Fortunate are those who dwell

in Your house;

may they continue to praise You, Selah.

Fortunate is the people whose lot is thus;

Fortunate is the people

for whom Adonoy is their God.

A praise by David!

I will exalt You, my God, the King,

and bless Your Name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless You

and extol Your Name forever and ever.

Adonoy is great and highly extolled,

and His greatness is unfathomable.

One generation to another

will praise Your works

and Your mighty acts they will declare.

The splendor of Your glorious majesty,

and the words of Your wonders I will speak.

Of Your awesome might, they will speak,

and Your greatness I will recount.

Mention of Your bountifulness

they will express,

and in Your righteousness joyfully exult.

Adonoy is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and great in kindliness.

Adonoy is good to all,

His mercy encompasses all His works.

All Your works will thank You, Adonoy,

and Your pious ones will bless You.

Of the honor of Your kingship, they will speak

and Your might they will declare.

To reveal to men His mighty acts,

and the glorious splendor of His kingship.

Your kingship is the kingship for all times,

and Your dominion is in every generation.

Adonoy supports all the fallen,

and straightens all the bent.

The eyes of all look expectantly to You,

and You give them

their food at its proper time.

You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living being.

Adonoy is just in all His ways,

and benevolent in all His deeds.

Adonoy is near to all who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

The will of those who fear Him He fulfills;

He hears their cry and delivers them.

Adonoy watches over all those who love Him,

and will destroy all the wicked.

Praise of Adonoy, my mouth will declare,

and all flesh will bless

His holy Name forever and ever.

And we will bless God

from now on forever.

Praise God.

To Him Who grants victory, a Psalm of David

May Adonoy answer you

on the day of distress;

May the Name of Jacob's¹ God fortify you.

footnotes: ¹ Jacob's entire life was filled with trials and distress, and he has thus become the symbol for his descendants throughout their periods of exile and distress.—Radak; S.R. Hirsch

May He send your help from the Sanctuary,²

footnotes: ² May God help you because of your dedication to the Sanctuary. David's entire being was consecrated to God's Sanctuary.—S.R. Hirsch

and support you from Zion.

May He remember all your meal-offerings,

and accept your burnt sacrifices³, Selah.

footnotes: ³ Rashi maintains that “offerings” and “sacrifices” refer to David's prayers rather than to his real-offerings.

May He grant you what your heart desires,

and fulfill all your plans.

We will sing at Your deliverance,

and in the Name of our God,

raise our banners;

May Adonoy fulfill all your wishes.

Now I know

that Adonoy has delivered His anointed one,

He will answer him from His holy heavens

with the mighty deliverance

of His right hand.

Some [rely] upon chariots

and some upon horses,

but as for us,

upon the Name of Adonoy, our God, we call.

They have bowed down and fallen,

but we have risen and stand firm.

Adonoy, deliver [us],

the King will answer us on the day we call.

The Redeemer shall come to Zion

and to those of Jacob who repent from sin,

says Adonoy.

As for Me, this is My covenant with them,

said Adonoy:

My spirit which is upon you,

and My words

which I have put in your mouth

shall not depart from your mouth,

nor from the mouth of your children,

nor from the mouth

of your children's children,

said Adonoy—

from now to eternity.

And You, Holy One,

are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.⁴God waits until the very last congregation of Jews has completed its prayers and then accepts the prayers of all Israel at one time.—Avudraham

footnotes: ⁴ God waits to hear the praises of Israel before He listens to the praises of the angels.—Etz Yosef

And [the angels] call one to another and say:

Holy, holy, holy

is Adonoy of Hosts:⁵ does not indicate three ascending degrees of sanctification. Instead, it implies a declaration that He Who is holy in the loftiest regions of His heavenly abode is holy not only there but also on earth, the creation of His Almighty power; and that He was not only holy in the past, but that He is holy even now and will be holy throughout all the ages.—S.R. Hirsch

footnotes: ⁵ According to the Targum interpretation, the thrice “holy” in the Kedushah

the fullness of all the earth is His glory."⁶

footnotes: ⁶ Isaiah 6:3

And they receive [sanction]

one from another,

and say,

Holy in the highest heights of heaven,

the abode of His Divine Presence;

holy upon earth,

the work of His mighty power;

holy forever and to all eternity—

is Adonoy of hosts;

the whole earth is filled

with the radiance of His glory.

