Zemirot For Shabbat Day

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God is kind and merciful

Hebrew

יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק
וְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שָׁמְרָה זֹּאת
לְעוֹלָם, לְיֵצֶר מַחְשְׁבוֹת לְבַב
עַמֶּךָ, וְהָכֵן לְבָבָם אֵלֶיךָ. וְהוּא
רַחוּם, יְכַפֵּר עָוֹן וְלֹא יַשְׁחִית,
וְהִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ, וְלֹא יָעִיר כָּל
חֲמָתוֹ. כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח,
וְרַב חֶסֶד לְכָל קוֹרְאֶיךָ. צִדְקָתְךָ
צֶדֶק לְעוֹלָם, וְתוֹרָתְךָ אֱמֶת.

Sephardi

Adonai Elohei Avraham Yitzchak
veyisrael avoteinu, shamrah zot
le'olam, le-yetzer machshevot levav
amecha, ve-hakhen levavam eilecha. Vehu
rachum, yekhapper avon v'lo yashchit,
ve-hirbah lehashiv apo, v'lo ya'ir kol
chamato. Ki Atah Adonai tov v'salach,
v'rav chesed lechol kore'echa. Tzidkatekha
tzedek le'olam, vetoratkha emet.

English

Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, we ask You to keep this declaration of Your holiness forever as the desire and the intention of the hearts of the Jewish Nation, Your nation. Turn their hearts to You. God is merciful and forgives our sins; He does not destroy us because of them. Many times He turns His anger away from us, and He does not stir up all of His anger. Because You, Lord, are good and forgiving, and You have much kindness for all those who call out to You. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your Torah is truth.

Hebrew

תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב, חֶסֶד
לְאַבְרָהָם, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ
לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ מִימֵי קֶדֶם. בָּרוּךְ
אֲדֹנָי, יוֹם יוֹם יַעֲמָס לָנוּ, הָאֵל
יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ סֶלָה. יְיָ צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ,
מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה. יְיָ
צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ בָּךְ.
יְיָ הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם
קָרְאֵנוּ.

Sephardi

Titen emet leyaakov, chesed
le-Avraham, asher nishbata
la'avoteinu mimei kedem. Baruch
Adonai, yom yom ya'amos lanu, ha-El
yeshu'atenu selah. Adonai Tzeva'ot imanu,
misgav lanu Elohei Ya'akov selah. Adonai
Tzeva'ot, ashrei adam boteach bach.
Adonai hoshi'ah, hamelech ya'anenu be-yom
koreinu.

English

Show the Children of Jacob the truth of Your promise; make the Jewish Nation a great nation as You promised. Give kindness to the descendants of Abraham, as You promised to our fathers long ago. The Lord is blessed. Each day He loads us with blessings. He is the God Who is our salvation forever. The Lord, the God of all creations, is always with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold; He will give us strength forever. Lord, God of all creations, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. Save us, Lord; may the King of the universe answer us on the day we call out to Him.

May God open our hearts to His Torah and commandments

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ שֶׁבְּרָאָנוּ
לִכְבוֹדוֹ, וְהִבְדִּילָנוּ מִן הַתּוֹעִים,
וְנָתַן לָנוּ תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת, וְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם
נָטַע בְּתוֹכֵנוּ, הוּא יִפְתַּח לִבֵּנוּ
בְּתוֹרָתוֹ, וְיָשֵׂם בְּלִבֵּנוּ אַהֲבָתוֹ
וְיִרְאָתוֹ, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנוֹ וּלְעָבְדוֹ
בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, לְמַעַן לֹא נִיגַע
לָרִיק, וְלֹא נֵלֵד לַבֶּהָלָה.

Sephardi

Baruch hu Eloheinu she-bera'anu
likhvodo, ve-hivdilanu min ha-to'im,
venatan lanu Torat emet, ve-chayyei olam
nata betokhenu, hu yiftach libeinu
betorato, veyasem belibeinu ahavato
ve-yirato, v'la'asot retzono ule'ovdo
be-levav shalem, lema'an lo niga
la-rik, v'lo neled la-behalah.

English

Blessed is He, our God, Who created us for His glory, separated us from other nations that go astray because they do not have the Torah, gave us the Torah of truth,1 and planted everlasting life within us. May God open our heart to His Torah, and may He put a love and fear of Him in our heart. May He inspire us to do His will and to serve Him whole-heartedly, so that we should not work in vain as punishment for not serving Him properly, nor produce things that will cause panic.

