Reading note: pronounce יהוה as “Adonai” once. Seasonal alternatives apply only in their proper season and are not recited together. Headings and directions are explanatory and are not part of the recited text.
Parts index
A Prayer of David — Psalm 86
A Prayer of David. Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and answer me; For I am poor and needy. Keep my soul, for I am godly; O Thou my God, save Thy servant that trusteth in Thee. Be gracious unto me, O Lord; For unto Thee do I cry all the day. Rejoice the soul of Thy servant; For unto Thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to pardon, And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon Thee. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; And attend unto the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I call upon Thee; For Thou wilt answer me. There is none like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord, And there are no works like Thine. All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and prostrate themselves before Thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify Thy name. For Thou art great, and doest wondrous things; Thou art God alone. Teach me, O LORD, Thy way, that I may walk in Thy truth; Make one my heart to fear Thy name. . I will thank Thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify Thy name for evermore. For great is Thy mercy toward me; And Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world. O God, the proud are risen up against me, And the company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set Thee before them. But Thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion and gracious, Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth. O turn unto me, and be gracious unto me; Give Thy strength unto Thy servant, And save the son of Thy handmaid. Work in my behalf a sign for good; That they that hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because Thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.
Beit Yaakov
House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Adonai. For all peoples walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of Adonai our God forever and ever. May Adonai our God be with us as He was with our ancestors; may He neither leave us nor forsake us. Incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances that He commanded our ancestors.
A Song of Ascents of David — Psalm 124
A Song of Ascents; of David. 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', Let Israel now say; 'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, When men rose up against us, Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us; Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul; Then the proud waters Had gone over our soul.' Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; The snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.