And a wind lifted me;

and I heard behind me

the sound of a great rushing;

Blessed is the glory of Adonoy

from His place.⁷ ⁸

footnotes: ⁷ Ezekiel 3:12. ⁸ See note 00 on Page 00.

And a wind lifted me

and I heard behind me

a sound of a great rushing

of those who uttered praises and said,

‘Blessed is the glory of Adonoy

from the place,

the abode of His Divine Presence.

Adonoy will reign forever and ever.⁹

footnotes: ⁹ Exodus 15:18.

Adonoy, His kingdom is established

forever and to all eternity.

Adonoy,

God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,

our fathers,

keep this forever

as the intention of the hearts of Your people,

and direct their hearts to You.¹⁰ ¹¹ inspire our thoughts and direct our hearts to serve You.—Avudraham

footnotes: ¹⁰ I Chronicles 29:18. ¹¹ May our recitation of the Kedushah

And He, the merciful One,

atones iniquity and does not destroy;

He frequently withdraws His anger

and does not arouse all His rage.¹²

footnotes: ¹² Psalms 78:38.

For You, my Master, are good and forgiving,

and abounding in kindness

to all who call upon You.¹³

footnotes: ¹³ Psalms 86:5.

Your righteousness is everlasting

and Your Torah is truth.¹⁴

footnotes: ¹⁴ Psalms 119:142.

You will grant truth to Jacob,

kindliness to Abraham,¹⁵ the Temple service and *gemilas chasadim—*kindliness. Jacob epitomized Torah, which is the ultimate truth; Isaac personified Divine service in his readiness to be offered as a sacrifice to God; and Abraham exemplified the ideal and practice of kindliness throughout his life. We thus pray to be granted a share in the Divine truth of Torah in Jacob's merit, and to receive God's kindliness in Abraham's merit.

footnotes: ¹⁵ The patriarchs symbolize the three pillars of the universe—Torah, avodah,—

as You have sworn to our fathers

from the days of old.¹⁶ 7:20.

footnotes: ¹⁶ Micah

Blessed is my Master day by day;

He loads us [with blessings],¹⁷ interprets the verse in this manner: “Blessed is Adonoy who loads us each day with His blessings and goodness.”

footnotes: ¹⁷ Etz Yosef

the Almighty Who is our deliverance,

forever.¹⁸

footnotes: ¹⁸ Psalms 68:20.

Adonoy of Hosts is with us

a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob, *Selah.*¹⁹

footnotes: ¹⁹ Psalms 46:8.

Adonoy of Hosts,

fortunate is the man who trusts in You.²⁰

footnotes: ²⁰ Psalms 84:13.

Adonoy, deliver [us];

the King will answer us on the day we call.²¹

footnotes: ²¹ Psalms 20:10.

Blessed is He, our God,

Who created us for His glory,²²

footnotes: ²² This phrase is based on Isaiah 43:7, “Everything that is called by My Name, I have created it for My glory.”

and set us apart from those who go astray;²³ 24:2-3, “Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the river—and they served other gods. And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river.” See Genesis 20:13 as interpreted by Onkelos.

footnotes: ²³ This prayer is based on Joshua

and gave us the Torah of truth,

and eternal life He implanted within us.

May He open our heart to His Torah,

and instill in our heart love and awe of Him,

to do His will and serve Him

with a perfect heart,

so that we shall not labor in vain

nor bring forth that which causes dismay.²⁴ and have a lasting influence on our lives.—Siddur HaGra

footnotes: ²⁴ Some women are barren; they cannot bear children at all. Others have children who are unable to live. Similarly, there arc those who study Torah only to criticize and ridicule what they learn, while others learn sincerely but later rebel against its teachings. Those who study to ridicule are comparable to the barren women who are unable to give birth. But those who later rebel are like those who bear children and bury them. We pray to God to instill His love and fear in our hearts so that our learning will bear fruit

May it be Your will,

Adonoy, our God, and God of our fathers,

that we keep Your statutes in this world,

and [thus] be privileged to live and behold,

and to inherit the goodness and blessing

of the Messianic days,

and in the life of the World to Come.

