Achat sha'alti me'eit Hashem, otah avakesh:
shivti b'veit Hashem, kol y'mei chayai, lachazot b'noam Hashem, u'l'vaker b'heikhalo.

One Thing I ask, I ask of you; I earestly pray for (two times)
That I might dwell in your house all of the days of me life [ That I might seek to know you all of the days of my life.]
Knowing the beauty, the beauty of you and to dwell in your holy place.(two times)

From Psalms 27:4, the Psalm for the days of awe.
B'kol Echad page 77

Tzlil v'Zemer tune used with permission. (Featured below in the recordings by Shmuel Popper and Yisroel Mendelson)

Al Tifg'i Bi Leozveich Lashuv Meachoraich. Ki El Asher Teilchi Eiliech U'Va'asher Talini Alin

Amech Ami Velokayich Elokai

Ki El Asher Tamuti Amut Vesham Ekaver. Ko Ya'aseh Hasehm Li Vecho Yosiph.

Ki Hamavet Yafrid Beini U've'einech

Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.

Ruth 1:16-17

Source: Jewish Publication Society Bible 1917 (public domain)

Be'sha'ah she melech hamashiach ba, omed al gag beit hamikdash, umashmia leyisrael veomer--anavim anavim higiah zman geulatchem, ve'im ein atem ma'aminim reu beuri shezoreach.

At the time that the King Messiah comes, he stands on the roof of the Temple, makes himself heard to all of Israel and says:

"Humble ones, humble ones, the time of your redemption has arrived, and if you do not believe this, look at my light that is shining."

(User-contributed translation)

Lyrics: Yalkut Shimoni Remez 499 on Isaiah, Chapter 60.

Sung by Mordechai Ben David and Yossi Green, The 8th Note
Composer: Yossi Green

See it sung by Shaul Hayun Orchestra:

Ashira lashem b’chayai azamra lelokai b’odi ye-erav alav sichi anochi esmach bashem. Yitamu chata’im min ha'aretz urshaim od einam barchi nafshi et hashem. Hallelujah!

I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
Let my musing be sweet unto Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord.
Let sinners cease out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Hallelujah.

Translation based on the Jewish Publication Society Bible (1917) (public domain)

From Psalm 104:33-35

Ashorer shira likhvod haTorah.
Mipaz yeqara, zakka uvara.

Nittena lanu `al yad ro`enu (x2)
Moshe rabbenu behir ha'umma.

Ashrei hagever `al yitzro gover (x2)
Meysharim dover boher baTorah.

Rabba ne`ima tora temima (x2)
Peti mahkima `ayin me'ira.

Moroccan song with an Andalusian Flamenco feel. For Simhat Torah and Shavuot. (Abridged version found in most Sephardic birkhonim.)

Maqam Kurd (Nuba Sikah Spanyol).

Ata Vechartanu Mikol Haamim Ahavta Otanu Veratzita Banu Veromamtanu Micol Haleshonot (2x)

Vekidashtanu B'mitzvotecha V'keravtanu Malkeinu LaAvodatecha Veshimcha Hagadol Vehakadosh Aleinu Karata.

You have chosen us from all peoples; you have loved us and taken pleasure in us, and have exalted us above all tongues; you have sanctified us by your commandments, and brought us near unto your service, O our King, and have called us by your great and holy name.

Translation based on The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (public domain)

This song is usually sung in shalosh regalim - Pesach, Shavuot and Sucot. And it is surely appropiate for all holidays in general and times of Simcha...

Chords:

E E E7 Am
Am Dm F E

Vekidashtanu...

Am Am Am E
E E E7 Am
Am F Dm E

Atah echad v'shimcha echad, umi k'amcha Yisrael, goy echad ba'aretz. Tiferet g'dulah, va'ateret y’shua, yom m'nucha uk'dushah l'amcha natatah. Avraham yagel, Yitzchak yiranen, Ya'akov uvanav yanuchu vo.

Thou art One and thy name is One, and who, is like thy people Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Glorious greatness and a crown of salvation, even the day of rest and holiness, thou hast given unto thy people: Abraham was glad, Isaac rejoiced, Jacob and his sons rested thereon.

Hebrew text is checked against Siddur Sim Shalom, Copyright 1985, The Rabbincal Assembly. However, the Hebrew text itself, long in the public domain, is not subject to copyright.

Translation: The Jewish Publication Society (1917) http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/

Baruch hu Elokeinu shebera'anu lechvodo
V'hivdilanu min hato'im
V'natan lanu torat emet
V'chayei Olam Natan B'tocheinu

Blessed is He, our God, Who created us for His glory, and set us apart from those who go astray; 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.

Yitgadal ve'yitkadash
shmeh rabah.

Be'almah di'vra kirutei
veyamlich malchuteh.

