{ "name": "MakeAPrayer prayer corpus", "about": "https://makeaprayer.com/reuse", "terms": "Each edition states its own rights basis, and those terms govern its reuse. Public-domain editions may be reused freely. The Qur'an editions are Tanzil's and licensed: copy them verbatim, name Tanzil as the source and link https://tanzil.net/. Cite every text by the citeAs form given with it. Where an edition was retrieved through another library (\"via\"), credit that library as it asks.", "claim": "Every text was checked against a second independent witness and published only where both agreed. That is a claim about wording only. No person has checked any of it, and nobody credentialed in the tradition has selected or endorsed any of it for any situation.", "counts": { "texts": 69, "editions": 89, "held": 5 }, "texts": [ { "id": "metta-sutta-sbe", "name": "Karaniya Metta Sutta (Fausboll 1881)", "prayer": "karaniya-metta-sutta", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/karaniya-metta-sutta", "tradition": "buddhist", "occasions": [ "peace", "love", "spirit", "mental-health" ], "whatItIs": "A ten-verse Pali discourse from the Suttanipata, opening \"Karaniyam attha kusalena\", setting out the conduct and the boundless goodwill a practitioner extends to all beings. It is one of the core paritta (protective recitation) texts across Theravada Asia, chanted at blessings, at sickbeds, at funerals, and used as the base instruction for metta meditation. Recited in Pali by monastics and laity alike.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata", "translator": "V. Fausboll and F. Max Muller", "publisher": "Clarendon Press, Oxford", "year": "1881", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/wg910/WG910-1881%20-The%20Sacred%20Books%20of%20East%20-%20Vol%2010%20of%2050-Buddhism-Dhammapada%20And%20Sutta%20Nipata_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1881, before 1929, US public domain, and both translators died before 1929.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#metta-sutta-sbe" }, "citeAs": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata, 1881", "lines": [ "Whatever is to be done by one who is skilful in seeking (what is) good, having attained that tranquil state (of Nibbana): — Let him be able and upright and conscientious and of soft speech, gentle, not proud,", "And contented and easily supported and having few cares, unburdened and with his senses calmed and wise, not arrogant, without (showing) greediness (when going his round) in families.", "And let him not do anything mean for which others who are wise might reprove (him); may all beings be happy and secure, may they be happy-minded.", "Whatever living beings there are, either feeble or strong, all either long or great, middle-sized, short, small or large,", "Either seen or which are not seen, and which live far (or) near, either born or seeking birth, may all creatures be happy-minded.", "Let no one deceive another, let him not despise (another) in any place, let him not out of anger or resentment wish harm to another.", "As a mother at the risk of her life watches over her own child, her only child, so also let every one cultivate a boundless (friendly) mind towards all beings.", "And let him cultivate goodwill towards all the world, a boundless (friendly) mind, above and below and across, unobstructed, without hatred, without enmity.", "Standing, walking or sitting or lying, as long as he be awake, let him devote himself to this mind; this (way of) living they say is the best in this world.", "He who, not having embraced (philosophical) views, is virtuous, endowed with (perfect) vision, after subduing greediness for sensual pleasures, will never again go to a mother's womb." ] } ] }, { "id": "ratana-sutta-sbe", "name": "Ratana Sutta (Fausboll 1881)", "prayer": "ratana-sutta", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/ratana-sutta", "tradition": "buddhist", "occasions": [ "health", "peace", "blessings" ], "whatItIs": "A Suttanipata discourse traditionally recited to avert illness, famine and other affliction, invoking the qualities of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha as an asseveration of truth. It is a staple of paritta ceremonies in Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand, chanted over the sick and at house blessings, often through the night by an assembly of monks.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata", "translator": "V. Fausboll and F. Max Muller", "publisher": "Clarendon Press, Oxford", "year": "1881", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/wg910/WG910-1881%20-The%20Sacred%20Books%20of%20East%20-%20Vol%2010%20of%2050-Buddhism-Dhammapada%20And%20Sutta%20Nipata_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1881, before 1929, US public domain, and both translators died before 1929.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#ratana-sutta-sbe" }, "citeAs": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata, 1881", "lines": [ "Whatever spirits have come together here, either belonging to the earth or living in the air, let all spirits be happy, and then listen attentively to what is said.", "Therefore, O spirits, do ye all pay attention, show kindness to the human race who both day and night bring their offerings; therefore protect them strenuously.", "Whatever wealth there be here or in the other world, or whatever excellent jewel in the heavens, it is certainly not equal to Tathagata. This excellent jewel (is found) in Buddha, by this truth may there be salvation.", "The destruction (of passion), the freedom from passion, the excellent immortality which Sakyamuni attained (being) composed, — there is nothing equal to that Dhamma. