MA TOVU
Music by Peri Smilow
From the morning liturgy
for Mom and Dad

Ma tovu ohalecha Ya’akov
Mishkenotecha Yisrael
V’ani b’rov chasdecha
Avo betecha
Eshtachaveh el heychal kadshecha
Biratecha

Ma tovu ohalecha Ya’akov
Mishkenotecha Yisrael
Adonai ahavti m’on betecha
u’makom k’vodecha
V’ani eshtachaveh v’echra-ah
Evrachah lifnai Adonai osi

V’ani t’filati l’cha
Adonai ait ratzon
Elohim b’rav chasdecha
Anaini, bemet yishecha

Ma tovu ohalecha Ya’akov
Mishkenotecha Yisrael
Elohim b’rav chasdecha
Anaini, anaini
B’emet yishecha
Ma tovu
                   

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your dwelling places, O Israel!
As for me, O God, abounding in grace,
I enter Your house to worship with awe
in Your sacred place.
I love Your house, Eternal One,
the dwelling place of Your glory;
humbly I worship You,
humbly I seek blessing from God my Maker.
To You, Eternal One, goes my prayer:
may this be a time of Your favor.
In Your great love, O God,
answer me with Your saving truth.