Inspirational Phrases from the Book of Tehillim

Inspirational Phrases from the Book of Tehillim

Tehillim 16:8 - “Shiviti Ad-nai lenegdi tamid, ki mimini bal emot” - (I always place G-d before me; with Him guarding my right hand, I shall not falter.)   Tehillim 21:5 - “Chayim sha’al mimecha, natata lo orech yamim olam va’ed” – (He asked You for life—you granted him length of days forever and ever.)   Tehillim 22:1 - “LaMenatze’ach al ayelet hashachar mizmor le-David” - (For the conductor, on the morning dawn. A song of David.)   Tehillim 23:1 - “Ad-nai ro’i lo echsar” - (G-d is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.)   Tehillim 23:4 - “Gam ki elech begei tzalmavet, lo ira ra, ki Atah imadi, shivt’cha u-mish’ant’cha hemah yenachamuni” - (Even when I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your support comfort me.)   Tehillim 25:1 - “Le-David, Elecha Ad-nai nafshi esa” - (A psalm of David. To You, G-d, I lift up my soul.)   Tehillim 25:15 - “Einai tamid el Ad-nai” - (My eyes are always turned to G-d.)   Tehillim 27:1 - “Ad-nai ori veyish’i, mimi ira” - (G-d is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?)   Tehillim 30:1 - “Mizmor shir chanukat ha-Bayit le-David” - (A song of David for the dedication of the House.)   Tehillim 31:6 - “Beyadcha afkid ruchi, padita oti Ad-nai El emet” - Kriat Shema al ha-Mita (Into Your hand I entrust my soul—redeem me, G-d, G-d of truth.)   Tehillim 31:16 - “Beyadecha itotai, hatzileni miyad oyvai u-merodfai” - (My times are in Your hand; save me from the hand of my enemies and pursuers.)   Tehillim 34:13 - “Mi ha-ish hechafetz chayim” - (Who is the person who desires life…?)   Tehillim 37:7 - “Dom la-Ad-nai ve-hit’cholal…” - (Be still before G-d and place your hope in Him.)   Tehillim 37:27 - “Sur me-ra va-aseh tov” - (Turn away from evil and do good.)   Tehillim 37:25 - “Na’ar hayiti gam zakanti ve-lo ra’iti tzadik ne’ezav ve-zar’o mevakesh lechem” - (I was young and have grown old, yet I have never seen a righteous person abandoned, nor his children begging for bread.)   Tehillim 39:5 - “Hodi’eni Ad-nai kيتzi u-middat yamai mah hi—eda meh chadel ani” - (“Make me know, G-d, my end and the measure of my days—how short-lived I am.”)   Tehillim 41:4 - “Ad-nai yis’adenu al eres devai, kol mishkavo hafachta ve-cholyo” - (G-d supports him on his bed of illness; when he lies down, You restore him from his sickness.)   Tehillim 46: - “Ad-nai Tzevaot imanu, misgav lanu Elohei Yaakov selah” - (G-d of Hosts is with us; the G-d of Jacob is our stronghold forever.)   Tehillim 84: 13 - “Ad-nai Tzevaot, ashrei adam bote’ach bach” - (G-d of Hosts, happy is the person who trusts in You!)   Tehillim 20:10 - “Adonai hoshi’a, ha-Melech ya’anenu veyom kor’einu” - (G-d, save us! May the King answer us when we call.)   Tehillim 49:9 - “Ve-yekar pidyon nafsham” - (For the redemption of their soul is precious.)   Tehillim 51:12 - “Lev tahor bera li Elohim, ve-ruach nachon chadesh be-kirbi” - (Create in me a pure heart, O G-d, and renew within me a steadfast spirit.)   Tehillim 51:19 - “Zivchei Elohim ruach nishbarah” - (The offerings of G-d are a broken spirit.)   Tehillim 62:12 - “Achat diber Elohim, shtayim zu shamati, ki oz le-Elohim” - (G-d has spoken once; I have heard this twice: strength belongs to G-d.)   Tehillim 65: - “Shome’a tefilah, adecha kol basar yavo’u” - (O You who hear prayer, all flesh comes to You.)   Tehillim 68: 7 - Shidduch – “Elohim moshiv yechidim baytah, motzi asirim ba-kosharot; ach sorerim shachnu tzechichah” – (G-d brings the lonely home and releases prisoners from their chains.)   Tehillim 68:35 – “Tenu oz le-Elohim” – (Ascribe strength to G-d.)   Tehillim 69:2 - “Hoshi’eni Elohim ki vau mayim ad nafesh” - (Save me, O G-d, for the waters have reached my soul!)   Tehillim 69:14 - Et Ratzon – “Va-ani tefilati Lecha Ad-nai et ratzon Elohim be-rov chasdecha aneni be-emet yishecha” – (But I offer my prayer to You, O G-d, at a favorable time; O G-d, in Your abundant kindness, answer me with the truth of Your salvation.)   Tehillim 73:1 - “Ach tov le-Yisrael Elohim” - (Indeed, G-d is good to Israel.)   Tehillim 78:25 - “Lechem abirim achal ish, tzeidah shalach lahem la-sova” - (Man ate the bread of the mighty; He sent them food to satiety.)   Tehillim 85:12 - “Emet me-eretz titzmach, ve-tzedek mi-shamayim nishkaf” – (Truth will sprout from the earth, and righteousness will gaze down from Heaven.)   Tehillim 85:14 - “Tzedek lefanav yehallech” - (Righteousness will go before Him.)   Tehillim 86:15 - Selichot - “Ve-Atah Ad-nai El rachum ve-chanun, erech apayim ve-rav chesed ve-emet” - (But You, my Master, G-d, are compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth.)   Tehillim 90:4 - “Ki elef shanim be-einecha keyom etmol…” - (For a thousand years in Your eyes are like yesterday’s day.)   