Hebrew
מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת:
טוֹב לְהוֹדוֹת לַיְיָ,
וּלְזַמֵּר לְשִׁמְךָ עֶלְיוֹן: לְהַגִּיד
בַּבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ,<sup>1</sup> וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ
בַּלֵּילוֹת:<sup>2</sup> עֲלֵי עָשׂוֹר וַעֲלֵי
נָבֶל, עֲלֵי הִגָּיוֹן בְּכִנּוֹר: כִּי
שִׂמַּחְתַּנִי יְיָ בְּפָעֳלֶךָ,<sup>3</sup> בְּמַעֲשֵׂי
יָדֶיךָ אֲרַנֵּן: מַה גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ
יְיָ,<sup>4</sup> 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 לְעֹלָם יְיָ:
כִּי הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ יְיָ, כִּי הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ
יֹאבֵדוּ, יִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן:<sup>5</sup>
וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵים קַרְנִי, בַּלֹּתִי בְּשֶׁמֶן
רַעֲנָן: וַתַּבֵּט עֵינִי בְּשׁוּרָי, בַּקָּמִים
עָלַי מְרֵעִים, תִּשְׁמַעְנָה אָזְנָי:
צַדִּיק כַּתָּמָר יִפְרָח, כְּאֶרֶז בַּלְּבָנוֹן
יִשְׂגֶּה: שְׁתוּלִים בְּבֵית יְיָ,
בְּחַצְרוֹת אֱלֹהֵינוּ יַפְרִיחוּ: עוֹד
יְנוּבוּן בְּשֵׂיבָה, דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים
יִהְיוּ: לְהַגִּיד כִּי יָשָׁר יְיָ, צוּרִי וְלֹא
עַוְלָתָה בּוֹ:
Sephardi
Mizmor shir l'yom hashabbat:
Tov lehodot la-Adonai,
u-l’zamer leshimcha Elyon: l’hagid
baboker chasdecha,<sup>1</sup> ve-emunatcha
baleilot:<sup>2</sup> alei asor va-alei
navel, alei higayon b'chinor: ki
simachtani Adonai b’fo’olecha,<sup>3</sup> b’ma’asei
yadecha aranen: mah gadlu ma'asecha
Adonai,<sup>4</sup> me'od amku machsh’votecha:
ish ba’ar lo yeda, u-ch’sil
lo yavin et zot: bifroach
resha'im kemo esev, va-yatzitzu
kol po'alei aven, l’hishamdam
adei ad: ve'atah marom l'olam Adonai:
ki hineh oyevecha Adonai, ki hineh oyevecha
yovedu, yitpardu kol po'alei aven:<sup>5</sup>
va-tarem kir’em karni, baloti b'shemen
ra'anan: va-tabet eini b’shurai, ba-kamim
alai mere'im, tishmanah oznai:
tzadik ka-tamar yifrach, k’erez ba-L’vanon
yisgeh: sh’tulim beveit Adonai,
bechatzrot Eloheinu yafrichu: od
y’nuvun b’seivah, d’shenim v’ra’ananim
yihyu: l’hagid ki yashar Adonai, tzuri v'lo
avlatah bo:
English
The following is a musical prayer for the Levites to sing in the Holy Temple on the day of Shabbat. 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<sup>1</sup> 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.<sup>3</sup> I sing with joy when I see the great acts that Your hands do. Lord, how great are the things You do!<sup>4</sup> Your thoughts are very deep. A wild man cannot know, and a foolish person cannot understand the following: the reason why the wicked 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.<sup>5</sup> 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. The righteous will blossom and bear children as a palm tree bears fruits. They will grow tall like a cedar tree in Lebanon. They will be planted in the Holy Temple, the house of the Lord, and they will study Torah there. They will blossom in the Lord’s courtyards in the Holy Temple. They will still be fruitful when they are old; they will remain energetic and fresh. These things will tell people that the Lord is fair. He is my strength and there is no injustice in Him.