Bechayechon uvyomeichon
uvchayei dechol beit
yisrael, bagalah uvisman
kariv veimru amen.

Yeheh shmeh rabah
mevorach leolam ulolmei
almayah.

Yitbarach veyishtabach
veyitpa'ar ve'yitromam
veyitnaseh veyithadar
veyitaleh veyithallal,
shmeh dekudesha,
brich hu.

Le'eilah (ul'eilah) min kol birchata
veshirata, tushbechata
ve'nechemata, damiran
bealmah veimru amen.

First part of the Kadish shalem.

Elyonim Sasu v'sachtomin alzu, b'kabalas Torah haketuvah miSinai

To'ar kallah m'od nisalah b'kabalas yom zeh aseres devarim

The Higher Realms rejoiced and the Lower Realms exulted when the written Torah was accepted from Sinai.

The beautiful bride was very much elevated when, on that day, the Ten Commandments were received.

(User-contributed translation)

From the Shavuos liturgy. Often sung to various tunes in Hasidic communities on Shavuos.

Hodu ladonai ki tov,
ki l'olam chasdo. Yomar-na Yisrael, ki l'olam chasdo.
Yomru-na beit aharon, ki l'olam chasdo. Yomru-na yirei adonai, ki l'olam chasdo.

O Give Thanks unto the Lord for God is good,
For God's mercy endures forever.
Let Israel say now:
God's lovingkindness endures forever.
Let now the house of Aaron say:
God's lovingkindness endures forever.
Let them that revere the Lord say:
God's lovingkindness endures forever.
(B'kol Echad, page 86)

Psalm 118:1-4
Part of Hallel, etc.

Kadesheinu bemitzvotecha, ve'tein chelkeinu betoratecha. Sabe'einu mituvecha vesamechainu bishuatecha. Vetaher libeinu leavdecha be'emet.

Vehanchileinu Adonai Eloheinu

Shabbat: Be'ahava uvratzon
Holidays: Be'simcha uvsason
Shabbat: Shabbat (u)
Holidays: Mo'adei kodshecha.

Ve'yishmechu vecha Yisrael me'kadeshei shemecha.

Baruch atah Adonai, mekadesh

Shabbat: Hashabbat (ve)
Holidays: Yisrael ve'hazemanim.

Ki Karov, eilecha, hadavar me-od, befichach, ubilvavcha la'asoso.

Because the matter is very close to you (the Torah) in your mouth and in your heart to do it.
User-contributed translation

From Deuteronomy 30:14

Ma ashiv l'Hashem, kol tagmelohi alai.
Kos yeshuot esa, u'veshem Hashem ekra
Nedarai l'Hashem ashaleim, negda na l'chol amo
Yakar b'einei Hashem, hamavta l'chasidav
Ana Hashem ki ani avdecha, ani avdecha ben amatecha, pitacha l'moseirai
Lecha ezbach zevach todah, u'veshem Hashem ekra
Nedarai l'Hashem ashaleim, negda na l'chol amo
B'chatzrot beit Hashem, betocheichi Yerushalayim
Halleluyah

How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
My vows will I pay unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; {N}
I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
I will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, in the presence of all His people;
In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah.

Jewish Publication Society 1917 Translation (in the public domain)

Shlomo Carlebach version is below, sung by Shlomo Carlebach on the official Carlebach YouTube channel (click video to go to channel).


Chords for the classic version:

|: Am Dm E7 Am :|
Am Dm G C
Dm E E7 C

Am Dm E7 Am

Chords (Binjomin Szanto-Varnagy version):

Am Am C F
G G Dm Am

Am F G E7

Am F Dm Dm
E7 E7 Am (E7)

Ma tovu ohaleicha, Yaakov; mishkenotecha Yisrael.

Va’ani berov chasdecha ava beitecha eshtachave el heichal kodshecha be’iratecha.

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwelling places, O Israel! As for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house: I will worship toward thy holy temple in the fear of thee.

Translation from The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (public domain)

Numbers 24.

Video version below Shalsheles Junior

Maqhelot `am barekhu El! Harimu qol koah va'El! Yagel Ya`aqov, yismah Yisra'el. Beyom simhatkhem shir mahalel El.

Chorus: Halelu-Hu gaddelu-Hu ki barukh Hu ne'eman. Likhvot hehatan, bahur me`am, Ya`aqov ish tam!

Romemu El Me'ir ve'Ora! Gavar hasdo asher bara! Hatan vekhalla hi lo le`ezra. Yashir Yisra'el az et hashira.
(Chorus)

Dirshu El Hai le`olamim! Halelu-Hu bameromim!
Yosef `aleikhem elef pe`amim. `Osher vekhavod ve'orekh yamim.

