Baruch Ata,
YHVH - Elohey
Yisrael, Avi
(Bless You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my
Father).
I will
praise You, YHVH, Elohi (my
God). With all my heart and soul, I will praise You. For You are very great and
You are clothed with honor and majesty.
You, Boreh
Olam (Creator of the Universe), cover Yourself with light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a
curtain; You lay the beams of Your upper chambers in the waters. You make the clouds Your chariot; You walk on
the wings of the wind. You make Your
angels spirits and Your ministers a flame of fire. You, Elohey Emet (God of Truth), laid
the foundations of the earth, so that it would not be moved, forever. You covered it with the deep as with a garment;
its waters stood above the mountains, and at Your rebuke they fled; at the
voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
They went up over the mountains; they went down into the valleys, to the
place, which You founded for them. You
have set a boundary that they may not pass over, so that they may not return to
cover the earth.
In this great and wide sea, there are
innumerable teeming things, living things both small and great. There the ships sail about, and the Leviathan,
which You have made, plays there. These
all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. What You, El Ro’eh (God Who Sees and
Provides), give them, they gather in; You open Your hand; they are filled with
good. But if You hide Your face, they
are troubled, and if You take away their breath, they die and return to their
dust. But then when You send forth Your
Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
You water the hills from Your upper chambers. You send the springs into the valleys; they
flow among the hills; they give drink to every beast of the field; even the
wild donkeys quench their thirst. You
cause the grass to grow, for the cattle and the vegetation, for the service of
man, that he may bring forth food from the earth and wine that makes glad the
heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread which strengthens man's
heart.
YHVH, El Ne’eman (Faithful God), Your trees
are full of sap, the cedars of L’vanon, which You planted and the fir trees where
the birds make their nests, and the stork has her home. Because of You, the birds of the heavens have
their home and sing among the branches. You also have made the high hills for the wild
goats, and the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers.
You have appointed the moon for seasons, and the
sun knows its going down. You make
darkness, and it is night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep about. The young lions roar after their prey and seek
their food from You, Ribon Olam
(Sovereign of the Universe). When the
sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens. But man goes out to his work and to his labor
until the evening.
You look on the earth, and it trembles; You
touch the hills, and they smoke. The
earth is full of Your possessions. O YHVH, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom,
You have made them all. May Your glory endure
forever and may You always rejoice in Your works. The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your
works. But may sinners be consumed from
the earth, and the wicked be no more.
I will sing to You, Bor’ee (my Creator), as long as I live. While I have my being, I will sing praise to
You, Elohi (my God). My meditation of You will be sweet; I will be
glad in You, Elohey Yeshua’tee (God
of my Salvation). I exalt You, YHVH; my
soul praises You!
Hallelu-Yah!!!
For You, YHVH, are Elohim. You
are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov. Avi the Almighty reigns!
