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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 148
Hebrew
הַלְלוּיָהּ.
הַלְלוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, הַלְלוּהוּ בַּמְּרוֹמִים.
הַלְלוּהוּ כָל־מַלְאָכָיו, הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל־צְבָאָיו.
הַלְלוּהוּ שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ, הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל־כּוֹכְבֵי אוֹר,
הַלְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם, וְהַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל הַשָּׁמָיִם.
יְהַלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהֹוָה, כִּי הוּא צִוָּה וְנִבְרָאוּ,
וַיַּעֲמִידֵם לָעַד לְעוֹלָם, חָק־נָתַן וְלֹא יַעֲבוֹר.
הַלְלוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה מִן הָאָרֶץ, תַּנִּינִים וְכָל־תְּהֹמוֹת.
אֵשׁ וּבָרָד שֶׁלֶג וְקִיטוֹר, רוּחַ סְעָרָה עֹשָׂה דְבָרוֹ.
הֶהָרִים וְכָל־גְּבָעוֹת, עֵץ פְּרִי וְכָל־אֲרָזִים.
הַחַיָּה וְכָל־בְּהֵמָה, רֶמֶשׂ וְצִפּוֹר כָּנָף.
מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ וְכָל־לְאֻמִּים, שָׂרִים וְכָל־שֹׁפְטֵי אָרֶץ.
בַּחוּרִים וְגַם בְּתוּלוֹת, זְקֵנִים עִם נְעָרִים.
יְהַלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם־יְהֹוָה, כִּי נִשְׂגָּב שְׁמוֹ לְבַדּוֹ,
הוֹדוֹ עַל אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָיִם.
וַיָּרֶם קֶרֶן לְעַמּוֹ תְּהִלָּה לְכָל־חֲסִידָיו,
לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם קְרֹבוֹ, הַלְלוּיָהּ.
Israeli
haleluyah.
halelu et-adonai min hashamayim, haleluhu bameromim.
haleluhu chol-malachav, haleluhu kol-tz'va-av.
haleluhu shemesh veyareach, haleluhu kol-kochvei or,
haleluhu sh'mei hashamayim, vehamayim asher me-al hashamayim.
yehalelu et-shem-adonai, ki hu tzivah venivrau,
vaya-amidem la-ad le-olam, chak-natan velo ya-avor.
halelu et-adonai min ha-aretz, taninim vechol-tehomot.
esh uvarad sheleg vekitor, ruach se-arah osah d'varo.
heharim vechol-g'va-ot, etz p'ri vechol-arazim.
hachayah vechol-behemah, remes vetzipor kanaf.
malchei eretz vechol-le-umim, sarim vechol-shoftei aretz.
bachurim vegam b'tulot, z'kenim im ne-arim.
yehalelu et-shem-adonai, ki nisgav sh'mo levado,
hodo al eretz veshamayim.
vayarem keren le-amo tehilah lechol-chasidav,
livnei Yisra-el am k'rovo, haleluyah.
English
HALLELUYAH! Praise God. From the heavens, offer praise to Adonai, on high, offer praise: all angels, offer praise to God, all the hosts of heaven, offer praise to God, sun and moon, offer praise to God, bright stars offer praise to God, highest heavens and waters above, offer praise to God; may all praise the name Adonai. For God commanded they be born, set them in their places forever, and fixed the boundaries they never cross. On earth, offer praise to Adonai: sea monsters and ocean’s deep, lightning and hail, snow and sandstorms, raging winds obeying God’s command, hills and high mountains, fruit trees and evergreens, beasts and every kind of cattle, crawling things and winged birds, sovereigns of the world and their peoples, powerful princes and judges in the land, innocent and adolescent boys and girls, elders and youths, offer up praise to the name Adonai, for God’s name alone is to be exalted, whose splendor extends over heaven and earth. May God raise the horn of our people in praise of the faithful, the children of Israel, beloved of the Divine. Praise God, halleluyah!