Mah Tovu

Shabbat Morning Prayers

1. Mah tovu

Mah tovu ohaleicha ya’akov mishkenoteicha yisrael.

Va’ani berov chasdecha avo beitecha, eshtachaveh el heichal kodesheca beyiratecha.

מַה טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ, יַעֲקֹב; מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

וַאֲנִי בְּרב חַסְדְּךָ אָבא בֵיתֶךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ.

 

Translation:

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

Trans​lation from The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915) (public domain)