Psalm 107

Hodu laHashem

הודו לה׳

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Hebrew

לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ
אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לוֹ׃ אָחוֹת לָנוּ
קְטַנָּה וְשָׁדַיִם אֵין לָהּ מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַאֲחֹתֵנוּ בַּיּוֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּהּ׃ אִם־
חוֹמָה הִיא נִבְנֶה עָלֶיהָ טִירַת כָּסֶף וְאִם־דֶּלֶת הִיא נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ
אָרֶז׃ אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְשָׁדַי כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת אָז הָיִיתִי בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצְאֵת שָׁלוֹם׃
כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמוֹן נָתַן אֶת־הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא
בְּפִרְיוֹ אֶלֶף כָּסֶף׃ כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לְפָנָי הָאֶלֶף לְךָ שְׁלֹמֹה וּמָאתַיִם
לַנֹּטְרִים אֶת־פִּרְיוֹ׃ הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּגַּנִּים חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ
הַשְׁמִיעִנִי׃ בְּרַח ׀ דּוֹדִי וּדְמֵה־לְךָ לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים עַל
הָרֵי בְשָׂמִים׃

Sephardi

Lo yuchlu lechabot et-ha'ahavah uneharot lo yishtefuhah im-yiten ish
et-kol-hon beito ba'ahavah boz yavuzu lo: achot lanu
ketanah veshadayim ein lah mah-na'aseh la'achoteinu bayom sheyedubar-bah: im-
chomah hi nivneh aleihah tirat kasef ve'im-delet hi natzur aleihah luach
arez: ani chomah veshadai kamigdalot az hayiti be'einav kemotzet shalom:
kerem hayah lishlomoh beva'al hamon natan et-hakerem lanot'rim ish yavi
befiryo elef kasef: karmi sheli lefanai ha'elef lecha shelomoh umatayim
lanot'rim et-piryo: hayoshevet baganim chaverim makshivim lekolech
hashmi'ini: berach dodi udemeh-lecha litzvi o le'ofer ha'ayalim al
harei vesamim:

English

waters cannot quench love, nor torrents sweep it by. If a man offered all his inheritance for love – they would laugh him to shame. [The Brothers] We have a little sister, her breasts are not yet grown; what shall we do for our sister when a man comes for her? If she were a wall we would build a silver watchtower; if a door, then we would bar her up with cedar. [She] But I am a wall. My breasts are like towers. It was when I was so that I found peace in his eyes. Once, Solomon had a vineyard at Ba'al Hamon. He gave the vineyard over to the keepers; each keeper brought him in a silver thousand from the fruits. My vineyard stands before me, my own: Solomon, keep your thousand; pay two hundred to each keeper of the vines. [He] "You who still sit in the gardens, friends listen for your voice. Have me hear." [She] Away with you, my beloved, like a gazelle, or a young deer, over perfumed hills.

If one is short on time, one may say only these four verses:

Hebrew

יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּיִן׃
עוּרִי צָפוֹן וּבוֹאִי תֵימָן, הָפִיחִי גַנִּי, יִזְּלוּ בְשָׂמָיו
יָבֹא דוֹדִי לְגַנּוֹ וְיֹאכַל פְּרִי מְגָדָיו׃
קוֹל דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה־זֶה בָּא, מְדַלֵּג עַל־הֶהָרִים, מְקַפֵּץ עַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת׃
בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה, אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם־בְּשָׂמִי
אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם־דִּבְשִׁי, שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם־חֲלָבִי
אִכְלוּ רֵעִים, שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִים׃

Sephardi

Yishakeni mineshikot pihu ki-tovim dodeicha miyayin:
uri tzafon uvo'i teiman, hafichi gani, yizlu vesamav
yavo dodi legano veyochal peri megadav:
kol dodi hineh-zeh ba, medaleg al-heharim, mekapetz al-hageva'ot:
bati legani achoti kalah, ariti mori im-besami
achalti ya'ri im-divshi, shatiti yeini im-chalavi
echlu re'im, shetu veshichru dodim:

English

[She] Would that he kiss me with that mouth. Better than any wine is your love. [She] Wake now, north wind, south wind, come: breathe life into my garden, let its perfumes flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat his sweetest fruits. [She] The voice of my beloved – I hear him coming – springing over the hills, leaping the slopes. [He] I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh and my balsam, I have eaten my honeycomb with honey, I have drunk my wine with milk – [Friends] Eat, loved ones, eat; drink, drink deep of love.

סדר ערב שבת

EREV SHABBAT

In some congregations the following psalm is said before Minḥa on Friday afternoon. On Erev Yom Tov and Ḥol HaMo'ed it is omitted.

Ps. 107

Hebrew

הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב, כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ׃ יֹאמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵי יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר
גְּאָלָם מִיַּד־צָר׃ וּמֵאֲרָצוֹת קִבְּצָם, מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב, מִצָּפוֹן
וּמִיָּם׃ תָּעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר, בִּישִׁימוֹן דָּרֶךְ, עִיר מוֹשָׁב לֹא מָצָאוּ׃ רְעֵבִים
גַּם־צְמֵאִים, נַפְשָׁם בָּהֶם תִּתְעַטָּף׃ וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם,
מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם יַצִּילֵם׃ וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה, לָלֶכֶת אֶל־עִיר מוֹשָׁב׃

Sephardi

Hodu laadonai ki-tov, ki le'olam chasdo: yomru ge'ulei Adonai, asher
ge'alam miyad-tzar: ume'aratzot kib'tzam, mimizrach umima'arav, mitzafon
umiyam: ta'u bamidbar, bishimon derech, ir moshav lo matza'u: re'evim
gam-tzeme'im, nafsham bahem tit'ataf: vayitz'aku el-Adonai batzar lahem,
mim'tzukoteihem yatzilem: vayadrichem bederech yesharah, lalechet el-ir moshav:

English

Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever. Let those the LORD redeemed say this – those He redeemed from the enemy's hand, those He gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some lost their way in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could live. They were hungry and thirsty, and their spirit grew faint. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He rescued them from their distress. He led them by a straight path to a city where they could