(Chorus)

Kimei tzeitekhem miMitzrayim, be`oz ba`adi `adayyim! Ken be`ayin tir'u pi shenayim. Ken bIrushalayim kullekhem hayyim.

(Chorus)

Syrian Pizmon used for weddings, Simhat Torah, and Shavuot.

Maqam Chahargah/Jiharkah (Ajam).

He who elevates me and sanctifies me, bequeathed me my six Festivals.
On the seventh day (Shabbat), He who loves me gifted me a day of supernal delight.

My Deliverer proclaimed freedom [unto] those who called out from the depths;
He supported me upon His wings, and carried me aloft unto the skies.
The four [sons] ask, "What are these testimonies and statutes?" [And You reply,]
"Shout out in joyous song to the Rock of your salvation who split the mighty waters!"

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

"The Torah He gifted [to us] from amid the barrenness.
The mountains did dance when He bequeathed it as the blueprint [for our lives]."
We answered together, “His Testimony (the Torah) is true!
Goodly teachings were spoken to us from His rose-like lips."

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

His impression lasts for all generations, and praiseworthy are those who remember Him.
His feelings are stirred from within as He recalls how we [lovingly] followed after His ways.
The King is beseeched when the shevarim are blown [on the shofar].
He sits enthroned with His books open before Him.

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

His ways are of pleasantness, for He is greatly merciful.
Forgiveness is readily granted to us by the Tender of vineyards.
The whitely-garbed one comes to beseech [in Your Sanctuary] with sweetness.
Our misdeeds are pardoned by the Fashioner of the universe.

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

Songs of praise and thanksgiving are sung as the four are bound together as one.
This is "The Time of Our Rejoicing" when every last tear is wiped away.
Ensconced is our magnificent sukkah by a curtain of [white] purity;
Adorned with gold and silver for all seven [days].

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

The days of the Festive rejoicing conclude, yet we remain [together] another day.
His table He sets for His precious children,
for pained is He by the departure of His pure ones.
He hosts with tender kindnesses and loving words.

He who elevates me and sanctifies me …

(User-contributed translation)

CHORUS:

Line 1 refers to the six festivals (ששת חגי) which are explicated across the six stanzas of the piyyut. הקב"ה is referred to here as מרוממי ומקדשי, based upon the nusach of the festival kiddush: ורוממנו מכל לשון וקדשנו במצוותיו.

Line 2 refers to the Shabbat. הקב"ה is called אוהבי here (‘He who loves me’), recalling the addition of the extra term 'באהבה' in the festival Kiddush when the festival coincides with a Shabbat. הזבידי means 'he gave to me as a present' (The word זֶבֶד [= gift] appears in Gen. 30:20, and the paytanim extended the word with the causative verb להזביד). תענוגי recalls the עונג component of Shabbos (cf. Is. 58:13-14: וקראת לשבת עֹנג... אז תתענג על ה').

[Grammatical note: In Biblical Hebrew, the words הנחילי ('he endowed me') and הזבידי ('he gave to me as a gift') would be conjugated with a 'נ' as part of the suffix: הנחילני and הזבידני. However, according to the paytanic tradition (represented first and foremost by the piyyutim of Elazar b'rabi Kallir), the 'נ' is an optional component, and may be omitted.]

STANZA 1: PESACH

Line 1 / מוציאי: Hashem, who took us out of Egypt (cf. Ex. 6:7: כי אני ה' אלקיכם המוציא אתכם מתחת סבלות מצרים). קרא דרור: granted freedom (the phrase appears in a number of places in Tanach, such as regarding the Yovel in Lev. 25:10). קוראי מעמקים: Those who cry out to Hashem from the depths. The phrase is based on Ps. 130:1 (ממעמקים קראתיך ה') and the reference is to Am Yisrael crying to Hashem in Egypt (cf. Ex. 2:23: ויזעקו ותעל שועתם אל האלקים מן העבֹדה).

Line 2 / as a whole refers to Ex. 19:4 (ואשא אתכם על כנפי נשרים). אמצני: He strengthened me and supported me. נשאני בשחקים: He carried me through the skies. (For the use of the word שחקים as 'skies' see for instance Deut. 33:26).

Line 3 / ארבעה: The four sons, as per the haggada. מה העדֹת והחֻקים: as per Deut. 6:20: כי ישאלך בנך מחר לאמר מה העדֹת והחֻקים.

Line 4 / רננו לצור ישעיכם: Praise God, your Savior. The phraseology is based on Ps. 95:1: לכו נרננה לה' נריעה לצור ישענו. החוצה מי אפיקים: Who divides the mighty waters (the term 'אפיקים' generally refers to lakes and rivers [see for instance Is. 8:7]; however, it can also be used in the sense of 'mighty' and 'strong' [see Job 12:21].)