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Dhamma, by this truth may there be salvation.", "The purity which the best of Buddhas praised, the meditation which they call uninterrupted, there is no meditation like this. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Dhamma, by this truth may there be salvation.", "The eight persons that are praised by the righteous, and make these four pairs, they are worthy of offerings, (being) Sugata's disciples; what is given to these will bear great fruit. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly (sangha), by this truth may there be salvation.", "Those who have applied themselves studiously with a firm mind and free from desire to the commandments of Gotama, have obtained the highest gain, having merged into immortality, and enjoying happiness after getting it for nothing. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "As a post in the front of a city gate is firm in the earth and cannot be shaken by the four winds, like that I declare the righteous man to be who, having penetrated the noble truths, sees (them clearly). This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "Those who understand the noble truths well taught by the profoundly wise (i.e. Buddha), though they be greatly distracted, will not (have to) take the eighth birth. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "On his (attaining the) bliss of (the right) view three things (dhammas) are left behind (by him): conceit and doubt and whatever he has got of virtue and (holy) works. He is released also from the four hells, and he is incapable of committing the six deadly sins. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "Even if he commit a sinful deed by his body, or in word or in thought, he is incapable of concealing it, (for) to conceal is said to be impossible for one that has seen the state (of Nibbana). This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "As in a clump of trees with their tops in bloom in the first heat of the hot month, so (Buddha) taught the excellent Dhamma leading to Nibbana to the greatest benefit (for all). This excellent jewel (is found) in Buddha, by this truth may there be salvation.", "The excellent one who knows what is excellent, who gives what is excellent, and who brings what is excellent, the incomparable one taught the excellent Dhamma. This excellent jewel (is found) in Buddha, by this truth may there be salvation.", "The old is destroyed, the new has not arisen, those whose minds are disgusted with a future existence, the wise who have destroyed their seeds (of existence, and) whose desires do not increase, go out like this lamp. This excellent jewel (is found) in the Assembly, by this truth may there be salvation.", "Whatever spirits have come together here, either belonging to the earth or living in the air, let us worship the perfect (tathagata) Buddha, revered by gods and men; may there be salvation.", "Whatever spirits have come together here, either belonging to the earth or living in the air, let us worship the perfect (tathagata) Dhamma, revered by gods and men; may there be salvation.", "Whatever spirits have come together here, either belonging to the earth or living in the air, let us worship the perfect (tathagata) Sangha, revered by gods and men; may there be salvation." ] } ] }, { "id": "salla-sutta-sbe", "name": "Salla Sutta, The Dart (Fausboll 1881)", "prayer": "salla-sutta", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/salla-sutta", "tradition": "buddhist", "occasions": [ "grief", "dying", "funeral" ], "whatItIs": "A Suttanipata discourse on the inevitability of death and on grief as a barb that the mourner draws out rather than deepens. It is used pastorally rather than liturgically, read at funerals and in bereavement teaching across Theravada communities, and is one of the canonical sources for Buddhist counsel to the bereaved.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata", "translator": "V. Fausboll and F. Max Muller", "publisher": "Clarendon Press, Oxford", "year": "1881", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/wg910/WG910-1881%20-The%20Sacred%20Books%20of%20East%20-%20Vol%2010%20of%2050-Buddhism-Dhammapada%20And%20Sutta%20Nipata_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1881, before 1929, US public domain, and both translators died before 1929.