Hebrew
מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת:<sup>1</sup>
טוֹב לְהוֹדוֹת לַייָ,
וּלְזַמֵּר לְשִׁמְךָ עֶלְיוֹן: לְהַגִּיד
בַּבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ, וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ
בַּלֵּילוֹת:<sup>2</sup> עֲלֵי עָשׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי נָבֶל,
עֲלֵי הִגָּיוֹן בְּכִנּוֹר: כִּי שִׂמַּחְתַּנִי
יְיָ בְּפָעֳלֶךָ, בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ אֲרַנֵּן:
מַה גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְיָ, מְאֹד
עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ: אִישׁ בַּעַר
לֹא יֵדָע, וּכְסִיל לֹא יָבִין אֶת
זֹאת: בִּפְרֹחַ רְשָׁעִים כְּמוֹ
עֵשֶׂב, וַיָּצִיצוּ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן,
לְהִשָּׁמְדָם עֲדֵי עַד: וְאַתָּה
מָרוֹם לְעוֹלָם יְיָ: כִּי הִנֵּה
אֹיְבֶיךָ יְיָ, כִּי הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ
יֹאבֵדוּ, יִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי
אָוֶן: וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵים קַרְנִי,
בַּלֹּתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן רַעֲנָן: וַתַּבֵּט עֵינִי
בְּשׁוּרָי, בַּקָּמִים עָלַי מְרֵעִים,
תִּשְׁמַעְנָה אָזְנָי:
Sephardi
Mizmor shir l'yom hashabbat:<sup>1</sup>
Tov lehodot la-Adonai,
u-lezamer leshimcha Elyon: le-hagid
baboker chasdecha, ve-emunatecha
baleilot:<sup>2</sup> alei asor va-alei navel,
alei higayon b'chinor: ki simachtani
Adonai be-fo'olecha, be-ma'asei yadecha aranen:
Mah gadlu ma'asecha Adonai, me'od
ameku machshevotecha: ish ba'ar
lo yeda, u-chesil lo yavin et
zot: bifroach resha'im kemo
esev, va-yatzitzu kol po'alei aven,
le-hishamedam adei ad: ve'atah
marom le'olam Adonai: ki hineh
oyevecha Adonai, ki hineh oyevecha
yovedu, yitparedu kol po'alei
aven: va-tarem kir'em karni,
balloti b'shemen ra'anan: va-tabet eini
be-shurai, ba-kamim alai mere'im,
tishmanah oznai:
English
The following is a musical prayer for the Levites to sing in the Holy Temple on the day of Shabbat.<sup>1</sup> It is good to praise You, Lord, and to sing to Your name, most high God. It is good to speak about Your kindness in the morning and Your trustworthiness in the nights.<sup>2</sup> I will praise You with a ten-stringed instrument and with a lyre, and with singing accompanied by a harp. For You, Lord, have made me happy through Your miraculous deeds. I sing with joy when I see the great acts that Your hands do. Lord, how great are the things You do! Your thoughts are very deep. A wild man cannot know, and a foolish person cannot understand the following: the reason why wicked people sprout and grow like grass, and all those who do evil blossom, is only to be destroyed later on, forever. Lord, You are exalted forever. Indeed, Lord, Your enemies—indeed, Your enemies—will be destroyed. All those who sin will be scattered and destroyed. But the righteous will be able to say, You have increased my strength; You have made me as strong as a wild ox. You have given me many luxuries; I am even smeared with fresh oil. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies who would watch me. My ears have heard the downfall of the wicked people who have risen up against me.