STANZA 2: SHAVUOT

Line 1 / וזאת התורה: cf. Deut. 4:44: וזאת התורה אשר שם משה לפני בני ישראל. ממדבר מתנה: The phrase is from Num. 21:18, which is explained in the Midrash (אותיות דרבי עקיבא, ד"ה דבר אחר סמ"ך) as referring to the giving of the Torah on Sinai: וממדבר מתנה זה מדבר סיני שנתנה להם לוחות במתנה מסיני.

Line 2 / למה תרצדון: cf. Ps. 68:17: למה תרצדון הרים גבנֻנים, which is explained by the midrash to refer to the clamoring of the mountains who each wished to be the one on which the Torah would be given. See Genesis Rabba section 100: למה תרצדון הרבים גבנונים... בשעה שבא הקב"ה ליתן תורה בסיני היו ההרים רצים ומדיינים אלו עם אלו, זה אומר עלי התורה ניתנה, וזה אומר עלי תורה ניתנה. בהנחילו אמנה: As Hashem bestowed us with the Torah. אמנה is a term used by the paytanim to refer to the Torah, based upon Mishlei 8:30: ואהיה אצלו אמון, and the Midrash in Genesis Rabba section 1 which interprets that verse as referring to the Torah.

Line 3 / וענינו כולנו: we all answered (at Har Sinai). עדותו נאמנה: The Torah is true (cf. Ps. 19:18: תורת ה' תמימה... עדות ה' נאמנה).

Line 4 / לקח טוב: cf. Mishlei 4:2: כי לקח טוב נתתי לכם תורתי אל תעזֹבו. משפתי שושנה: Hashem, based on the description of the דוד in Shir Hashirim 5:13: שפתותיו שושנים.

STANZA 3: ROSH HASHANA

Line 1 / דור ודור זכרו: Hashem (cf. Ex. 3:15: זה זכרי לדֹר דֹר). ואשרי כל זוכריו: And fortunate are those who remember You. The idea is based upon the Rosh Hashana liturgy: אשרי איש שלא ישכחך.

Line 2 / המו מעיו בזכרו לכתנו אחריו: His insides turn as he remembers how we followed Him in the desert. This is based upon two verses from Jeremiah, both included within the זכרונות verses in the litrugy. Jer. 31:19: הבן יקיר לי אפרים... זכֹר אזכרנו עוד על כן המו מעי לו; and Jer. 2:2: זכרתי לך חסד נעוריך... לכתך אחרי במדבר.

Line 3 / פני מלך לחלות בתקוע שבריו: Supplicating before the King, as we blow His 'שברים' (that is, as we blow on the shofar as He commanded us).

Line 4 / רם ישב בכסאו: He sits majestically on His chair (cf. Is. 6:1, which his highlighted in the Rosh Hashana liturgy: יושב על כסא רם ונשא). בפתֹח ספריו: as the books of זכרונות are opened before Him.

STANZA 4: YOM KIPPUR

Line 1 / נעם דרכיו: God's pleasant ways (cf. Mishlei 3:17: דרכיה דרכי נעם). גֹדל רחמים: God's great and bountiful mercy.

Line 2 / קרובה מחילתנו: our forgiveness will soon be granted. מנוטר כרמים: Hashem, whose relationship to Israel is likened to that of a keeper to his vineyard, in the piyyut which we sing on Yom Kippur: כי אנו עמך ואתה אלקינו... אנו כרמיך ואתה נוטרנו.

Line 3 refers to the Kohen Gadol, who wears בגדי לבן on Yom Kippur, as he goes into the קדש הקדשים to plead for his nation. (בנעימים references the היכל and the קדש הקדשים based upon Ps. 27:4: לחזות בנֹעם ה' ולבקר בהיכלו).

Line 4 / צור עולמים is Hashem (cf. Is. 26:4: כי בי ה ה' צור עולמים).

STANZA 5: SUKKOT

Line 1 / זמרה וקול תודה: for the phraseology, cf. Is. 51:3: תודה וקול זמרה. The reference here is to the special joy of Sukkot, about which it is written: ושמחת בחגך (Deut. 16:14). באגוד ארבעה: as we join together the 4 minim. The term אגוד references the halacha that the 4 minim must be wrapped together (see Talmud Bavli Sukkah 11b: לולב צריך אגד)

Line 2 / בזמן שמחתנו: Sukkot, as it is referenced in the liturgy. תִמחה כל דמעה: an expression of eternal Joy based upon Is. 25:8: ומחה ה' א לקים דמעה מעל כל פנים.

Line 3 / אדר סוכתנו בטֹהר יריעה: The magnificence of our Sukkot, with their clean and beautiful curtains/walls (regarding the importance of beautifying the Sukkah, see Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 133b: התנאה לפניו במצות, עשה לפניו סוכה נאה).

Line 4 refers to the decoration of the Sukkah.