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#salla-sutta-sbe" }, "citeAs": "The Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X: The Dhammapada and Sutta-Nipata, 1881", "lines": [ "Without a cause and unknown is the life of mortals in this world, troubled and brief, and combined with pain.", "For there is not any means by which those that have been born can avoid dying; after reaching old age there is death, of such a nature are living beings.", "As ripe fruits are early in danger of falling, so mortals when born are always in danger of death.", "As all earthen vessels made by the potter end in being broken, so is the life of mortals.", "Both young and grown-up men, both those who are fools and those who are wise men, all fall into the power of death, all are subject to death.", "Of those who, overcome by death, go to the other world, a father does not save his son, nor relatives their relations.", "Mark! while relatives are looking on and lamenting greatly, one by one of the mortals is carried off, like an ox that is going to be killed.", "So the world is afflicted with death and decay, therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.", "For him, whose way thou dost not know, either when he is coming or when he is going, not seeing both ends, thou grievest in vain.", "If he who grieves gains anything, (although he is only) a fool hurting himself, let the wise man do the same.", "Not from weeping nor from grieving will any one obtain peace of mind; (on the contrary), the greater his pain will be, and his body will suffer.", "He will be lean and pale, hurting himself by himself, (and yet) the dead are not saved, lamentation (therefore) is of no avail.", "He who does not leave grief behind, goes (only) deeper into pain; bewailing the dead he falls into the power of grief.", "Look at others passing away, men that go (to what they deserve) according to their deeds, beings trembling already here, after falling into the power of death.", "In whatever manner people think (it will come to pass), different from that it becomes, so great is the disappointment (in this world); see, (such are) the terms of the world.", "Even if a man lives a hundred years or even more, he is at last separated from the company of his relatives, and leaves life in this world.", "Therefore let one, hearing (the words of) the saint, subdue his lamentation; seeing the one that has passed away and is dead, (let him say): 'He will not be found by me (any more).'", "As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton.", "He who seeks his own happiness should draw out his arrow (which is) his lamentation, and complaint, and grief.", "He who has drawn out the arrow and is not dependent (on anything) will obtain peace of mind; he who has overcome all sorrow will become free from sorrow, and blessed (nibbuta)." ] } ] }, { "id": "anima-christi-baltimore", "name": "Anima Christi (Baltimore Manual 1889)", "prayer": "anima-christi", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/anima-christi", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "dying", "serious-illness", "spirit" ], "whatItIs": "A fourteenth-century Eucharistic prayer beginning \"Soul of Christ, sanctify me\", widely attached to thanksgiving after communion and embedded in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. It circulates in dozens of English verse and prose renderings, which differ substantially; naming the edition matters more here than for most Catholic prayers.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity", "translator": null, "publisher": "John Murphy and Company, Baltimore", "year": "1889", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/manualofprayersf00wood/manualofprayersf00wood_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1889, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#anima-christi-baltimore" }, "citeAs": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, 1889", "lines": [ "Soul of Christ, sanctify me!", "Body of Christ, save me!", "Blood of Christ, inebriate me!", "Water from the side of Christ, wash me!", "Passion of Christ, strengthen me!", "O Good Jesus, hear me!", "Within Thy Wounds hide me!", "Suffer me not to be separated from Thee!", "From the malicious enemy defend me!", "In the hour of my death, call me,", "And bid me come to Thee;", "That with Thy Saints I may praise Thee", "For ever and ever. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "anima-christi-raccolta", "name": "Anima Christi (Raccolta 1910)", "prayer": "anima-christi", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/anima-christi", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "dying", "serious-illness", "spirit" ], "whatItIs": "A fourteenth-century Eucharistic prayer beginning \"Soul of Christ, sanctify me\", widely attached to thanksgiving after communion and embedded in the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola. It circulates in dozens of English verse and prose renderings, which differ substantially; naming the edition matters more here than for most Catholic prayers.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Raccolta: or, Collection of Indulgenced Prayers", "translator": null, "publisher": null, "year": "1910", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1910, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#anima-christi-raccolta" }, "citeAs": "The Raccolta: or, Collection of Indulgenced Prayers, 1910", "lines": [ "SOUL of CHRIST, be my sanctification.", "Body of CHRIST, be my salvation.", "Blood of CHRIST, fill all my veins.", "Water of CHRIST's side, wash out my stains.", "Passion of CHRIST, my comfort be.", "O good JESU, listen to me.", "In thy wounds I fain would hide,", "Ne'er to be parted from thy side.", "Guard me should the foe assail me.", "Call me when my life shall fail me.", "Bid me come to Thee above,", "With thy Saints to sing thy love", "World without end. