Morning Prayers

Tefilot hashachar

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Hebrew

הוֹשִׁיעָה אֶת־עַמֶּךָ, וּבָרֵךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶךָ, וּרְעֵם וְנַשְּׂאֵם עַד־
הָעוֹלָם: נַפְשֵׁנוּ חִכְּתָה לַיהֹוָה, עֶזְרֵנוּ וּמָגִנֵּנוּ הוּא: כִּי־בוֹ יִשְׂמַח
לִבֵּנוּ, כִּי בְשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ בָטָחְנוּ: יְהִי־חַסְדְּךָ יְהֹוָה עָלֵינוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר יִחַלְנוּ
לָךְ: הַרְאֵנוּ יְהֹוָה חַסְדֶּךָ, וְיֶשְׁעֲךָ תִּתֶּן־לָנוּ: קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ,
וּפְדֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ: אָנֹכִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם,
הַרְחֶב־פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵהוּ: אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ, אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם שֶׁיְהֹוָה
אֱלֹהָיו: ◂ וַאֲנִי בְּחַסְדְּךָ בָטַחְתִּי, יָגֵל לִבִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ, אָשִׁירָה לַיהֹוָה,
כִּי גָמַל עָלָי:

Sephardi

Hoshi'ah et-amecha, uvarech et-nachalatecha, urem venasem ad-
ha'olam: Nafshenu chiktah laAdonai, ezreinu umaginenu hu: Ki-vo yismach
libenu, ki veshem kodsho vatachnu: Yehi-chasdecha Adonai aleinu, ka'asher yichalnu
lach: Har'enu Adonai chasdecha, veyish'acha titen-lanu: Kumah ezratah lanu,
ufdenu lema'an chasdecha: Anochi Adonai Elohecha hama'alcha me'eretz Mitzrayim,
harchev-picha va'amalehu: Ashrei ha'am shekachah lo, ashrei ha'am sheAdonai
Elohav: Va'ani bechasdecha vatachti, yagel libi bishu'atecha, ashira laAdonai,
ki gamal alai:

English

Save Your people and bless Your heritage; tend them and carry them for ever. Our soul longs for the LORD; He is our Help and Shield. For in Him our hearts rejoice, for in His holy name we have trusted. May Your loving-kindness, LORD, be upon us, as we have put our hope in You. Show us, LORD, Your loving-kindness and grant us Your salvation. Arise, help us and redeem us for the sake of Your love. I am the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide and I will fill it. Happy is the people for whom this is so; happy is the people whose God is the LORD. ▸ As for me, I trust in Your loving-kindness; my heart rejoices in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD for He has been good to me.

Ps. 30

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּת הַבַּיִת לְדָוִד: אֲרוֹמִמְךָ יְהֹוָה כִּי דִלִּיתָנִי, וְלֹא־
שִׂמַּחְתָּ אֹיְבַי לִי: יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָי, שִׁוַּעְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ וַתִּרְפָּאֵנִי: יְהֹוָה, הֶעֱלִיתָ
מִן־שְׁאוֹל נַפְשִׁי, חִיִּיתַנִי מִיָּרְדִי־בוֹר: זַמְּרוּ לַיהֹוָה חֲסִידָיו, וְהוֹדוּ
לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ: כִּי רֶגַע בְּאַפּוֹ, חַיִּים בִּרְצוֹנוֹ, בָּעֶרֶב יָלִין בֶּכִי וְלַבֹּקֶר
רִנָּה: וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִי, בַּל־אֶמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם: יְהֹוָה, בִּרְצוֹנְךָ
הֶעֱמַדְתָּה לְהַרְרִי עֹז, הִסְתַּרְתָּ פָנֶיךָ הָיִיתִי נִבְהָל: אֵלֶיךָ יְהֹוָה
אֶקְרָא, וְאֶל־אֲדֹנָי אֶתְחַנָּן: מַה־בֶּצַע בְּדָמִי, בְּרִדְתִּי אֶל שָׁחַת
הֲיוֹדְךָ עָפָר, הֲיַגִּיד אֲמִתֶּךָ: שְׁמַע־יְהֹוָה וְחָנֵּנִי, יְהֹוָה הֱיֵה־עֹזֵר לִי:
◂ הָפַכְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי לְמָחוֹל לִי, פִּתַּחְתָּ שַׂקִּי, וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי שִׂמְחָה: לְמַעַן
יְזַמֶּרְךָ כָבוֹד וְלֹא יִדֹּם, יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי, לְעוֹלָם אוֹדֶךָּ:

Sephardi

Mizmor shir-chanukat habayit leDavid: Aromimcha Adonai ki dilitani, velo-
simachta oyvai li: Adonai Elohai, shivati elecha vatirpa'eni: Adonai, he'elita
min-She'ol nafshi, chiyitani miyordi-vor: Zamru ladonai chasidav, vehodu
lezecher kodsho: Ki rega be'apo, chayim birtzono, ba'erev yalin bechi velaboker
rinah: Va'ani amarti veshalvi, bal-emot le'olam: Adonai, birtzonecha
he'emadtah lehareri oz, histarta fanecha hayiti nivhal: Elecha Adonai
ekra, ve'el-Adonai etchanan: Ma-betza bedami, beridti el shachat
hayodcha afar, hayagid amitecha: Shema-Adonai vechoneni, Adonai heye-ozer li:
Hafachta mispedi lemachol li, pitachta saki, vate'azreni simcha: Lema'an
yezamercha chavod velo yidom, Adonai Elohai, le'olam odeka:

English

A psalm of David. A song for the dedication of the House. I will exalt You, LORD, for You have lifted me up, and not let my enemies rejoice over me. LORD, my God, I cried to You for help and You healed me. LORD, You lifted my soul from the grave; You spared me from going down to the pit. Sing to the LORD, you His devoted ones, and give thanks to His holy name. For His anger is for a moment, but His favor for a lifetime. At night there may be weeping, but in the morning there is joy. When I felt secure, I said, “I shall never be shaken.” LORD, when You favored me, You made me stand firm as a mountain, but when You hid Your face, I was terrified. To You, LORD, I called; I pleaded with my LORD: “What gain would there be if I died and went down to the grave? Can dust thank You? Can it declare Your truth? Hear, LORD, and be gracious to me; LORD, be my help.” You have turned my sorrow into dancing. ▸ You have removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, so that my soul may sing to You and not be silent. LORD my God, for ever will I thank You.

Commentary

Blessings and the Pesukei DeZimra. The connecting theme is the restoration of life as a reason for giving praise. The Psalmist recounts a crisis when his life, hitherto secure, was suddenly in danger. It was then that he prayed to God, “What gain would there be if I died and went down to the grave? ... Can dust thank You?” So we, waking to the life of a new day, express our sense of joy, “so that my soul may sing to You and not be silent.”

… we have more time to pray, and also because on Shabbat we reflect on God’s creation, a theme of many of the psalms.

מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּת הַבַּיִת A song for the dedication of the House: According to Rashi, David wrote this psalm to be sung at the inauguration of the Temple, though he knew it would only take place in the lifetime of his son, Solomon. The psalm first entered the siddur as a prayer to be said on Hanukka, and was later adopted as part of the daily prayers.

Its content is beautifully suited to be a bridge between the Morning …