In order that my soul sing to You

and not be stilled;

Adonoy, my God, forever will I thank You.²⁵

footnotes: ²⁵ Psalms 30:13.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonoy,²⁶

footnotes: ²⁶ God alone is the source of his trust; he relies on none other than God. One who puts his trust in God, while also relying upon a great many other factors, which he considers essential supports of his life and happiness, is not truly trusting in God.—S.R. Hirsch

so that Adonoy is his security.²⁷

footnotes: ²⁷ Jeremiah 17:7.

Trust in Adonoy until the end of days,

for in God,

Adonoy, is the strength of the worlds.²⁸

footnotes: ²⁸ Isaiah 26:4.

And they will trust in You—

those who know²⁹ your Name,

footnotes: ²⁹ These are men of the highest caliber who perceive God's ways with undistorted clarity. They discern God's hand guiding the world in its constant, miraculous operation and they know with certainty that all is directed by God.—Malbim

for You have never forsaken

those who seek You, Adonoy.³⁰

footnotes: ³⁰ Psalms 9:11.

Adonoy desired,

for the sake of His righteousness,

to make the Torah great and to glorify it.³¹

footnotes: ³¹ Isaiah 42:21.

(Adonoy, our Master,

how mighty is Your Name

over all the earth.

Be strong and take courage,

all who wait for Adonoy.)

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name

in the world which He created

according to His will

and may He rule His kingdom

bring forth His redemption

and hasten the coming if His Messiah

in your lifetime and in your days,

and in the lifetime

of the entire House of Israel,

speedily and in the near future—

and say Amein.

May His great Name be blessed

forever and for all eternity.

Blessed and praised,

glorified, and exalted and uplifted,

honored and elevated and extolled

be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He;

above (Ten Days of Penitence: far above)

all the blessings and hymns,

praises and consolations

which we utter in the world—and say Amein.

May there be acceptance

of the prayers and supplications

of the entire House of Israel

before their Father in heaven.

And say, Amein.

May there be abundant peace from heaven

and life

for us and for all Israel,

—and say Amein.

He Who makes peace

(Ten Days of Penitence: the peace)

in His high heavens

may He, make peace

for us and for all Israel,

and say, Amen.

They will praise the Name of Adonoy

for His Name alone is exalted.

His majesty is over the earth and the skies.

He will raise the might of His people,

[which is] praise for all His pious ones,

for the children of Israel,

the people near to Him.

Praise God.

A psalm of David:

the earth is Adonoy's

and the fullness thereof,³²

footnotes: ³² See notes for this Psalm on page 000.

the inhabited world

and those who dwell in it.

For He founded it upon the seas,

and established it upon rivers.

Who may ascend the mountain of Adonoy,

and who may stand

in the place of His holiness?

The clean of hands and the pure of heart,

who has not borne My soul in vain,

and has not sworn deceitfully.

He will bear Adonoy's blessing

and righteousness

from the God of his deliverance.

This is the generation of those who seek Him,

and seekers of Your Presence,

[God of] Jacob, selah.

Lift up your heads, gates,

and be uplifted

[you] entranceways to eternity,

so that the King of Glory may enter.

Who is this King of Glory?

Adonoy, strong and mighty;

Adonoy, the Mighty One in battle.

Lift up your heads, gates,

and lift, entranceways to eternity,

so that the King of Glory may enter.

Who is He, this King of Glory?

Adonoy of hosts,

He is the King of Glory, *selah.*³³

footnotes: ³³ Psalms 24.

And when it³⁴ rested, he³⁵ would say:

footnotes: ³⁴ The Ark. ³⁵ Moses.

Return, Adonoy,

to the myriads and thousands of Israel.³⁶

footnotes: ³⁶ Numbers 10:36.

Arise, Adonoy unto Your resting place,

You and the Ark of Your strength.

Let Your priests

clothe themselves in righteousness,

and let Your devoted ones sing in joy.

For the sake of David, Your servant,

do not reject Your anointed.³⁷

footnotes: ³⁷ Psalms 132:8-10.

For I have given you good instruction,

do not forsake My Torah.³⁸

footnotes: ³⁸ Proverbs 4:2.

It is a tree of life to those who grasp it,

and those who support it are fortunate.³⁹

footnotes: ³⁹ Proverbs 3:18.

Its ways are ways of pleasantness

and all its paths are peace.⁴⁰

footnotes: ⁴⁰ Proverbs 3:17.

Cause us to return to you, Adonoy,

and we shall return;

renew our days as of old.⁴¹

footnotes: ⁴¹ Lamentations 5:21.