Psalms for Shabbat

Mizmorei Shabbat

מזמורי שבת

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Ps. 121

Hebrew

שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת, אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים, מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי: עֶזְרִי מֵעִם
יְהֹוָה, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ: אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ, אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ:
הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל: יְהֹוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ, יְהֹוָה צִלְּךָ
עַל־יַד יְמִינֶךָ: יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא־יַכֶּכָּה, וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה: יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ
מִכָּל־רָע, יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ: יְהֹוָה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ, מֵעַתָּה
וְעַד־עוֹלָם:

Sephardi

Shir lama'alot, esa einai el-heharim, me'ayin yavo ezri: Ezri me'im
Adonai, oseh shamayim va'aretz: Al-yiten lamot raglecha, al-yanum shomrecha:
Hineh lo-yanum velo yishan shomer Yisrael: Adonai shomrecha, Adonai tzilecha
Al-yad yeminecha: Yomam hashemesh lo-yakekah, veyare'ach balaylah: Adonai yishmorcha
Mikol-ra, yishmor et-nafshecha: Adonai yishmor-tzetcha uvo'echa, me'atah
Ve'ad-olam:

English

A song of ascents. I lift my eyes up to the hills; from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot stumble; He who guards you does not slumber. See: the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. The LORD is your Guardian; the LORD is your Shade at your right hand. The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ▸ The LORD will guard you from all harm; He will guard your life. The LORD will guard your going and coming, now and for evermore.

Ps. 122

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד, שָׂמַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִים לִי בֵּית יְהֹוָה נֵלֵךְ: עֹמְדוֹת
הָיוּ רַגְלֵינוּ, בִּשְׁעָרַיִךְ יְרוּשָׁלָיִם: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם הַבְּנוּיָה, כְּעִיר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־
לָּהּ יַחְדָּו: שֶׁשָּׁם עָלוּ שְׁבָטִים שִׁבְטֵי־יָהּ, עֵדוּת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, לְהֹדוֹת
לְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה: כִּי שָׁמָּה יָשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֹת לְמִשְׁפָּט, כִּסְאוֹת לְבֵית דָּוִד:
שַׁאֲלוּ שְׁלוֹם יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, יִשְׁלָיוּ אֹהֲבָיִךְ: יְהִי־שָׁלוֹם בְּחֵילֵךְ, שַׁלְוָה
בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְ: לְמַעַן אַחַי וְרֵעָי, אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא שָׁלוֹם בָּךְ: לְמַעַן
בֵּית־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, אֲבַקְשָׁה טוֹב לָךְ:

Sephardi

Shir hama'alot leDavid, samachti be'omrim li Beit Adonai nelech: Omdot
Hayu ragleinu, bish'arayich Yerushalayim: Yerushalayim habenuyah, ke'ir shechuberah-
Lah yachdav: Shesham alu shevatim shivtei-Yah, edut leYisrael, lehodot
Leshem Adonai: Ki shamah yashvu chis'ot lemishpat, kis'ot leveit David:
Sha'alu shelom Yerushalayim, yishlayu ohavayich: Yehi-shalom becheilech, shalvah
Be'armenotayich: Lema'an achai vere'ai, adabra-na shalom bach: Lema'an
Beit-Adonai Eloheinu, avakshah tov lach:

English

A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the House of the LORD.” Our feet stood within your gates, Jerusalem: Jerusalem built as a city joined together. There the tribes went up, the tribes of the LORD – as a testimony to Israel – to give thanks to the name of the LORD. For there the thrones of justice are set, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your ramparts, tranquility in your citadels.” ▸ For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I shall say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the House of the LORD our God, I shall seek your good.

Ps. 123

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, אֵלֶיךָ נָשָׂאתִי אֶת־עֵינַי, הַיֹּשְׁבִי בַּשָּׁמָיִם: הִנֵּה כְעֵינֵי
עֲבָדִים אֶל־יַד אֲדוֹנֵיהֶם, כְּעֵינֵי שִׁפְחָה אֶל־יַד גְּבִרְתָּהּ, כֵּן עֵינֵינוּ
אֶל־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, עַד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּנוּ: חָנֵּנוּ יְהֹוָה חָנֵּנוּ, כִּי רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ
בוּז: רַבַּת שָׂבְעָה־לָּהּ נַפְשֵׁנוּ, הַלַּעַג הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים, הַבּוּז לִגְאֵיוֹנִים:

Sephardi

Shir hama'alot, elecha nasati et-einai, hayoshvi bashamayim: Hineh che'einei
Avadim el-yad adoneihem, che'einei shifchah el-yad gevirtah, kein eineinu
El-Adonai Eloheinu, ad sheyechanenu: Chaneinu Adonai chanenu, ki rav savanu
Buz: Rabat sav'ah-lah nafsheinu, hala'ag hasha'ananim, habuz lig'eiyonim:

English

A song of ascents. To You, enthroned in heaven, I lift my eyes. As the eyes of slaves turn to their master’s hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are turned to the LORD our God, awaiting His favor. ▸ Show us favor, LORD, show us favor, for we have suffered more than enough contempt. Too long have we suffered the scorn of the complacent, the contempt of arrogant men.

Ps. 124

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד, לוּלֵי יְהֹוָה שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ, יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל: לוּלֵי
יְהֹוָה 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 יְהֹוָה, שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם:
נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח יוֹקְשִׁים, הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר וַאֲנַחְנוּ נִמְלָטְנוּ:
עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:

Sephardi

Shir hama'alot leDavid, lulei Adonai shehayah lanu, yomar-na Yisrael: Lulei
Adonai shehayah lanu, bekum aleinu adam: Azai chayim bela'unu, bacharot apam
Banu: Azai hamayim shetafunu, nachlah avar al-nafsheinu: Azai avar al-
Nafsheinu, hamayim hazeidonim: Baruch Adonai, shelo netananu teref leshineihem:
Nafsheinu ketzipor nimletah mipach yokeshim, 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.