Täglicher Psalm - meditativ, by Rivka Jaussi • the Open Siddur Project

Categories: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Phonaesthetics, Saturday

Excerpt: This is an invitation to begin a new day with a short Jewish meditation for German speakers. I was inspired by Shefa Gold's Chants, which takes a phrase from each of the daily Psalms and sets it to a melody. My German translation offers a wording that can also be sung alternately with the Hebrew phrase. (For the melodies, find Shefa Gold's site here.) It works of course also as a way to pause briefly during the day for a Jewish meditative moment. . . .

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This is an invitation to begin a new day with a short Jewish meditation for German speakers. I was inspired by Shefa Gold’s Chants, which takes a phrase from each of the daily Psalms and sets it to a melody. My German translation offers a wording that can also be sung alternately with the Hebrew phrase. (For the melodies, find Shefa Gold’s site here.) It works of course also as a way to pause briefly during the day for a Jewish meditative moment.

Mit einem Psalm durch den Tag (Auswahl und Melodie: Shefa Gold; interpretaive Übertragung: Rivka Jaussi)

Source (Hebrew)	Transliteration (romanized Hebrew)	Translation (English)	Translation (German)
		Psalm for Sunday	Psalm für Sonntag
שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם וּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם (תהלים כד:ט חלק)	S’u Scha’arim Roscheichem, u-s’u Pitchei Olam	Lift up your head, oh you gates; lift them up you everlasting doors! (Psalms 24:9 part)	Öffnet euch, ihr Tore der Welt, haltet euch weit geöffnet.
		Psalm for Monday	Psalm für Montag
דִּמִּינוּ אֱלֹהִים חַסְדֶּךָ (תהלים מח:י חלק)	Diminu Elohim Chasdeicha	Our Stillness/Silence is Your Love God. (Psalms 48:10 part)	In Stille stillen wir am Bronn uns.
		Psalm for Tuesday	Psalm für Dienstag
קוּמָה אֱלֹהִים שׇׁפְטָה הָאָרֶץ (תהלים פב:ח חלק)	Kumah Elohim schaftah ha-Aretz	Arise God, and judge the land. (Psalms 82:8 part)	Erhebe dich Yah (3×), entscheide du.
		Psalms for Wednesday	Psalm für Mittwoch
בְּרֹב שַׂרְעַפַּי בְּקִרְבִּי תַּנְחוּמֶיךָ יְשַׁעַשְׁעוּ נַפְשִׁי׃ (תהלים צד:יט)	B’rov Sarapai b-Kirbi, tanchumecha y’ischa’aschu Nafschi	When worries multply within me, Your comfort soothes my soul. (Psalms 94:19)	Wenn Sorgen mir viel (2×), wenn Sorgen mir viele sind, find Trost (2×) ich bei dir.
		Psalm for Thursday	Psalm für Donnerstag
תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר בַּכֵּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ׃ כִּי חֹק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא מִשְׁפָּט לֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב׃ (תהלים פא:ד-ה)	Tiku ba-Chodesch Schofar ba-Keseh le-Jom Chageinu Ki Chog le_Israel hu Mischpat le_-elohei Ja’akov.	Sound a shofar at the New Moon … at the moment of concealment/potential for our Celebration Day. It is a statute for Israel; it is a rule for Jacob. (Psalms 81:4-5)	Spielt nun auf zu Ehren des neuen Mondes (2×). Ein Fest ist’s Israel, ein Brauch Jakobs (2×)
		Psalms for Friday	Psalm für Freitag
נָכוֹן כִּסְאֲךָ מֵאָז מֵעוֹלָם אָתָּה׃ (תהלים צג:ב)	Nachon Kissacha me’as me-Olam atah	Your throne was long ago secured; beyond eternity are You. (Psalms 93:2)	Von jeher die Welt sich dreht (4×) – hin zu dir sie kehrt (4×).
		Psalm for Shabbat	Psalm für Schabat
מַה־גָּדְלוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ יְהֹוָה מְאֹד עָמְקוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ׃ (תהלים צג:ו)	Mah gadlu Ma’aseicha Yah, me’od amku Machaschevoteicha	How great is you work, oh God, how very deep are your thoughts! (Psalms 92:6)	Was eine Welt, was ein Leben! So klar und so unerklärlich. (Hallelujah!: Preis und Lob, ja!)

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