Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz Linear, The Morning Prayers, Ma Tovu
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מַה טֹּֽבוּאֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב
How good are your tents, Yaakov:
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל:
your dwelling places, Yisrael.⁴
footnotes: ⁴ Bamidbar 24:5. The Talmud (Maseches Sanhedrin 105a) relates that this verse contains Bilam’s prophetic allusion to Jewish houses of study and worship.
וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ
As for me, through Your abundant kindness
אָבוֹא בֵיתֶֽךָ
I will enter Your House;
אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
I will prostrate myself
אֶל הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ:
toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You.⁵
footnotes: ⁵ Tehillim 5:8.
יְהֹוָה אָהַֽבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶֽךָ
Adonoy, I love the Dwelling, Your House,
וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ:
and the place where Your glory resides.⁶
footnotes: ⁶ Tehillim 26:8.
וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְאֶכְרָֽעָה
I will prostrate myself,⁷ and bow,⁷
footnotes: ⁷ These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before Hashem. ⁷ These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before Hashem.
אֶבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה עֹשִׂי:
I will kneel⁷ before Adonoy, my Maker.
footnotes: ⁷ These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before Hashem.
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי־לְךָ יְהֹוָה
May my prayer to You Adonoy
עֵת רָצוֹן
be at a favorable time;
אֱלֹהִים בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּֽךָ
God, in the abundance of Your kindness
עֲנֵֽנִי
answer me
בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ:
with the truth of Your deliverance.⁸
footnotes: ⁸ Tehillim 69:14.