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "beatitudes-douay", "name": "The Beatitudes (Douay-Rheims)", "prayer": "beatitudes", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/beatitudes", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit", "grief" ], "whatItIs": "The Beatitudes (Douay-Rheims), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition", "translator": "Douay-Rheims translators, revised by Richard Challoner", "publisher": "John Murphy Company, Baltimore", "year": "1899", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/thebibledouayrhe08300gut/8300.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1899, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#beatitudes-douay" }, "citeAs": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, 1899", "lines": [ "Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.", "Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.", "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.", "Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill.", "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.", "Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.", "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.", "Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.", "Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:", "Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you." ] } ] }, { "id": "hail-mary-baltimore", "name": "The Hail Mary (Baltimore Manual 1889)", "prayer": "hail-mary", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/hail-mary", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "health", "serious-illness", "dying", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "The central Marian prayer of Latin Catholicism, built from the Lucan greeting plus a later intercessory petition fixed in the sixteenth century. It is the repeated unit of the rosary and of the Angelus, and it is the prayer most often said at a sickbed or deathbed. Recited by anyone, at any time, with no conditions of office or state.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity", "translator": null, "publisher": "John Murphy and Company, Baltimore", "year": "1889", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/manualofprayersf00wood/manualofprayersf00wood_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1889, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hail-mary-baltimore" }, "citeAs": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, 1889", "lines": [ "Hail, Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "lords-prayer-douay", "name": "The Lord's Prayer (Douay-Rheims)", "prayer": "lords-prayer", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/lords-prayer", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit", "dying", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "The Lord's Prayer (Douay-Rheims), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition", "translator": "Douay-Rheims translators, revised by Richard Challoner", "publisher": "John Murphy Company, Baltimore", "year": "1899", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/thebibledouayrhe08300gut/8300.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1899, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#lords-prayer-douay" }, "citeAs": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, 1899", "lines": [ "Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.", "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.", "Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.", "And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.", "And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "memorare-baltimore", "name": "The Memorare (Baltimore Manual 1889)", "prayer": "memorare", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/memorare", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "serious-illness", "grief", "peace", "faith" ], "whatItIs": "A short petitionary prayer to Mary beginning \"Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary\", popularized in the seventeenth century and long associated with Claude Bernard. It is used at moments of acute distress and is a standard entry in indulgenced prayer collections. No restriction on who may say it.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity", "translator": null, "publisher": "John Murphy and Company, Baltimore", "year": "1889", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/manualofprayersf00wood/manualofprayersf00wood_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1889, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#memorare-baltimore" }, "citeAs": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, 1889", "lines": [ "REMEMBER, O most loving Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, and sought thine intercession, was left forsaken. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, My Mother. To thee I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word, despise not my words, but graciously hear and grant my prayer. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "memorare-raccolta", "name": "The Memorare (Raccolta 1910)", "prayer": "memorare", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/memorare", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "serious-illness", "grief", "peace", "faith" ], "whatItIs": "A short petitionary prayer to Mary beginning \"Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary\", popularized in the seventeenth century and long associated with Claude Bernard. It is used at moments of acute distress and is a standard entry in indulgenced prayer collections. No restriction on who may say it.