STANZA 6: SHMINI ATZERET

Line 1 / תמו ימי החג: the days of Sukkot are over. ועוד יום נעצרים: yet the people of Israel stay one more day. The term נעצרים is an epithet for those who stay for the עצרת.

Line 2 is based on the description of the essence of Shmini Atzeret as described in Talmud Bavli Sukkot 55b, in which this chag is likened to a King who sets up a special meal at the end of his celebration just for his loved ones: משל למלך בשר ודם שאמר לעבדיו עשו לי סעודה גדולה, ליום אחרון אמר לאוהבו עשו לי סעודה קטנה כדי שאהנה ממך. The phrase שלחנו יערֹך recalls Ps. 23:5 (תערֹך לפני שלחן), and the word שלחן together with the term שתיליו recalls the image of the children sitting around the father's table, as described in Ps. 128:3: בניך כשתִלי זיתים סביב לשלחנך.

Line 3 references the language used by Rashi (on Lev. 23:36) to paraphrase the aforementioned Gemara: כמלך שזימן את בניו לסעודה לכך וכך ימים, כיון שהגיע זמנן להפטר אמר בני בבקשה מכם עכבו עמי עוד יום אחד, קשה עלי פרידתכם.

Line 4 / בטוב דודיו יארחם: He shall host them with his kind love. באֹהב דברים: with loving words.

If the children of Man could understand x2
The sweetness and the desirability of the Torah
The sweetness and Desirability of [how] good the Torah [is]
They would go insane [from desire] and chase after it, x2

And an entire world full of Gold and silver would be considered as nothing in their eyes

Because the Torah contains all of the good in the world
*User Translation

The song is an excerpt from אור החיים על דברים · כו · יא

Mi cha-mo-cha ba'ei-lim Adonai?
Mi ka-mo-cha ne'dar ba-ko-desh?
No-ra t'hi-lot o-seh fe-leh.

Who is like You, dressed with holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders!

Min hameitzar, karati Yah,
annani vamerchav Yah.

Adonai li, lo ira -
mah ya'aseh li adam.

Out of my straits I called upon the Lord; He answered me with great enlargement.

The Lord is for me; I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

JPS 1917 Translation (public domain)

Psalm 118:5-6

Video below is original composition of master composer Rabbi Baruch Chait. From the 1972 Kol Salonika album Vol. 1.

Odecha ki anitani, va'tehi li liyeshua

Even ma'asu habonim, haytah lerosh pinah

Me'et adonai hay'ta zot, hi nifla'at be'eineinu

Zeh hayom asah adonai, nagila ve'nismecha bo

I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.

The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.

This is the LORD'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Jewish Publication Society Translation (in public domain)

Psalm 118:21-24

This song is found in Hallel.

Thoughts of Zemirot Database contributor: My own personal thoughts are "the stone" the builders despised can also refer to Torah (the numerical positions of each of the letters letters in the words EVEN "stone" and TORAH in the aleph beis both add to 53). In addition, Yom in Hebrew can mean "day" and it can also mean "time period". Everyone goes through different periods of life, ups and downs and since it is all for the ultimate good and since it all comes from Hashem, we should rejoice and be happy.

The video below is from The Day to Praise

Oseh shalom bimromav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu
V'al kol Yisrael
V'imru: amen.

May the one who creates peace on high bring peace to us and to all Israel. And we say: Amen.

Pitchu li sha'arei tzedek
Avo vam odeh Yah.
Zeh hasha'ar la'adonai tzadikim yavo'u vo.
Odicha ki anitani vatehi li l'yeshua.
Even ma'asu habonim hayta l'rosh pina.

Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto the LORD.

Translation from Jewish Publication Society 1917 Bible, in the public domain.

Psalm 118:19.

Found in B'kol Echad, pg 93

Video below is Tzlil V'zemer Boys Choir





Shlomo Carlebach version is below, sung by Shlomo Carlebach on the official Carlebach YouTube channel (click video to go to channel).

He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron;
He will bless those who fear the LORD,
small and great alike.
May the LORD increase your numbers,
yours and your children's also.
May you be blessed by the LORD,
Maker of heaven and earth.
The heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth He gave over to man.
The dead cannot praise the LORD,
nor any who go down into silence.
But we will bless the LORD
now and forever.
Hallelujah.

Source: JPS TANAKH: The Holy Scriptures (blue) (from Sefaria, CC-BY-NC)

Chords:

Am E E7 Am
Am E E7 Am G
[C G] C [Dm G] C
[C G] C [Dm G] Am

L'david mizmor: Ladonai ha'aretz umloa tevel v'yosh'vei va.

Ki hu al yamim y'sada v'al n'harot y'chon'neha.

Mi ya'ale v'har adonai umi yakum bimkom kodsho.