Hebrew

וּבְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ,
שֶׁנִּשְׁמוֹר חֻקֶּיךָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה,
וְנִזְכֶּה וְנִחְיֶה וְנִרְאֶה, וְנִירַשׁ טוֹבָה
וּבְרָכָה, לִשְׁנֵי יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ
וּלְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.

Sephardi

Uvechen yehi ratzon milfanekha
Adonai Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu,
she-nishmor chukecha ba-olam hazeh,
ve-nizkeh ve-nichyeh ve-nir'eh, ve-nirash tovah
uverakhah, lishnei yemot hamashiach
u-le-chayyei ha-olam haba.

English

So may it be Your will, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, that we should keep Your commandments in this world, and be privileged to live with, see, and inherit the goodness and blessing of the days of the Redemption and the life of the World to Come.

Hebrew

לְמַעַן יְזַמֶּרְךָ כָבוֹד וְלֹא יִדֹּם,
יְיָ אֱלֹהַי לְעוֹלָם אוֹדֶךָּ. בָּרוּךְ
הַגֶּבֶר אֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח בַּיְיָ, וְהָיָה יְיָ
מִבְטַחוֹ. בִּטְחוּ בַייָ עֲדֵי עַד, כִּי
בְּיָהּ יְיָ צוּר עוֹלָמִים. וְיִבְטְחוּ בְךָ
יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ, כִּי לֹא עָזַבְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁיךָ
יְיָ. יְיָ חָפֵץ לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ, יַגְדִּיל
תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר:

Sephardi

Lema'an yezamercha kavod v'lo yidom,
Adonai Elohai le'olam odeka. Baruch
hagever asher yivtach ba-Adonai, vehayah Adonai
mivtacho. Bitchu va-Adonai adei ad, ki
be-Yah Adonai tzur olamim. Ve-yivtechu vecha
yod'ei shemecha, ki lo azavta dorshekha
Adonai. Adonai chafetz lema'an tzidko, yagdil
Torah v'ya'dir:

English

Therefore, my soul will always sing to You; it will not be quiet. Lord, my God, I will praise You forever. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord; the Lord will be his security. Trust in the Lord forever and ever, because the strength of the worlds—both this world and the World to Come—is in the Lord. Those who know Your name trust in You, because You have not abandoned those who search for You, Lord. The Lord wanted, for the sake of increasing the Jewish Nation's righteousness, that the Torah be made great and glorious.

The chazzan says Half Kaddish. For transliteration, see page 953.

Hebrew

יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא. (אָמֵן)
בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ,
וְיַצְמַח פּוּרְקָנֵהּ וִיקָרֵב מְשִׁיחֵהּ. (אָמֵן)
בְּחַיֵּיכוֹן וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית
יִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן:
(אָמֵן, יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא יִתְבָּרַךְ)
יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי
עָלְמַיָּא. יִתְבָּרַךְ, וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח, וְיִתְפָּאַר,
וְיִתְרוֹמַם, וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא, וְיִתְהַדָּר, וְיִתְעַלֶּה,
וְיִתְהַלָּל, שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא. (אָמֵן)
לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל בִּרְכָתָא וְשִׁירָתָא, תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא
וְנֶחֱמָתָא, דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: (אָמֵן)

Sephardi

Yitgadal veyitkadash shemei rabba. (Amen)
be'alma di vera chir'uteh veyamlich malchuteh,
veyatzmach purkaneh vikarev meshicheh. (Amen)
bechayeichon uvyomeichon uvchayei dechol beit
Yisrael, ba'agala uvizman kariv ve'imru amen:
(Amen, yehei shemei rabba mevorach le'alam ul'almei almaya yitbarach)
Yehei shemei rabba mevorach le'alam ul'almei
almaya. Yitbarach, veyishtabach, veyitpa'ar,
veyitromam, veyitnasei, veyithadar, veyit'aleh,
veyithalal, shemei dekudsha berich hu. (Amen)
Le'ela min kol birchata veshirata, tushbechata
venechemata, da'amiran be'alma, ve'imru amen: (Amen)

English

May God's great name be exalted and holy (Amen) — throughout the universe, which He created as He wanted. May He establish His kingdom over the entire universe, bring His redemption, and speed up the coming of His Mashiach, (Amen) — in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon. And everyone say Amen. (Amen. May God's great name be blessed forever and ever—it will be blessed.) May God's great name be blessed forever and ever. The name of the Holy One, Who is blessed, will be blessed, celebrated, glorified, exalted, raised, honored, uplifted, and praised (Amen) — more than all the blessings, songs, praises, and comforting words that are said in the world. And everyone say Amen. (Amen)