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Raccolta: or, Collection of Indulgenced Prayers", "translator": null, "publisher": null, "year": "1910", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft/theraccoltaorcol00unknuoft_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1910, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#memorare-raccolta" }, "citeAs": "The Raccolta: or, Collection of Indulgenced Prayers, 1910", "lines": [ "REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions; but in thy clemency hear and answer me. Amen." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-129-douay", "name": "Psalm 129 / 130, De Profundis (Douay-Rheims)", "prayer": "psalm-130", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-130", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "grief", "funeral", "faith" ], "whatItIs": "One of the seven penitential psalms and the psalm most associated in Catholic practice with prayer for the dead, said at funerals, in the Office of the Dead, and privately after a death. Catholic English editions follow Vulgate numbering, so it appears as Psalm 129 in Douay-Rheims and Psalm 130 in most other Bibles.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, Psalms", "translator": "Challoner revision", "publisher": "John Murphy Company, Baltimore", "year": "1899", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/thebibledouayrhe08321gut/drb2110.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1899, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-129-douay" }, "citeAs": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, Psalms, 1899", "lines": [ "A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:", "Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.", "If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.", "For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:", "my soul hath hoped in the Lord.", "From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.", "Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.", "And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-22-douay", "name": "Psalm 22 / 23 (Douay-Rheims)", "prayer": "psalm-23", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-23", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "dying", "funeral", "grief", "serious-illness" ], "whatItIs": "Psalm 22 / 23 (Douay-Rheims), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, Psalms", "translator": "Challoner revision", "publisher": "John Murphy Company, Baltimore", "year": "1899", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/thebibledouayrhe08321gut/drb2110.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1899, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-22-douay" }, "citeAs": "The Douay-Rheims Bible, 1899 American Edition, Psalms, 1899", "lines": [ "A psalm for David. The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing.", "He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment:", "He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name's sake.", "For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.", "Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebreateth me, how goodly is it!", "And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days." ] } ] }, { "id": "salve-regina-baltimore", "name": "Salve Regina (Baltimore Manual 1889)", "prayer": "salve-regina", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/salve-regina", "tradition": "catholic", "occasions": [ "grief", "dying", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "An eleventh-century Marian antiphon, sung at Compline for much of the liturgical year and said at the close of the rosary. It is also sung at Catholic funerals, notably for clergy and religious. Widely known in Latin chant and in numerous English prose renderings.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity", "translator": null, "publisher": "John Murphy and Company, Baltimore", "year": "1889", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/manualofprayersf00wood/manualofprayersf00wood_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1889, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#salve-regina-baltimore" }, "citeAs": "A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, 1889", "lines": [ "Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy; our life, our sweetness, and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us; and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary." ] } ] }, { "id": "beatitudes-rv", "name": "Las Bienaventuranzas (Reina-Valera 1909)", "prayer": "beatitudes", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/beatitudes", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit", "grief" ], "whatItIs": "Las Bienaventuranzas (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "Spanish", "edition": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909", "translator": "Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision", "publisher": null, "year": "1909", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT06.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA023.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA091.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT05.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. 