of Psalms ("With the songs of Your servant David we will exalt You") but also from the books of Exodus (The Song at the Sea) and Nehemiah ("extolled by the mouth of His people"). To emphasize the significance of this declaration, we recite it standing and, at the end, kiss the two front fringes of the tallit.

מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה A psalm of thanksgiving: This psalm accompanied the korban toda, a thanksgiving-offering (Lev. 7:12), brought to express gratitude for coming …

The section begins and ends with a paragraph of blessings: "Blessed is He who spoke" (Barukh SheAmar) at the beginning, and "May Your name be praised for ever" (Yishtabah) at the end.

בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָמַר Blessed is He who spoke (previous page): An introductory blessing to the Verses of Praise, in two parts. The first is a ten-part litany of praise to God as Creator, each phrase introduced with the word "Blessed" (the second phrase, "blessed is He," is not a separate verse but was originally a congregational response). The number ten corresponds to the ten times the word Vayomer, "And He said," appears in the story of creation in Genesis 1, hence the rabbinic saying that "With ten utterances the world was created."