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Mah Tovu

Mah tovu ohalecha, Ya'akov, mish'k'notecha,
Yisrael!
Va'ani b'rov chas'd'cha avo veitecha, esh'tachaveh
el heichol kod'sh'cha b'yiratecha.
Adonai, ahavti m'on beitecha um'kom mishkan
k'vodecha.
Va'ani esh'tachaveh v'ech'ra'ah, ev'r'cha
lifnei Adonai osi.
Va'ani t'filati l'cha, Adonai, eit ratzon. Elohim,
b'rav chasdecha, aneini be'emet yishecha
מַה־טּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ, יַעֲקֹב, מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ,
יִשְׂרָאֵל!
וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ אָבוֹא בֵיתֶךָ, אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
אֶל־הֵיכַל קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ.
יְיָ, אָהַבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶךָ וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן
כְּבוֹדֶךָ.
וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְאֶכְרָעָה, אֶבְרְכָה
לִפְנֵי־יְיָ עֹשִׂי.
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי לְךָ, יְיָ, עֵת רָצוֹן. אֱלֹהִים,
בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּךָ, עֲנֵנִי בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶךָ.



How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel.
I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house; I bow down in awe at Your holy temple.
Adonai, I love Your temple abode, the dwelling-place of Your glory.
I will humbly bow down low before Adonai, my maker.
As for me, may my prayer come to You, Adonai, at a favorable time. O God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance.



Source: Mishkan T'filah: A Reform Siddur



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