Tehillim 90:10 – “Yemei shenoteinu—va-hem shiv’im shanah” – (The days of our lives are seventy years.)   Tehillim 90:17 - “Vihi no’am Ad-nai Eloheinu aleinu, u-ma’aseh yadeinu konenah aleinu, u-ma’aseh yadeinu konenehu” - (May the pleasantness of my Master, our G-d, be upon us. Establish for us the work of our hands—yes, establish the work of our hands!)   Tehillim 91:11 - “Ki mal’achav yetzaveh lach, lishmorcha be-chol derachecha” - (For He will command His angels concerning you, to guard you on all your ways.)   Tehillim 92:13 – “Tzadik ka-tamar yifrach…” - (The righteous will flourish like a palm tree.)   Tehillim 94:9 - “Ha-nota ozen halo yishma, im yotzer ayin halo yabit” - (Does He who implants the ear not hear? Does He who forms the eye not see?!)   Tehillim 97:11 - “Or zarua la-tzadik, u-le-yishrei lev simchah” - (Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.)   Tehillim 102:1 - “Tefilah le-ani ki ya’atof” - (A prayer of the afflicted when he is faint.)   Tehillim 103:2 - “Barchi nafshi et Ad-nai…” - (Bless G-d, O my soul.)   Tehillim 104:14 – “…ha-adam, lehotzi lechem min ha-aretz” – (…man, bringing bread forth from the earth).   Tehillim 104:24 - “Mah rabu ma’asecha Ad-nai, kulam be-chochmah asita…” - (How great are Your works, G-d! You have made them all with wisdom…)   Tehillim 106:6 - Selichot - “Chatanu im avoteinu, he’evinu hირჷshanu” - (We have sinned along with our fathers; we have acted wickedly and done evil.)   Tehillim 109:4 - “Tachat ahavati yistenuni, va-ani—tefilah” - (In return for my love they oppose me, but I am prayer!)   Tehillim 111:10 - “Reshit chochmah yir’at Ad-nai, sechel tov le-chol oseihem, tehilato omedet la-ad” – (The beginning of wisdom is fear of G-d.)   Tehillim 113:2 - Kaddish - “Yehi shem Ad-nai mevorach, me-atah ve-ad olam” - (May the Name of G-d be blessed from now and forever!)   Tehillim 116:3 - “Kos yeshuot esa, u-ve-shem Ad-nai ekra” - (I will raise the cup of salvation and call upon the Name of G-d.)   Tehillim 118:1 - “Hodu la-Ad-nai ki tov, ki le-olam chasdo” - (Give thanks to G-d, for He is good; His kindness endures forever.)   Tehillim 118:5 - “Min ha-metzar karati Yah…” - (From the straits I called to G-d…)   Tehillim 118:8 - “Tov la-chasot ba-Ad-nai, mi-betoach ba-adam” - (It is better to take refuge in G-d than to trust in man.)   Tehillim 118:9 - “Pitchu li sha’arei tzedek” - (Open for me the gates of righteousness.)   Tehillim 118:22 - “Even ma’asu ha-bonim, hayetah le-rosh pinah” - (The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone!)   Tehillim 118:25 - “Ana Ad-nai hoshi’a na, ana Ad-nai hatzlicha na” - (Please, G-d, save us! Please, G-d, grant us success.)   Tehillim 119:18 - “Gal einai ve-abitah niflaot mi-Toratecha” - (Open my eyes so that I may behold the wonders of Your Torah.)   Tehillim 119:62 - “Chat zot laila akum le-hodot lach, al mishpetei tzidkecha” - (At midnight I rise to praise You for Your righteous laws.)   Tehillim 119:105 - “Ner le-ragli devarecha, ve-or li-netivati” - (Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.)   Tehillim 121:2 - “Ezri me-im Ad-nai, oseh shamayim va-aretz” - (My help comes from G-d, Maker of heaven and earth.)   Tehillim 121:4 - “Hineh lo yanum ve-lo yישן, shomer Yisrael” - (Behold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.)   Tehillim 121:5 - “Ad-nai tzilcha, al yad yeminecha” - (G-d is your shadow, at your right hand.)   Tehillim 128:3 - “Eshtecha ke-gefen poriyah be-yarketei veitecha, banecha ki sh’tilei zeitim saviv le-shulchanecha” - (Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your home; your children, like olive saplings around your table.)   Tehillim 130:1 - “Shir ha-ma’alot, mi-ma’amakim keraticha Ad-nai” - (A Song of Ascents. From the depths I have called to You, G-d.)   Tehillim 134:2 - “Se’u yedeichem kodesh, u-varchu et Ad-nai” - (Lift up your hands in holiness and bless G-d.)   Tehillim 135:4 - “Ki Yaakov bachar lo Yah, Yisrael li-segullato” - (For G-d chose Jacob for Himself, Israel as His treasured possession.)   Tehillim 137:5 - “Im eshkachech Yerushalayim, tishkach yemini” - (If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.)   Tehillim 144:15 - “Ashrei ha-am she-kachah lo, ashrei ha-am she-Ad-nai Elohav” - (Happy is the people for whom this is so; happy is the people whose G-d is G-d!)   Tehillim 145:9 – “Tov Ad-nai la-kol, ve-rachamav al kol ma’asav” – (G-d is good to all, and His compassion is upon all His creatures.)   Tehillim 145:16 - “Pote’ach et yadecha, u-masbia le-chol chai ratzon” - (You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing.)   Tehillim 149:6 - Kriat Shema al ha-Mita - “Romemot El bi-gronam, ve-cherev pifiyot be-yadam” - (Praises of G-d are in their mouths, and a double-edged sword is in their hands.)