N'ki chapayim uvar levav asher lo nasa lashav nafshi v'lo nishba l'mirma.

Yisa v'racha me'eit adonai utzdaka me'elohei yisho.

Ze dor dorshav m'vakshei fanecha ya'akov selah.

S'u sh'arim rasheichem v'hinas'u pitchei olam v'yavo melech hakavod.

Mi zeh melech hakavod adonai izuz v'gibor adonai gibor milchama.

S'u sh'arim rasheichem us'u pitchei olam v'yavo melech hakavod.

Mi hu zeh melech hakavod adonai tz'vaot hu melech hakavod selah.

Of David, a psalm. The earth is the LORD’s and all that it holds, the world and its inhabitants.

For He founded it upon the ocean, set it on the nether-streams.

Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken a false oath by My life or sworn deceitfully.

He shall carry away a blessing from the LORD, a just reward from God, his deliverer.

Such is the circle of those who turn to Him, Jacob, who seek Your presence. Selah.

O gates, lift up your heads! Up high, you everlasting doors, so the King of glory may come in!

Who is the King of glory?—the LORD, mighty and valiant, the LORD, valiant in battle.

O gates, lift up your heads! Lift them up, you everlasting doors, so the King of glory may come in!

Who is the King of glory? — the LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory! Selah.

(Translation from JPS 1985)

Shir Shel Yom for Sundays and also Recited when returing sefer torah to aron on yom tov

Saleinu al k'tefeinu, rasheinu aturim,
miktzot ha'aretz banu haveinu bikkurim. Mihudah v'ad shomron, min ha'emek v'lagalil, panu derech lanu, bikkurim itanu, hach batof v'chalel b'chalil.

Sadeinu veganinu,
hivshilu yevulim,
carminu, mikshoteinu
bichru pri hilulim
teainim tapuchim
anavim u'shkeidim
min ha'emek v'lagalil, panu derech lanu, bikkurim itanu, hach batof v'chalel b'chalil.

Mah tovu me'agaleinu,
mah yafu ha'turim,
zimrat ha'aretz lanu
heveinu bikurim
mi'golan, mi'bashan
min hanegev ve'hayarden
panu derech lanu, bikkurim itanu, hach batof v'chalel b'chalil.

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An Israeli folk song for Shavuot. Lyrics by Levin Kipnis.

The lyrics are displayed under license of ACUM.

Watch it on YouTube:
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V'atah Banim shiru lamelech b'tiferet m'foar. V'ashrei avadav hamashmi'im b'kol shivcho.

And now, my sons, sing to the King with magnificent glory.
And happy are his servants, who raise their voices in His praise.

User-contributed translation

Lyrics are taken from a piyut (liturgical poem) in the shacharit service for Shavuot.

Video: Sung by Mordechai Ben David

Shuvi nafshi lim’nuchaychi
Ki HaShem gamal alaichi

Ki chilatz’ta nafshi mimavet et eini min dim’a
Et ragli ragli midechi

Return, O my soul, to your resting place; The Lord hath dealt bountifully with you.
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

Psalm 116:7-8

Based on 1917 JPS translation (open source)

Uva'u kulam biv'ris yachad
Na'aseh v'nishmah am'ru k'echad

And they came together, in a covenant,
"We will obey and we will listen!", they said as one.

The same nigun is used for Shavuos, for the song B'vakacha.

V'ye'etayu chol l'ovdecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vivar'chu shem k'vodecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yagidu b'ayim tzidkecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vidar'shucha amim lo y'daucha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vihal'lucha kol asfei aretz (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
V'yom'ru tamid yidal Adonai (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
V'yizn'chu et atzbeihem (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
(v'yizb'chu l'cha et zivcheihem (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),)
v'yachp'ru am p'silehim (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yatu sh'chem echa l'ovdecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yiraucha im shemesh m'vak'shei panecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yakiru koach malchutecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
Vilam'du toim binah (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vimal'lu et g'vuratecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
Vinas'ucha mitnase l'chal l'rosh (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
Visal'du b'chila panecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
Viatrucha nezer tifarah (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
Vifatz'chu harim rinah (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vizthalu iyim b'malkecha (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
vikab'lu ol malchut'cha aleihem
(v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
virom'mucha bikhal am (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yishm'u r'chokim v'yavou (v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
(v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha),
v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha.

And all shall come to serve thee,
and bless thy glorious name,
declare thy righteousness among the isles,
and the people that knew thee not shall seek thee:
they shall praise thee to the uttermost ends of the earth,
and shall continually say, the Lord shall be extolled.
They shall cast away their idols,
be ashamed of their graven images,
incline to serve thee with one accord;
they who seek thy presence will revere and worship thee at sun-rise;
they will discern the power of thy kingdom,
and teach understanding to those who err.
They will also speak of thy mighty power,
and extol thee, who art exalted as Supreme above all.
They will praise thee with reverence,
and crown thee with the crown of glory;
the hills will burst forth with song,
and the islands rejoice,
when thou shalt thus reign; for they all will submit to the yoke of thy kingdom,
and loudly extol thee in the congregation of the people,
so that those who are far off will hear it, and come,
and present thee with the crown of dominion.