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Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#beatitudes-rv" }, "citeAs": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909, 1909", "lines": [ "Bienaventurados los pobres en espíritu: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos.", "Bienaventurados los que lloran: porque ellos recibirán consolación.", "Bienaventurados los mansos: porque ellos recibirán la tierra por heredad.", "Bienaventurados los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia: porque ellos serán hartos.", "Bienaventurados los misericordiosos: porque ellos alcanzarán misericordia.", "Bienaventurados los de limpio corazón: porque ellos verán á Dios.", "Bienaventurados los pacificadores: porque ellos serán llamados hijos de Dios.", "Bienaventurados los que padecen persecución por causa de la justicia: porque de ellos es el reino de los cielos.", "Bienaventurados sois cuando os vituperaren y os persiguieren, y dijeren de vosotros todo mal por mi causa, mintiendo.", "Gozaos y alegraos; porque vuestra merced es grande en los cielos: que así persiguieron á los profetas que fueron antes de vosotros." ] } ] }, { "id": "lords-prayer-rv", "name": "El Padre Nuestro (Reina-Valera 1909)", "prayer": "lords-prayer", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/lords-prayer", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit", "dying", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "El Padre Nuestro (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "Spanish", "edition": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909", "translator": "Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision", "publisher": null, "year": "1909", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT06.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA023.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA091.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT05.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. 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Amén." ] } ] }, { "id": "lords-prayer-segond", "name": "Le Notre Pere (Segond 1910)", "prayer": "lords-prayer", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/lords-prayer", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit", "dying", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "Le Notre Pere (Segond 1910), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "French", "edition": "La Sainte Bible, traduction Louis Segond, edition de 1910", "translator": "Louis Segond", "publisher": null, "year": "1910", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/bib/wb/fre/mat.htm and https://sacred-texts.com/bib/wb/fre/psa.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1910, before 1929, US public domain; the translator died in 1885. 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Amen!" ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-23-rv", "name": "Salmo 23 (Reina-Valera 1909)", "prayer": "psalm-23", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-23", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "dying", "funeral", "grief", "serious-illness" ], "whatItIs": "Salmo 23 (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "Spanish", "edition": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909", "translator": "Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision", "publisher": null, "year": "1909", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT06.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA023.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA091.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT05.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. 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Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-23-rv" }, "citeAs": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909, 1909", "lines": [ "JEHOVÁ es mi pastor; nada me faltará.", "En lugares de delicados pastos me hará yacer: junto á aguas de reposo me pastoreará.", "Confortará mi alma; guiaráme por sendas de justicia por amor de su nombre.", "Aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte, no temeré mal alguno; porque tú estarás conmigo: tu vara y tu cayado me infundirán aliento.", "Aderezarás mesa delante de mí, en presencia de mis angustiadores: ungiste mi cabeza con aceite: mi copa está rebosando.", "Ciertamente el bien y la misericordia me seguirán todos los días de mi vida: y en la casa de Jehová moraré por largos días." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-23-segond", "name": "Psaume 23 (Segond 1910)", "prayer": "psalm-23", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-23", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "dying", "funeral", "grief", "serious-illness" ], "whatItIs": "Psaume 23 (Segond 1910), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "French", "edition": "La Sainte Bible, traduction Louis Segond, edition de 1910", "translator": "Louis Segond", "publisher": null, "year": "1910", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://sacred-texts.com/bib/wb/fre/mat.htm and https://sacred-texts.com/bib/wb/fre/psa.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1910, before 1929, US public domain; the translator died in 1885. 