## Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Ma Tovu

###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Ma Tovu 1
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**מַה־טֹּֽבוּ** אֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּ֒נֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל: וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּ֒ךָ אָבוֹא בֵיתֶֽךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל־הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁ֒ךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ: יְהֹוָה אָהַֽבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶֽךָ וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ: וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְאֶכְרָֽעָה אֶבְרְ֒כָה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה עֹשִׂי: וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי־לְךָ יְהֹוָה עֵת רָצוֹן אֱלֹהִים בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּֽךָ עֲנֵֽנִי בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
How good are your tents, Jacob: your dwelling places, Israel.¹ As for me, through Your abundant kindness I will enter Your House; I will prostrate myself toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You.² Adonoy, I love the Dwelling, Your House, and the place where Your glory resides.³ I will prostrate myself, and bow, I will kneel⁴ before Adonoy, my Maker. May my prayer to You Adonoy be at a favorable time; God, in the abundance of Your kindness answer me with the truth of Your deliverance.⁵

footnotes:
¹ Numbers 24:5. The Talmud (Maseches Sanhedrin 105a) relates that this verse contains Billam’s prophetic allusion to Jewish houses of study and worship.
² Psalms 5:8.
³ Psalms 26:8.
⁴ These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before God.
⁵ Psalms 69:14.