Trans​lation from Form of Prayers for the Day of Atonement​ published​ by the Hebrew Publishin​g Company, 1901 (public domain).

This song, taken from the Musaf service of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, has become a popular song at tishes.
In one popular tune, the song is done responsively, with a leader or series or leaders singing the verses and everyone else joining in with the refrain of "v'yitnu l'cha keter m'lucha," with a chorus of yai nai's after every three verses.

The recording of the Carlebach tune below is an amateur recording and may not be an accurate representation of the tune as written by Rabbi Carlebach. The tune is used with permission from copyright owner Neshama Carlebach. Neshama Carlebach has granted permission to the Zemirot Database to offer interactive streams and downloads of cover versions of the tune.

Va’ani T'filati L'cha Adonai Et Ratzon
Elohim B’rov Chasdecha Aneini Be'emet Yishecha

As for me, may my prayer come to You, O Lord, at a favorable moment. O God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance.

Source: Jewish Publication Society 1917 Translation (public domain)

Psalms 69:14
A popular version was released by Shalsheles in 2007

Vay'hi binsoa ha'aron vayomer moshe.

Kuma adonai v'yafutzu oy'vecha v'yanusu m'sanecha mipanecha.

Ki mitzion teitze torah, udvar adonai mirushalayim.

Baruch shenatan torah l'amo yisrael bikdushato

It happened upon the journeying of the Ark, Moses said:

“Rise, Almighty,” and Your enemies were dispersed, and Your foes were put to flight from before You.

For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Blessed is the one who gave Torah to the people of Israel in holiness.

Micah 4:2/Isaiah 2:3 and the Service for Removing the Torah from the ark.

The recording of the Carlebach tune below is an amateur recording and may not be an accurate representation of the tune as written by Rabbi Carlebach. The tune is used with permission from copyright owner Neshama Carlebach. Neshama Carlebach has granted permission to the Zemirot Database to offer interactive streams and downloads of cover versions of the tune.

Video below is by Shalsheles

V’kareiv p’zureinu mibein hagoyim oon'footzoteinu kaneis mi-yark’tei aretz.

Bring our scattered ones among the nations near unto thee, and gather our dispersed from the ends of the earth.

Translation from The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (public domain)

From the liturgy

More tunes from Stanley Estrin can be found on You Tube at High Holidays Shaliach Tzibbur.

Ve'harenu B'vinyano
Ve'samchenu be'tikuno

And show us its rebuilding and gladden us in its perfection.
(User-contributed translation)

This song comes from an excerpt from the Mussaf davening for the Yom Tovim.

V'samachta b'chagecha v'hayita ach same'ach.

You shall rejoice on your festivals, and should be fully happy.

Translation by Gabe Seed

Deuteronomy 16:14a,15b

Chords Version 1 (simpler):

E Dm Dm E
E Dm F E

E Dm F E
E Dm F E

Chords Version 2:

Em Em Em Am
D D D G

La-la-la

Am [G Am]
Am G D Em

Avinu malkenu, gale kevodo malchutcha aleinu mehera, vetivnehu mehera utgadel kevodo

Our Father, our King, reveal the glory of your reign over us quickly, build it quickly, and increase its glory

מוסף לשלוש רגלים
Part of the festival's mussaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_xo9bXmk8

Yah Eili v'go'ali
Etyatzvah likratecha
Hayah v'yihyeh
Hayah v'hoveh
Kol goy admatecha

Vetodah velaolah velamincha velachatat
vela'asham velashelamim
velamiluim, kol korbanecha.
Z'chor nilah
Asher nasah
Vehashivah leadmatecha
Selah ahaleleka
Beashrei yoshvei veitecha.

Dak al dak
ad ein nivdak
velitevunato ein cheker
Hael norah
B'achat skira
Bein tov lara y'vaker.

Adon tzvaot
B'rov pelaot
Chiber kol oholo
Bintivot lev livlev
Hatzur tamim poalo

Shalosh regalim before mussaf

Yigdal Elohim chai ve’yishtabach,
nimtza v’ein et el metsiuto.

Echad V’ein yachid keyichudo,
ne’elam v’gam ein sof l’achduto.

Ein lo d’mut haguf v’eino guf, lo na’aroch eilav kedushato.

Kadmon l’chol davar asher nivra,
rishon v’ein reishit l’reishito.

Hino adon olam l’chol notsar,
yoreh g’dulato umalchuto.

