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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Verses of Song

p'sukei d'zimra
פְּסוּקֵי דְזִמְרָא
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Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
On Festivals, the leader starts here:
Hebrew
הָאֵל בְּתַעֲצֻמוֹת עֻזֶּךָ,
הַגָּדוֹל בִּכְבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ,
הַגִּבּוֹר לָנֶצַח,
וְהַנּוֹרָא בְּנוֹרְאוֹתֶיךָ,
הַמֶּלֶךְ הַיּוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רָם וְנִשָּׂא.
Israeli
ha-El b'ta-atzumot uzecha,
hagadol bichvod sh'mecha,
hagibor lanetzach,
vehanora b'nore-otecha,
hamelech hayoshev al kisei ram venisa.
English
God, in the plenitude of Your power, Great, according to Your glorious name, Mighty, through every age, Awesome, through Your awe-inspiring deeds, Sovereign, seated upon high,
On Shabbat, the leader starts here:
Hebrew
שׁוֹכֵן עַד, מָרוֹם וְקָדוֹשׁ שְׁמוֹ.
וְכָתוּב, רַנְּנוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּיהוָה, לַיְשָׁרִים נָאוָה תְהִלָּה.
Israeli
shochen ad, marom vekadosh sh'mo.
vechatuv, ranenu tzadikim badonai, laysharim navah tehilah.
English
abiding forever, lofty and holy is Your name—as the psalmist has recorded: “Sing, O you righteous, to Adonai; lovely is the praise the upright offer.”
Hebrew
בְּפִי יְשָׁרִים תִּתְהַלָּל,
וּבְדִבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים תִּתְבָּרַךְ,
וּבִלְשׁוֹן חֲסִידִים תִּתְרוֹמָם,
וּבְקֶרֶב קְדוֹשִׁים תִּתְקַדָּשׁ.
Israeli
b'fi yesharim tithalal,
uvdivrei tzadikim titbarach,
uvilshon chasidim titromam,
uvkerev k'doshim titkadash.
English
Through the speech of the upright You are exalted; through the words of the righteous You are blessed; through the language of the devoted You are glorified; amid the holy congregation You are sanctified.
Hebrew
וּבְמַקְהֲלוֹת רִבְבוֹת עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
בְּרִנָּה יִתְפָּאַר שִׁמְךָ מַלְכֵּנוּ, בְּכָל־דּוֹר וָדוֹר.
Israeli
uvmakhalot rivvot amecha beit Yisra-el
b'rinah yitpa-ar shimcha malkenu, b'chol-dor vador.
English
Thus the choirs of the thousands of Your people, the house of Israel, gladly glorify Your name in each generation.
Hebrew
שֶׁכֵּן חוֹבַת כָּל־הַיְצוּרִים לְפָנֶיךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ], לְהוֹדוֹת, לְהַלֵּל, לְשַׁבֵּחַ, לְפָאֵר,
לְרוֹמֵם, לְהַדֵּר, לְבָרֵךְ, לְעַלֵּה וּלְקַלֵּס, עַל כָּל־דִּבְרֵי
שִׁירוֹת וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת דָּוִד בֶּן־יִשַׁי עַבְדְּךָ מְשִׁיחֶךָ.
Israeli
sheken chovat kol-haytzurim lefanecha Adonai Eloheinu veilohei
avoteinu [ve-imoteinu], lehodot, lehalel, leshabeach, lefa-er,
leromem, lehader, levarech, le-aleh ulekales, al kol-divrei
shirot vetishbachot David ben-yishai avdecha meshichecha.
English
For all creation bears the duty, Adonai our God and God of our ancestors, of acknowledging and acclaiming You, of blessing and honoring You, of lifting up and glorifying You, of praising, lauding, and extolling You, joining our own tribute and songs to those of David, Jesse’s son, Your anointed servant.