Conclusion

Siyum HaTefilah

סיום התפילה

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Ps. 124

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד, לוּלֵי יהוה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ, יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל: לוּלֵי
יהוה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ, בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם: אֲזַי חַיִּים בְּלָעוּנוּ, בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם
בָּנוּ: אֲזַי הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ, נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ: אֲזַי עָבַר עַל־נַפְשֵׁנוּ,
הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים: בָּרוּךְ יהוה, שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם: נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר
נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים, הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ: עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יהוה,
עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:

Sephardi

Shir hama'alot leDavid, lulei Adonai shehayah lanu, yomar-na Yisrael: lulei
Adonai shehayah lanu, bekom aleinu adam: azai chayim bela'unu, bacharot apam
banu: azai hamayim shetafunu, nachalah avar al-nafsheinu: azai avar al-nafsheinu,
hamayim hazeidonim: Baruch Adonai, shelo netananu teref leshinehem: nafsheinu ketzipor
nimletah mipach yokshim, hapach nishbar va'anachnu nimlatnu: ezreinu beshem Adonai,
oseh shamayim va'aretz:

English

A song of ascents. Of David. Had the LORD not been on our side - let Israel say it - had the LORD not been on our side when men rose up against us, they would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us. The waters would have engulfed us; the torrent would have swept over us; over us would have swept the raging waters. Blessed be the LORD who did not leave us as a prey for their teeth. We escaped like a bird from the fowler's trap; the trap broke and we escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth.

שיר של יום

THE DAILY PSALM

One of the following psalms is said on the appropriate day of the week as indicated.

After the psalm, "Save us" and Mourner's Kaddish are said.

After the Daily Psalm on Hanukka, add Psalm 30 (page 66), followed by Mourner's Kaddish. From the second day of Rosh Hodesh Elul through Shemini Atzeret (in Israel, through Hoshana Raba), add Psalm 27 on page 202. In a house of mourning the service concludes on page 1114.

Hebrew

הַיּוֹם יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן בַּשַּׁבָּת, שֶׁבּוֹ הָיוּ הַלְוִיִּם אוֹמְרִים בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

Sephardi

Hayom yom rishon bashabbat, shebo hayu haleviyim omrim beveit hamikdash:

English

Sunday: Today is the first day of the week, on which the Levites used to say this psalm in the Temple:

Ps. 24

Hebrew

לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר, לַיהוָה הָאָרֶץ וּמְלוֹאָהּ, תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ: כִּי־הוּא עַל־יַמִּים
יְסָדָהּ, וְעַל־נְהָרוֹת יְכוֹנְנֶהָ: מִי־יַעֲלֶה בְהַר־יהוה, וּמִי־יָקוּם בִּמְקוֹם קָדְשׁוֹ:
נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר־לֵבָב, אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי, וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה:
יִשָּׂא בְרָכָה מֵאֵת יהוה, וּצְדָקָה מֵאֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעוֹ: זֶה דּוֹר דֹּרְשָׁיו, מְבַקְשֵׁי
פָנֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה: שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם, וְהִנָּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם, וְיָבוֹא
מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד: מִי זֶה מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, יהוה עִזּוּז וְגִבּוֹר, יהוה גִּבּוֹר מִלְחָמָה:
שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם, וּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם, וְיָבֹא מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד: ‣ מִי הוּא
זֶה מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד, יהוה צְבָאוֹת הוּא מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד סֶלָה:

Sephardi

LeDavid mizmor, laAdonai ha'aretz umelo'ah, tevel veyoshvei vah: ki-hu al-yamim
yesadah, ve'al-neharot yechonenehah: mi-ya'aleh behar-Adonai, umi-yakum bimkom kodsho:
neki chapayim uvar-levav, asher lo-nasa lashav nafshi, velo nishba lemirmah:
yisa verachah me'et Adonai, utzedakah me'Elohei yish'o: zeh dor dorshav, mevakshei
fanecha Yaakov selah: se'u she'arim rasheichem, vehinase'u pitchei olam, veyavo
melech hakavod: mi zeh melech hakavod, Adonai izuz vegibor, Adonai gibor milchamah:
se'u she'arim rasheichem, use'u pitchei olam, veyavo melech hakavod: mi hu
zeh melech hakavod, Adonai Tzeva'ot hu melech hakavod selah:

English

A psalm of David. The earth is the LORD's and all it contains, the world and all who live in it. For He founded it on the seas and established it on the streams. Who may climb the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken My name in vain or sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and just reward from the God of his salvation. This is a generation of those who seek Him, the descendants of Jacob who seek Your presence, Selah! Lift up your heads, O gates; be uplifted, eternal doors, so that the King of glory may enter. Who is the King of glory? It is the LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them up, eternal doors, that the King of glory may enter. ‣ Who is He, the King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory, Selah!

Continue with "Save us" (page 196).

Commentary

THE DAILY PSALM A special psalm was said in the Temple on each of the seven days of the week. We say them still, in memory of those days and in hope of future restoration.

Sunday: Psalm 24. The opening verses mirror the act of creation, reminding us that each week mirrors the seven days of creation itself. The psalm also alludes to the Temple, built on "the mountain of the LORD." The …

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