Praise God.

Praise Adonoy from the sky,

praise Him in the heavens!

Praise Him all His angels,

praise Him all His hosts!

Praise Him sun and moon;

praise Him all the stars of light.

Praise Him skies of skies

and the waters that are above the skies.

They will praise the Name of Adonoy,

for He commanded and they were created.

He established them for all time,

as long as the world exists.

He decreed [it] unalterable.¹

footnotes: ¹ Psalms 146:1-6.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

our God, King of the Universe,

Who with His utterance

created the heavens,

and with the breath of His mouth,

all their host.

Law and season did He give them,

that they not deviate from their set function.

They are glad and rejoice

to do the will of their Possessor

—the Worker of truth Whose work is true.

The moon He directed

to renew itself—

a crown of glory

to those who are borne by him

from the womb,²

footnotes: ² See Isaiah 46:3, “Israel which is borne by me from the belly, which is carried by Me from the womb.”

who are also destined to be renewed,

and to glorify their Creator

for the Name of His glorious kingdom.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Renewer of the months.

Blessed is your Former,

blessed is your Maker,

blessed is your Possessor,

blessed is your Creator.

Just as I leap toward you

but cannot touch you,

so may all my enemies be unable

to touch me with evil intent.

Let fall upon them terror and dread

at the greatness of Your arm

let them be still as stone.

As a stone, let them be still

by [virtue of] Your arm's greatness;

and may dread and terror upon them fall.

David, King of Israel,

lives and endures [forever.]³

footnotes: ³ David’s dynasty is compared to the moon and will be renewed like the moon.—Etz Yosef in the name of Ramah and Levush

Peace unto you,

Unto you be peace.⁴

footnotes: ⁴ This greeting is offered in order to indicate that the curse mentioned earlier [May dread and terror etc.] was not intended for those around us.—Etz Yosef

A good sign and good fortune

let there be for us and for all Israel.

Amein.

The voice of my beloved!

Behold—He is coming,

leaping over the mountains

bounding over the hills.

My Beloved is like a hart

or a young deer.

Behold!—He stands behind our wall,

observing through the windows,

looking through the lattice.⁵

footnotes: ⁵ Song of Songs 2:8,9. These verses were inserted by Rabbi Yehuda HeChassid as an expression of Israel’s confident hope for the speedy coming of the Messiah.

A song of ascents.

I lift my eyes to the mountains—

from where will my help come?

My help [comes] from Adonoy,

Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip,

He will not slumber—your Guardian.

Behold—He does not slumber

nor does He sleep—the Guardian of Israel.

Adonoy is your guardian,

Adonoy is your shelter at your right hand.

By day the sun will not smite you,

nor the moon at night.

Adonoy will guard you from all evil,

He will preserve your soul,

Adonoy will guard your going and coming

from now and forever.⁶

footnotes: ⁶ Psalms 121.

Praise God.

Praise the Almighty in His Sanctuary.

Praise God

in the firmament of His might.

Praise Him for His mighty deeds;

praise Him

according to the abundance of His greatness.

Praise Him with the blowing of the shofar;

Praise Him with lyre and harp.

Praise Him with drum and dance.

Praise Him

with stringed instuments and flute.

Praise Him with resounding cymbals.

Praise Him with clanging cymbals.

Let every soul praise God.

Praise God.

Let every soul praise God.

Praise God.

It was taught

in the school of Rabbi Yishmael:

Even if Israel was privileged

only to greet

their Father in heaven,

once a month,

it would be sufficient for them.⁷

footnotes: ⁷ Whoever welcomes the new moon by reciting the blessing to God, welcomes the Shechinah, the Divine Presence of God.

Abbaye said:

“Therefore it must be recited standing.”⁸

footnotes: ⁸ Maseches Sanhedrin 42a.

Who is this coming up from the wilderness

clinging to her beloved?⁹

footnotes: ⁹ Song of Songs 8:5.

May it be Your will,

Adonoy, our God, and God of our fathers,

to fill the deficiency of the moon,

so that it will no longer be diminished;

and may the light of the moon

be like the light of the sun,

—and like the light

of the seven days of creation—

as it was before it was diminished,

as it is said:

“The two great luminaries.”¹⁰

footnotes: ¹⁰ Genesis 1:16.

And may there be fulfilled for us

the Scriptural verse which says:

“They will seek Adonoy, their God,

and David, their king.¹¹

footnotes: ¹¹ Hosea 3:5.

Amein.

To the Chief Musician:

a Psalm with instrumental music, a song.

[May] God favor us and bless us,

[may He] cause His countenance to shine

among us selah;

[so] that Your way become known on earth,

[and] Your deliverance among all nations.

Peoples will thank You, God,

all the peoples will thank You.

Nations will rejoice and sing

when You judge the peoples justly,

and lead the nations upon the earth selah.

Peoples will thank You, God,

all the peoples will thank You.

The earth will have yielded its produce;

God, our God, will have blessed us.

God will bless us,

and they will fear Him—

all [men even from] the ends of the earth.