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L'Eternel est mon berger: je ne manquerai de rien.", "Il me fait reposer dans de verts pâturages, Il me dirige près des eaux paisibles.", "Il restaure mon âme, Il me conduit dans les sentiers de la justice, A cause de son nom.", "Quand je marche dans la vallée de l'ombre de la mort, Je ne crains aucun mal, car tu es avec moi: Ta houlette et ton bâton me rassurent.", "Tu dresses devant moi une table, En face de mes adversaires; Tu oins d'huile ma tête, Et ma coupe déborde.", "Oui, le bonheur et la grâce m'accompagneront Tous les jours de ma vie, Et j'habiterai dans la maison de l'Eternel Jusqu'à la fin de mes jours." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-91-rv", "name": "Salmo 91 (Reina-Valera 1909)", "prayer": "psalm-91", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-91", "tradition": "christian", "occasions": [ "health", "surgery", "peace" ], "whatItIs": "Salmo 91 (Reina-Valera 1909), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": null, "editions": [ { "language": "Spanish", "edition": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909", "translator": "Casiodoro de Reina and Cipriano de Valera, 1909 revision", "publisher": null, "year": "1909", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT06.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA023.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/PSA091.htm, https://ebible.org/spaRV1909/MAT05.htm", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1909, before 1929, US public domain, and distributed as public domain by ebible.org. 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Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-91-rv" }, "citeAs": "Santa Biblia, Reina-Valera, revision de 1909, 1909", "lines": [ "EL que habita al abrigo del Altísimo, morará bajo la sombra del Omnipotente.", "Diré yo á Jehová: Esperanza mía, y castillo mío; mi Dios, en él confiaré.", "Y él te librará del lazo del cazador: de la peste destruidora.", "Con sus plumas te cubrirá, y debajo de sus alas estarás seguro: escudo y adarga es su verdad.", "No tendrás temor de espanto nocturno, ni de saeta que vuele de día;", "Ni de pestilencia que ande en oscuridad, ni de mortandad que en medio del día destruya.", "Caerán á tu lado mil, y diez mil á tu diestra: mas á ti no llegará.", "Ciertamente con tus ojos mirarás, y verás la recompensa de los impíos.", "Porque tú has puesto á Jehová, que es mi esperanza, al Altísimo por tu habitación,", "No te sobrevendrá mal, ni plaga tocará tu morada.", "Pues que á sus ángeles mandará acerca de ti, que te guarden en todos tus caminos.", "En las manos te llevarán, porque tu pie no tropiece en piedra.", "Sobre el león y el basilisco pisarás; hollarás al cachorro del león y al dragón.", "Por cuanto en mí ha puesto su voluntad, yo también lo libraré: pondrélo en alto, por cuanto ha conocido mi nombre.", "Me invocará, y yo le responderé: con él estaré yo en la angustia: lo libraré, y le glorificaré.", "Saciarélo de larga vida, y mostraréle mi salud." ] } ] }, { "id": "baruch-dayan-haemet", "name": "Baruch Dayan HaEmet", "prayer": "baruch-dayan-haemet", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/baruch-dayan-haemet", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "dying", "funeral", "grief", "pregnancy-loss" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "Four words said on hearing that someone has died: blessed is the true Judge. The Mishnah lists it among the blessings said on news, the one for news that is bad, and it is what a Jewish family says aloud at the moment they are told. It is also the phrase written at the top of a death announcement, which is how most people meet it.", "caution": "No English is set beside the Hebrew. The blessing is four words and the usual English, “blessed is the true Judge”, is not taken here from any edition: the one public-domain prayer book that prints it, Singer’s of 1904, gives it only as the tail of an elided formula, “On hearing Evil Tidings: — the true Judge”, with the opening words printed once further up the page. Setting a translation beside it that came from nowhere would be the failure this site exists to avoid. The full blessing as it is said in the liturgy opens with the standard formula naming God, and saying a blessing has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the four words the Mishnah records.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Mishnah, Torat Emet edition", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria", "year": "2026", "reference": "Mishnah Berakhot 9:2", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Berakhot_9.2", "rights": { "basis": "Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. The Mishnah itself is ancient and the pointing follows the standard printed editions. Checked against Hebrew Wikisource's separately keyed vocalized Mishnah. 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Its synagogue recitation is restricted to those of priestly descent; its domestic use is not.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Numbers 6:24-26", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Numbers%206:24-26?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. 