A BLESSING
-MA TOVU-

MA TOVU (A BLESSING).

MA  TOVU  OHALECHA  YA’AKOV MISHK’NOTECHA  YISRAEL.

HOW GOODLY ARE YOUR TENTS, O JACOB, YOUR DWELLING PLACES O ISRAEL.

VA’ANI  B’ROV  CHAS-D’CHA  AVO  VEI-TECHA,

AS FOR ME, IN THE ABUNDANCE OF YOUR MERCY,

ESHTACH-AVEH  EL  HEI-CHAL  KOD-SH’CHA  B’YIR-ATECHA.

DO I COME INTO YOUR HOUSE AND BOW DOWN IN YOUR HOLY TEMPLE IN REVERENCE OF YOU.

ADONAI,  AHAV-TI  M’ON  BEI-TECHA,  UM’KOM  MISH-KAN  K’VODECHA.

O LORD, I LOVE THE HABITATION OF YOUR HOUSE, THE PLACE WHERE YOUR GLORY DWELLS.

VA’ANI  ESHTACH-AVEH  V’ECHRAAH,  EV-R’CHAH  LIFNEI  ADONAI OSI.

AS FOR ME, I WILL BOW DOWN AND KNEEL. I WILL BEND THE KNEE BEFORE THE LORD, MY MAKER.

VA’ANI  T’FILATI  L’CHA,  ADONAI,  ET  RATZON.

AS FOR ME, MY PRAYER IS TO YOU IN THIS TIME OF FAVOUR.

ELOHIM,  B’ROV  CHAS-DE-CHA,  AN-ENI  BE’EMET  YI’SHECHA.

O GOD, IN YOUR ABUNDANT MERCY ANSWER ME WITH YOUR SAVING TRUTH.