Verses Of Praise

p'sukei d'zimrah

פְּסוּקֵי דְּזִמְרָה

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

God chose Abraham

Hebrew

אַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָה הָאֱלֹהִים, אֲשֶׁר
בָּחַרְתָּ בְּאַבְרָם, וְהוֹצֵאתוֹ מֵאוּר
כַּשְׂדִּים, וְשַׂמְתָּ שְׁמוֹ אַבְרָהָם:
וּמָצָאתָ אֶת לְבָבוֹ נֶאֱמָן לְפָנֶיךָ–

Chabad

atoh hu Adonoy ho-eloyhim, asher
bocharto b'avrom, v'hoytzeisoy meiur
Kasdim, v'samto sh'moy Avrohom:
umotzoso es l'vovoy ne-emon l'fonecho-

God kept His promise to Abraham to redeem the Jewish Nation

Hebrew

וְכָרוֹת עִמּוֹ הַבְּרִית, לָתֵת אֶת
אֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי הַחִתִּי
הָאֱמֹרִי וְהַפְּרִזִּי וְהַיְבוּסִי וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁי
לָתֵת לְזַרְעוֹ, וַתָּקֶם אֶת דְּבָרֶיךָ¹
כִּי צַדִּיק אַתָּה: וַתֵּרֶא אֶת עֳנִי
אֲבֹתֵינוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם, וְאֶת זַעֲקָתָם
שָׁמַעְתָּ עַל יַם סוּף:
וַתִּתֵּן אֹתֹת וּמֹפְתִים בְּפַרְעֹה
וּבְכָל עֲבָדָיו וּבְכָל עַם אַרְצוֹ, כִּי
יָדַעְתָּ כִּי הֵזִידוּ עֲלֵיהֶם,² וַתַּעַשׂ
לְךָ שֵׁם כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה: וְהַיָּם בָּקַעְתָּ
לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְּתוֹךְ הַיָּם
בַּיַּבָּשָׁה, וְאֶת רֹדְפֵיהֶם הִשְׁלַכְתָּ
בִּמְצוֹלֹת, כְּמוֹ אֶבֶן בְּמַיִם עַזִּים:

Chabad

v'choroys imoy hab'ris, loseis es
eretz hak'na-ani hachiti
ho-emoyri v'hap'rizi v'hay'vusi v'hagirgoshi
loseis l'zaroy, vatokem es d'vorecho
ki tzadik atoh: vateire es oni
avoyseinu b'Mitzrayim, v'es za-akosom
shomato al yam suf:
vatitein oysoys umoyf'sim b'faroyh
uv'chol avodov uv'chol am artzoy, ki
yodato ki heizidu aleihem, vata-as
l'cho sheim k'hayoym hazeh: v'hayom bokato
lifneihem vaya-avru b'soych hayom
bayaboshoh, v'es royd'feihem hishlachto
bimtzoyloys, k'moy even b'mayim azim:

After the splitting of the Sea of Reeds

Hebrew

וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהֹוָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אֶת
יִשְׂרָאֵל מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם,
וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת מִצְרַיִם מֵת
עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם: וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל
אֶת הַיָּד הַגְּדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה
בְּמִצְרַיִם, וַיִּירְאוּ הָעָם אֶת יְהֹוָה,
וַיַּאֲמִינוּ בַּיהוָה וּבְמֹשֶׁה עַבְדּוֹ:³

Chabad

vayoysha Adonoy bayoym hahu es
Yisro-eil miyad Mitzroyim,
vayar Yisro-eil es Mitzrayim meis
al s'fas hayom: vayar Yisro-eil
es hayod hag'doyloh asher osoh Adonoy
b'Mitzrayim, vayir'u ho-om es Adonoy,
vaya-aminu badonoy uv'moysheh avdoy:

A song of praise about the miracles at the Sea of Reeds

Hebrew

אָז יָשִׁיר מֹשֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת
הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת לַיהוָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ

Chabad

oz yoshir Moysheh uv'nei Yisro-eil es
hashiroh hazoys ladonoy vayoymru

Hebrew

לֵאמֹר, אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי גָאֹה
גָּאָה,⁴ סוּס וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּם:
עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ וַיְהִי לִי
לִישׁוּעָה, זֶה אֵלִי וְאַנְוֵהוּ,
אֱלֹהֵי אָבִי וַאֲרֹמְמֶנְהוּ: יְהֹוָה
אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה, יְהֹוָה שְׁמוֹ:
מַרְכְּבֹת פַּרְעֹה וְחֵילוֹ
יָרָה בַיָּם, וּמִבְחַר שָׁלִשָׁיו
טֻבְּעוּ בְיַם סוּף: תְּהֹמֹת
יְכַסְיֻמוּ, יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת כְּמוֹ
אָבֶן: יְמִינְךָ יְהֹוָה נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ,⁵
יְמִינְךָ יְהֹוָה תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵב: וּבְרֹב
גְּאוֹנְךָ תַּהֲרֹס קָמֶיךָ, תְּשַׁלַּח
חֲרֹנְךָ יֹאכְלֵמוֹ כַּקַּשׁ: וּבְרוּחַ
אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם, נִצְּבוּ
כְּמוֹ נֵד נֹזְלִים, קָפְאוּ
תְהֹמֹת בְּלֶב יָם: אָמַר אוֹיֵב,
אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל,

Chabad

leimoyr, oshiroh ladonoy ki go-oyh
go-oh, sus v'roych'voy romoh vayom:
ozi v'zimros Yoh vay'hi li
lishu-oh, zeh Eili v'anveihu,
Eloyhei ovi va-aroym'menhu: Adonoy
ish milchomoh, Adonoy sh'moy:
mark'voys Paroyh v'cheiloy
yoroh vayom, umivchar sholishov
tub'u v'yam suf: t'hoymoys
y'chasyumu, yor'du vimtzoyloys k'moy
oven: y'min'cho Adonoy nedori bakoyach,
y'min'cho Adonoy tiratz oyyeiv: uv'royv
g'oyn'cho taharoys komecho, t'shalach
charoyn'cho yoychleimoy kakash: uv'ruach
apecho ne-ermu mayim, nitz'vu
k'moy neid noyz'lim, kof'u
s'hoymoys b'lev yom: omar oyyeiv,
erdoyf asig achaleik sholol,

Commentary

1 An alternative translation: “And You raised up Your word.” By making a covenant with Abraham, as the beginning of this paragraph describes, God also gave us—Abraham’s descendants—the ability to “raise” and elevate this physical world, which was created by God’s “word.”

2 These words teach us that although God decreed that we would be enslaved by the Egyptians, He didn’t decree that they should harm us. They did so only because they chose to, and therefore they are considered responsible for having purposely harmed us.

3 Our belief in God is strengthened when we have trust and belief in Moses, His servant.

4 This phrase can be translated as, “He is higher than the arrogant.” “The arrogant” refers to unholy creations that receive energy from God. When we raise ourselves above these unholy creations and do not allow ourselves to be associated with them, God responds in kind: He raises Himself “higher than the arrogant” and stops providing energy to them.

5 The Torah is symbolized by the “right hand of God,” because it was with that hand that God gave the Torah to the Jewish Nation. This verse teaches us that the Torah has the power to “shatter the enemy”—the evil inclination.