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Musaf for Shabbat and Yom Tov

Song of Glory

שיר הכבוד

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שיר הכבוד

SONG OF GLORY

The Ark is opened and all stand.
Hebrew
אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת וְשִׁירִים אֶאֱרֹג, כִּי אֵלֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג.
נַפְשִׁי חָמְדָה בְּצֵל יָדֶךָ, לָדַעַת כָּל רָז סוֹדֶךָ.
מִדֵּי דַבְּרִי בִּכְבוֹדֶךָ, הוֹמֶה לִבִּי אֶל דּוֹדֶיךָ.
עַל כֵּן אֲדַבֵּר בְּךָ נִכְבָּדוֹת, וְשִׁמְךָ אֲכַבֵּד בְּשִׁירֵי יְדִידוֹת.
אֲסַפְּרָה כְבוֹדְךָ וְלֹא רְאִיתִיךָ, אֲדַמְּךָ אֲכַנְּךָ וְלֹא יְדַעְתִּיךָ.
בְּיַד נְבִיאֶיךָ בְּסוֹד עֲבָדֶיךָ, דִּמִּיתָ הֲדַר כְּבוֹד הוֹדֶךָ.
גְּדֻלָּתְךָ וּגְבוּרָתְךָ, כִּנּוּ לְתֹקֶף פְּעֻלָּתֶךָ.
דִּמּוּ אוֹתְךָ וְלֹא כְּפִי יֶשְׁךָ, וַיְשַׁוּוּךָ לְפִי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ.
הִמְשִׁילוּךָ בְּרֹב חֶזְיוֹנוֹת, הִנְּךָ אֶחָד בְּכָל דִּמְיוֹנוֹת.
וַיֶּחֱזוּ בְךָ זִקְנָה וּבַחֲרוּת, וּשְׂעַר רֹאשְׁךָ בְּשֵׂיבָה וְשַׁחֲרוּת.
זִקְנָה בְּיוֹם דִּין וּבַחֲרוּת בְּיוֹם קְרָב, כְּאִישׁ מִלְחָמוֹת יָדָיו לוֹ רָב.
חָבַשׁ כּוֹבַע יְשׁוּעָה בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, הוֹשִׁיעָה לּוֹ יְמִינוֹ וּזְרוֹעַ קָדְשׁוֹ.
טַלְלֵי אוֹרוֹת רֹאשׁוֹ נִמְלָא, קְוֻצּוֹתָיו רְסִיסֵי לָיְלָה.
יִתְפָּאַר בִּי כִּי חָפֵץ בִּי, וְהוּא יִהְיֶה לִי לַעֲטֶרֶת צְבִי.
כֶּתֶם טָהוֹר פָּז דְּמוּת רֹאשׁוֹ, וְחֵק עַל מֵצַח כְּבוֹד שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ.
לְחֵן וּלְכָבוֹד צְבִי תִפְאָרָה, אֻמָּתוֹ לוֹ עֲטָרָה עִטְּרָה.
Sephardi
Anim zemirot veshirim e'erog, ki elecha nafshi ta'arog.
Nafshi chamdah betzel yadecha, lada'at kol raz sodecha.
Midei daberi bichvodecha, homeh libi el dodecha.
Al kein adaber becha nichbadot, veshimcha achabed beshirei yedidot.
Asaprah chevodecha velo re'isicha, adamcha achancha velo yada'ticha.
Beyad nevi'echa besod avadecha, dimita hadar kevod hodecha.
Gedulatecha ugevuratecha, kinnu letokef pe'ulatecha.
Dimmu otcha velo kefi yeshcha, vayeshavucha lefi ma'asecha.
Himshilucha berov chezyonot, hincha echad bechol dimyonot.
Vayechezu vecha ziknah uvacharut, use'ar roshcha beseivah veshacharut.
Ziknah beyom din uvacharut beyom kerav, ke'ish milchamot yadav lo rav.
Chavash kova yeshu'ah berosho, hoshiah lo yemino uzero'a kadsho.
Tallei orot rosho nimla, kevutzotav resisei lailah.
Yitpa'ar bi ki chafetz bi, vehu yihyeh li la'ateret tzvi.
Ketem tahor paz demut rosho, vechek al metzach kevod sheim kadsho.
Lechein ulechavod tzvi tif'arah, umato lo atarah itterah.
English
Leader: I will sing sweet psalms and I will weave songs, to You for whom my soul longs. Cong: My soul yearns for the shelter of Your hand, that all Your mystic secrets I might understand. Leader: Whenever I speak of Your glory above, my heart is yearning for Your love. Cong: So Your glories I will proclaim, and in songs of love give honor to Your name. Leader: I will tell of Your glory though I have not seen You; imagine and describe You, though I have not known You. Cong: By the hand of Your prophets, through Your servants’ mystery, You gave a glimpse of Your wondrous majesty. Leader: Recounting Your grandeur and Your glory, of Your great deeds they told the story. Cong: They depicted You, though not as You are, but as You do: Your acts, Your power. Leader: They represented You in many visions; through them all You are One without divisions. Cong: They saw You, now old, then young, Your head with gray, with black hair hung. Leader: Aged on the day of judgment, yet on the day of war, a young warrior with mighty hands they saw. Cong: Triumph like a helmet He wore on His head; His right hand and holy arm to victory have led. Leader: His curls are filled with dew drops of light; His locks with fragments of the night. Cong: He will glory in me, for He delights in me; My diadem of beauty He shall be. Leader: His head is like pure beaten gold; Engraved on His brow, His sacred name behold. Cong: For grace and glory, beauty and renown, His people have adorned Him with a crown.