Shefa n’vuato netano, el anshei s’gulato v’tif’arto.

Lo kam b’Yisrael k’Moshe od navi umabeet et temunato.

Torat emet natan le'amo el, al yad neveeo ne'eman beito.

Lo yachalif ha'el ve'lo yamir dato, le'olamim, lezulato.

Tsofeh v’yodea setareinu, mabeet l’sof davar B'kadmato.

Gomel l’ish chesed k’mif’alo, noten l’rasha ra kerish’ato.

Yishlach l’ketz yamin meshicheinu,
lifdot m’chakei ketz yeshuato.

Metim y’chayeh El b’rov chasdo,
baruch adei ad shem t’hilato.

[Eleh sh'losh esreh l'ikarim, hen hem y'sod dat El v'emunato. Torat Moshe emet unvuato, baruch adei ad shem t'hilato.]

1. Magnified and praised be the living God: he is, and there is no limit in time unto his being.

2. He is One, and there is no unity like unto his unity; inconceivable is he, and unending is his unity.

3. He hath neither bodily form nor substance: we can compare nought unto him in his holiness.

4. He was before anything that hath been created--even the first: but his existence had no beginning.

5. Behold he is the Lord of the universe: to every creature he teacheth his greatness and his sovereignty.

6. The rich gift of his prophecy he gave unto the men of his choice, in whom he gloried.

7. There hath never yet arisen in Israel a prophet like unto Moses, one who hath beheld his similitude,

8. The Law of truth God gave unto his people by the hand of his prophet who was faithful in his house.

9. God will not alter nor change his Law to everlasting for any other.

10. He watcheth and knoweth our secret thoughts: he beholdeth the end of a thing before it existeth.

11. He bestoweth lovingkindness upon a man according to his work; he giveth to the wicked evil according to his wickedness.

12. He will send our anointed at the end of days, to redeem them that wait for the end—his salvation.

13. In the abundance of his lovingkindness God will quicken the dead. Blessed for evermore be his glorious name.

Translation from The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (public domain)

[These are the thirteen fundamentals (of Jewish faith), they are the foundation of the religion of God and His faithful. The Torah of Moses and his prophesy is true, blessed for eternity be His name.]
User-contributed translation

Although it is found in the beginning of the shacharit service in the siddur, Yigdal is often sung at the conclusion of the Ma'ariv service on Shabbat and Chagim. The lines in brackets are added in Sefardi communities.

Video by Carey J. David:

Chorus (2x):
Yismaħ ħaŧ̪ɒni biqhal ɛmunai; yissɒ βǝrɒkhɒh me’eŧ̪ HASHEM.

Stanza I:
SHADDⱰI yǝmallë t̪a’aʋaŧ̪ libo̞, maɣen ʋǝṣinnɒh [ṣinnɒh ʋǝrinnɒh]* yihyɛh sǝβiβo̞; ʋayɒ’er o̞ŧ̪o̞ ʋiyasher nǝŧ̪iβo̞, liɣmo̞r ʋǝlishmo̞r darkhey HASHEM.

Chorus (2x):
Yismaħ ħaŧ̪ɒni biqhal ɛmunai; yissɒ βǝrɒkhɒh me’eŧ̪ HASHEM.

Stanza II:
Lǝro̞sho̞ yǝṣaʋʋeh βǝrɒkho̞ŧ̪ ʕaṣumo̞ŧ̪, ʋǝyissaʕ bǝkho̞l-ʕeŧ̪ kǝnɒhɒr shǝlo̞mo̞ŧ̪; bo̞ yɒβo̞ βǝrinnɒh no̞së alumo̞ŧ̪, yiz̄kɛh ʋǝyir’ɛh yǝshuʕaŧ̪ HASHEM.

Chorus (2x):
Yismaħ ħaŧ̪ɒni biqhal ɛmunai; yissɒ βǝrɒkhɒh me’eŧ̪ HASHEM.

[May] my groom rejoice in the congregation of my conviction; [may he] carry blessing from HASHEM.

[May] SHAQQAI* fill the yearning of his heart; defense and shield [shield and celebration]** shall be his surroundings, and enlighten him and straighten his path, to finish and guard the paths of HASHEM.

[May] my groom rejoice in the congregation of my conviction; [may he] carry blessing from HASHEM.

Toward his head will He command mighty blessings, and he will travel at all times like a river of peacefulnesses; he will absolutely come in celebration, carrying sheaves; he will merit and he will see [the] Salvation of G-D.

[May] my groom rejoice in the congregation of my conviction; [may he] carry blessing from HASHEM.

A joyous poem sung during appropriately joyous times, such as Shabbat, Festivals, Mitzvah celebrations, etc.

Translation from Sefaria, with edits by anonymous user.

*One of the Names of G-D.
**Some say instead of the preceding phrase.