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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Verses of Song

פסוקי דזמרא

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
Psalm 147
Hebrew
הַלְלוּיָהּ.
כִּי טוֹב זַמְּרָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, כִּי נָעִים נָאוָה תְהִלָּה.
בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְהֹוָה, נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יְכַנֵּס.
הָרוֹפֵא לִשְׁבוּרֵי לֵב וּמְחַבֵּשׁ לְעַצְּבוֹתָם,
מוֹנֶה מִסְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִים, לְכֻלָּם שֵׁמוֹת יִקְרָא.
גָּדוֹל אֲדוֹנֵינוּ וְרַב כֹּחַ, לִתְבוּנָתוֹ אֵין מִסְפָּר.
מְעוֹדֵד עֲנָוִים יְהֹוָה, מַשְׁפִּיל רְשָׁעִים עֲדֵי אָרֶץ.
עֱנוּ לַיהֹוָה בְּתוֹדָה, זַמְּרוּ לֵאלֹהֵינוּ בְכִנּוֹר,
הַמְכַסֶּה שָׁמַיִם בְּעָבִים, הַמֵּכִין לָאָרֶץ מָטָר,
הַמַּצְמִיחַ הָרִים חָצִיר,
נוֹתֵן לִבְהֵמָה לַחְמָהּ, לִבְנֵי עֹרֵב אֲשֶׁר יִקְרָאוּ.
לֹא בִגְבוּרַת הַסּוּס יֶחְפָּץ, לֹא בְשׁוֹקֵי הָאִישׁ יִרְצֶה,
רוֹצֶה יְהֹוָה אֶת־יְרֵאָיו, אֶת־הַמְיַחֲלִים לְחַסְדּוֹ.
שַׁבְּחִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם אֶת־יְהֹוָה, הַלְלִי אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן.
כִּי־חִזַּק בְּרִיחֵי שְׁעָרָיִךְ, בֵּרַךְ בָּנַיִךְ בְּקִרְבֵּךְ.
הַשָּׂם גְּבוּלֵךְ שָׁלוֹם, חֵלֶב חִטִּים יַשְׂבִּיעֵךְ.
הַשֹּׁלֵחַ אִמְרָתוֹ אָרֶץ, עַד־מְהֵרָה יָרוּץ דְּבָרוֹ,
הַנֹּתֵן שֶׁלֶג כַּצָּמֶר, כְּפוֹר כָּאֵפֶר יְפַזֵּר,
מַשְׁלִיךְ קַרְחוֹ כְפִתִּים, לִפְנֵי קָרָתוֹ מִי יַעֲמֹד.
יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיַמְסֵם, יַשֵּׁב רוּחוֹ יִזְּלוּ מָיִם.
מַגִּיד דְּבָרָיו לְיַעֲקֹב, חֻקָּיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו לְיִשְׂרָאֵל.
לֹא עָשָׂה כֵן לְכָל גּוֹי, וּמִשְׁפָּטִים בַּל יְדָעוּם.
הַלְלוּיָהּ.
Israeli
haleluyah.
ki tov zamerah Eloheinu, ki na-im navah tehilah.
boneh Yerushalayim Adonai, nidchei Yisra-el yechanes.
harofei lishvurei lev umechabesh le-atzvotam,
moneh mispar lakochavim, lechulam shemot yikra.
gadol adoneinu verav koach, litvunato ein mispar.
me-oded anavim Adonai, mashpil resha-im adei aretz.
enu ladonai b'todah, zameru leiloheinu v'chinor,
hamechaseh shamayim be-avim, hamechin la-aretz matar,
hamatzmiach harim chatzir,
noten livhemah lachmah, livnei orev asher yikrau.
lo vigvurat hasus yechpatz, lo v'shokei ha-ish yirtzeh,
rotzeh Adonai et-yere-av, et-hameyachalim lechasdo.
shabechi Yerushalayim et-adonai, haleli Elohayich Tziyon.
ki-chizak b'richei she-arayich, berach banayich b'kirbech.
hasam g'vulech shalom, chelev chitim yasbi-ech.
hasholeach imrato aretz, ad-meherah yarutz d'varo,
hanoten sheleg katzamer, k'for ka-efer yefazer,
mashlich karcho ch'fitim, lifnei karato mi ya-amod.
yishlach d'varo veyamsem, yashev rucho yizlu mayim.
magid d'varav leya-akov, chukav umishpatav leyisra-el.
lo asah chen lechol goy, umishpatim bal yedaum.
haleluyah.
English
Halleluyah! Praise God. How good to sing to our God sweet and delightful words of praise. Adonai will rebuild Jerusalem, gather in the dispersed people of Israel; the one who heals the broken-hearted, and binds their wounds, the one who counts the stars and names each and every one of them is our great sovereign, infinitely powerful. God’s designs are beyond recounting. Adonai gives heart to the humble and throws the wicked to the ground. Call out to Adonai in thanksgiving, and with the music of the lyre sing to God who covers the heavens with clouds providing rain for the earth, that grass may flourish on the hillsides—food for livestock and for the raven’s crying nestlings. Victorious chariots do not please God, nor is it the warrior’s strong arms that God desires. Adonai desires those who revere the Divine, those who look to God’s love and kindness. O Jerusalem, sing the praises of Adonai; Zion, celebrate your God. For God has strengthened the posts of your gates, blessed your children within, brought peace to your borders, and satisfied you with the fat of the harvest. God sends the divine word to earth; how quickly these commands are obeyed: snow piles up like fleece, frost spreads like ash, hailstones are tossed like crumbs—who could withstand the cold?—then word is sent for the ice to melt; winds cease blowing and water flows. God enunciates commands to Jacob, precepts and just decrees to the people Israel. No other nation has been so provided; they do not know of just decrees. Praise God, halleluyah!