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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Verses of Song

פְּסוּקֵי דְזִמְרָא

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
תְּפִלָּה לְמֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים

A PRAYER OF MOSES, MAN OF GOD

Psalm 90
Hebrew
אֲדֹנָי, מָעוֹן אַתָּה הָיִיתָ לָּנוּ בְּדֹר וָדֹר.
בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים יֻלָּדוּ וַתְּחוֹלֵל אֶרֶץ וְתֵבֵל
וּמֵעוֹלָם עַד עוֹלָם אַתָּה אֵל:
תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא, וַתֹּאמֶר שׁוּבוּ בְנֵי אָדָם.
כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ כְּיוֹם אֶתְמוֹל כִּי יַעֲבֹר
וְאַשְׁמוּרָה בַלָּיְלָה.
זְרַמְתָּם שֵׁנָה יִהְיוּ, בַּבֹּקֶר כֶּחָצִיר יַחֲלֹף.
בַּבֹּקֶר יָצִיץ וְחָלָף, לָעֶרֶב יְמוֹלֵל וְיָבֵשׁ.
כִּי כָלִינוּ בְאַפֶּךָ, וּבַחֲמָתְךָ נִבְהָלְנוּ.
שַׁתָּה עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ לְנֶגְדֶּךָ, עֲלֻמֵנוּ לִמְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ.
כִּי כָל יָמֵינוּ פָּנוּ בְעֶבְרָתֶךָ, כִּלִּינוּ שָׁנֵינוּ כְמוֹ הֶגֶה.
יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה,
וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים שָׁנָה וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן,
כִּי גָז חִישׁ וַנָּעֻפָה. מִי יוֹדֵעַ עֹז אַפֶּךָ וּכְיִרְאָתְךָ עֶבְרָתֶךָ.
לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע, וְנָבִא לְבַב חָכְמָה.
שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה, עַד מָתָי, וְהִנָּחֵם עַל עֲבָדֶיךָ.
שַׂבְּעֵנוּ בַבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ, וּנְרַנְּנָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בְּכָל יָמֵינוּ.
שַׂמְּחֵנוּ כִּימוֹת עִנִּיתָנוּ, שְׁנוֹת רָאִינוּ רָעָה.
יֵרָאֶה אֶל עֲבָדֶיךָ פָעֳלֶךָ, וַהֲדָרְךָ עַל בְּנֵיהֶם.
וִיהִי נֹעַם אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ עָלֵינוּ,
וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָה עָלֵינוּ, וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֵינוּ כּוֹנְנֵהוּ.
Israeli
Adonai, ma-on atah hayita lanu b'dor vador.
b'terem harim yuladu vatecholel eretz vetevel
ume-olam ad olam atah El:
tashev enosh ad daka, vatomer shuvu v'nei Adam.
ki elef shanim be-einecha k'yom etmol ki ya-avor
ve-ashmurah valaylah.
z'ramtam shenah yihyu, baboker kechatzir yachalof.
baboker yatzitz vechalaf, la-erev yemolel veyavesh.
ki chalinu ve-apecha, uvachamatcha nivhalenu.
shatah avonoteinu lenegdecha, alumenu limor panecha.
ki chol yameinu panu ve-evratecha, kilinu shaneinu ch'mo hegeh.
yemei sh'noteinu vahem shivim shanah,
ve-im bigvurot sh'monim shanah verahbam amal va-aven,
ki gaz chish vana-ufah. mi yodea oz apecha uchyiratcha evratecha.
limnot yameinu ken hoda, venavi levav chochmah.
shuvah Adonai, ad matai, vehinachem al avadecha.
sabe-enu vaboker chasdecha, uneranenah venismechah b'chol yameinu.
samechenu kimot initanu, sh'not ra-inu ra-ah.
yera-eh El avadecha fo-olecha, vahadarecha al b'neihem.
vihi no-am Adonai Eloheinu aleinu,
uma-aseh yadeinu konenah aleinu, uma-aseh yadeinu konenehu.
English
Lord, You have been our refuge in every generation: before mountains were born, before You shaped earth and land; from the very beginning to the end of time, You are God. You return humans to dust, saying: “Return, children of Adam.” In Your sight, a thousand years are but a yesterday that has passed, a watch in the night. People’s lives flow by as in dreams: fresh grass at daybreak; at daybreak newly sprouted, dried up and withered in the night. We are consumed by Your anger, terrified by Your fury. You set our sins before You, our secrets before the light of Your face. For all our days face Your wrath; our years end like a sigh. Seventy years are spent thus, or if we are given strength, eighty. Most of them filled with toil and fatigue; the years rush by quickly and we disappear. Who can realize the strength of Your anger? The fear of You matches Your wrath. Teach us to make our days count and so acquire a heart that is wise. Turn to us, Adonai; how long the wait? Comfort Your servants: at daybreak satisfy us with Your love and kindness, that we may sing with joy all of our days. Grant us days of happiness equal to those we suffered, the years we saw so much wrong. May Your servants see Your deeds; may Your glory be upon their children. May the peace of the Lord, our God, be with us; may the work of our hands last beyond us, and may the work of our hands be lasting.