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Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein

Movement I. Psalm 108 vs. 2, Psalm 100

Psalm 108, vs. 2

Urah, hanevel, v'chinor!  

A-irah shaḥar!  


Awake, psaltery and harp:
I will rouse the dawn!  


Psalm 100 

Hariu l'Adonai kol haarets.  

Iv'du et Adonai b'simḥa.  

Bo-u l'fanav bir'nanah.  

D'u ki Adonai Hu Elohim.  

Hu asanu, v'lo anaḥnu.  

Amo v'tson mar'ito.  

Bo-u sh'arav b'todah,  

Ḥatseirotav bit'hilah,  

Hodu lo, bar'chu sh'mo.  

Ki tov Adonai, l'alom ḥas'do,  

V'ad dor vador emunato. 



Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the Earth  

Serve the Lord with gladness.

Come into His presence with joyful singing

Know that the Lord, He is God.  

It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves  

We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,  

And into His courts with praise.  

Give thanks to Him and bless His name 

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting,  

And His faithfulness endures to all generations.


Movement II. Psalm 23, Psalm 2 vs. 1-4

Psalm 23 

Adonai ro-i, lo eḥsar.  

Bin'ot deshe yarbitseini,  

Al mei m'nuḥot y'naḥaleini,  

Naf'shi y'shovev,  

Yan'ḥeini b'ma'aglei tsedek,  

L'ma'an sh'mo.  

Gam ki eilech  

B'gei tsalmavet,  

Lo ira ra,  

Ki Atah imadi.  

Shiv't'cha umishan'techa  

Hemah y'nacḥamuni.  


The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  

He bids me to lie down in green pastures,  

He leads me beside the still waters,  

He restores my soul,  

He leads me in the paths of righteousness,  

For the sake of His name.  

Even though I walk  

Through the valley of the shadow of death,  

I will fear no evil,  

For You are with me.  

Your rod and Your staff  

They comfort me. 


Ta'aroch l'fanai shulchan,  

Neged tsor'rai  

Dishanta vashemen roshi  

Cosi r'vayah.  

Ach tov vaḥesed  

Yird'funi kol y'mei ḥayai,  

V'shav'ti b'veit Adonai  

L'orech yamim.  



You prepare a table before me,

In the presence of my enemies

You anoint my head with oil

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy  

Shall follow me all the days of my life,  

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord

Forever.


Psalm 2, vs. 1-4 

Lamah rag'shu goyim  

Ul'umim yeh'gu rik?  

Yit'yats'vu malchei erets,  

V'roznim nos'du yaḥad  

Al Adonai v'al m'shiḥo.  



Why do the nations rage,  

And the people plot in vain?  

The kings of the earth rise up,  

And the rulers take counsel together  

Against the Lord and against His anointed.


N'natkah et mos'roteimo,  

V'nashlichah mimenu avoteimo.  

Yoshev bashamayim  

Yis'ḥak, Adonai  

Yil'ag lamo!  



Saying, let us break their chains, 

And throw off their shackles. 

He that dwells in Heaven

Shall laugh, and the Lord 

Mocks them! 


Movement III: Psalm 131, Psalm 133 v. 1

Psalm 131 

Adonai, Adonai,   

Lo gavah libi, 

V'lo ramu einai, 

V'lo hilachti 

Big'dolot uv'niflaot 

Mimeni. 

Im lo shiviti 

V'domam'ti, 

Naf'shi k'gamul alei imo, 

Kagamul alai naf'shi. 

Yael Yis'rael el Adonai 

Me'atah v'ad olam. 


Lord, Lord,

My heart is not proud, 

My eyes are not haughty,

Neither do I concern myself 

With things too great or

Too wonderful for me.  

Surely I have calmed 

And quieted my soul, 

Like a weaned child resting against its mother, 

My soul is content as a weaned child. 

Let Israel hope in the Lord 

Now and forever.


Psalm 133, vs. 1

Hineh mah tov, 

Umah nayim, 

Shevet aim 

Gam yaad. 



Behold how good,
And pleasant it is, 

For brethren to dwell 

Together. 

Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein

Movement I. Psalm 108 vs. 2, Psalm 100

Psalm 108, vs. 2

Urah, hanevel, v'chinor!  

A-irah shaḥar!  


Awake, psaltery and harp:
I will rouse the dawn!  


Psalm 100 

Hariu l'Adonai kol haarets.  

Iv'du et Adonai b'simḥa.  

Bo-u l'fanav bir'nanah.  

D'u ki Adonai Hu Elohim.  

Hu asanu, v'lo anaḥnu.  

Amo v'tson mar'ito.  

Bo-u sh'arav b'todah,  

Ḥatseirotav bit'hilah,  

Hodu lo, bar'chu sh'mo.  

Ki tov Adonai, l'alom ḥas'do,  

V'ad dor vador emunato. 



Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the Earth  

Serve the Lord with gladness.

Come into His presence with joyful singing

Know that the Lord, He is God.  

It is He that has made us, and not we ourselves  

We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.  

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,  

And into His courts with praise.  

Give thanks to Him and bless His name 

For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting,  

And His faithfulness endures to all generations.


Movement II. Psalm 23, Psalm 2 vs. 1-4

Psalm 23 

Adonai ro-i, lo eḥsar.  

Bin'ot deshe yarbitseini,  

Al mei m'nuḥot y'naḥaleini,  

Naf'shi y'shovev,  

Yan'ḥeini b'ma'aglei tsedek,  

L'ma'an sh'mo.  

Gam ki eilech  

B'gei tsalmavet,  

Lo ira ra,  

Ki Atah imadi.  

Shiv't'cha umishan'techa  

Hemah y'nacḥamuni.  


The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.  

He bids me to lie down in green pastures,  

He leads me beside the still waters,  

He restores my soul,  

He leads me in the paths of righteousness,  

For the sake of His name.  

Even though I walk  

Through the valley of the shadow of death,  

I will fear no evil,  

For You are with me.  

Your rod and Your staff  

They comfort me. 


Ta'aroch l'fanai shulchan,  

Neged tsor'rai  

Dishanta vashemen roshi  

Cosi r'vayah.  

Ach tov vaḥesed  

Yird'funi kol y'mei ḥayai,  

V'shav'ti b'veit Adonai  

L'orech yamim.  



You prepare a table before me,

In the presence of my enemies

You anoint my head with oil

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy  

Shall follow me all the days of my life,  

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord

Forever.


Psalm 2, vs. 1-4 

Lamah rag'shu goyim  

Ul'umim yeh'gu rik?  

Yit'yats'vu malchei erets,  

V'roznim nos'du yaḥad  

Al Adonai v'al m'shiḥo.  



Why do the nations rage,  

And the people plot in vain?  

The kings of the earth rise up,  

And the rulers take counsel together  

Against the Lord and against His anointed.


N'natkah et mos'roteimo,  

V'nashlichah mimenu avoteimo.  

Yoshev bashamayim  

Yis'ḥak, Adonai  

Yil'ag lamo!  



Saying, let us break their chains, 

And throw off their shackles. 

He that dwells in Heaven

Shall laugh, and the Lord 

Mocks them! 


Movement III: Psalm 131, Psalm 133 v. 1

Psalm 131 

Adonai, Adonai,   

Lo gavah libi, 

V'lo ramu einai, 

V'lo hilachti 

Big'dolot uv'niflaot 

Mimeni. 

Im lo shiviti 

V'domam'ti, 

Naf'shi k'gamul alei imo, 

Kagamul alai naf'shi. 

Yael Yis'rael el Adonai 

Me'atah v'ad olam. 


Lord, Lord,

My heart is not proud, 

My eyes are not haughty,

Neither do I concern myself 

With things too great or

Too wonderful for me.  

Surely I have calmed 

And quieted my soul, 

Like a weaned child resting against its mother, 

My soul is content as a weaned child. 

Let Israel hope in the Lord 

Now and forever.


Psalm 133, vs. 1

Hineh mah tov, 

Umah nayim, 

Shevet aim 

Gam yaad. 



Behold how good,
And pleasant it is, 

For brethren to dwell 

Together.