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Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#priestly-blessing-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "The LORD bless thee, and keep thee;", "The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee;", "The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." ] } ] }, { "id": "priestly-blessing-singer", "name": "The Priestly Blessing (Singer 1904)", "prayer": "priestly-blessing", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/priestly-blessing", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "blessings", "birth", "marriage" ], "whatItIs": "The three-verse blessing of Numbers 6:24-26, pronounced by kohanim in the synagogue service and used by parents to bless children on Sabbath eve and at weddings and other life-cycle moments. Its synagogue recitation is restricted to those of priestly descent; its domestic use is not.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition", "translator": "Simeon Singer", "publisher": "Eyre and Spottiswoode, London", "year": "1904", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/authoriseddailyp00sing/authoriseddailyp00sing_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Seventh edition, published 1904, before 1929, US public domain. 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Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#priestly-blessing-singer" }, "citeAs": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition, 1904", "lines": [ "Our God and God of our fathers, bless us with the three-fold blessing of thy Law written by the hand of Moses thy servant, which was spoken by Aaron and his sons, the priests, thy holy people, as it is said, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord turn his face unto thee, and give thee peace." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-100-jps", "name": "Psalm 100 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-100", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-100", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "blessings", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A Psalm of thanksgiving, five verses long. It is part of the weekday morning service, where it recalls the thanksgiving offering.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 100:1-5", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20100:1-5?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-100-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 100:1-5, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "מִזְמוֹר לְתוֹדָה הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה כָּל־הָאָרֶץ׃", "עִבְדוּ אֶת־יְהוָה בְּשִׂמְחָה בֹּאוּ לְפָנָיו בִּרְנָנָה׃", "דְּעוּ כִּי־יְהוָה הוּא אֱלֹהִים הוּא־עָשָׂנוּ ולא [וְלוֹ] אֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתוֹ׃", "בֹּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו בְּתוֹדָה חֲצֵרֹתָיו בִּתְהִלָּה הוֹדוּ־לוֹ בָּרֲכוּ שְׁמוֹ׃", "כִּי־טוֹב יְהֹוָה לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ וְעַד־דֹּר וָדֹר אֱמוּנָתוֹ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#100:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-100-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "A Psalm of thanksgiving.", "Shout unto the LORD, all the earth.", "Serve the LORD with gladness;", "Come before His presence with singing.", "Know ye that the LORD He is God;", "It is He that hath made us, and we are His,", "His people, and the flock of His pasture.", "Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,", "And into His courts with praise;", "Give thanks unto Him, and bless His name.", "For the LORD is good; His mercy endureth for ever;", "And His faithfulness unto all generations." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-103-jps", "name": "Psalm 103 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-103", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-103", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "health", "blessings", "spirit", "grief" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "Bless the LORD, O my soul: a psalm of thanks for forgiveness and healing, which sets human frailty, days like grass, against a mercy that does not end.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 103:1-22", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20103:1-22?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-103-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 103:1-22, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לְדָוִד בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה וְכָל־קְרָבַי אֶת־שֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ׃", "בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה וְאַל־תִּשְׁכְּחִי כָּל־גְּמוּלָיו׃", "הַסֹּלֵחַ לְכָל־עֲוֺנֵכִי הָרֹפֵא לְכָל־תַּחֲלֻאָיְכִי׃", "הַגּוֹאֵל מִשַּׁחַת חַיָּיְכִי הַמְעַטְּרֵכִי חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים׃", "הַמַּשְׂבִּיַע בַּטּוֹב עֶדְיֵךְ תִּתְחַדֵּשׁ כַּנֶּשֶׁר נְעוּרָיְכִי׃", "עֹשֵׂה צְדָקוֹת יְהוָה וּמִשְׁפָּטִים לְכָל־עֲשׁוּקִים׃", "יוֹדִיעַ דְּרָכָיו לְמֹשֶׁה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֲלִילוֹתָיו׃", "רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן יְהוָה אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חָסֶד׃", "לֹא־לָנֶצַח יָרִיב וְלֹא לְעוֹלָם יִטּוֹר׃", "לֹא כַחֲטָאֵינוּ עָשָׂה לָנוּ וְלֹא כַעֲוֺנֹתֵינוּ גָּמַל עָלֵינוּ׃", "כִּי כִגְבֹהַּ שָׁמַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ גָּבַר חַסְדּוֹ עַל־יְרֵאָיו׃", "כִּרְחֹק מִזְרָח מִמַּעֲרָב הִרְחִיק מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵינוּ׃", "כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל־בָּנִים רִחַם יְהוָה עַל־יְרֵאָיו׃", "כִּי־הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ זָכוּר כִּי־עָפָר אֲנָחְנוּ׃", "אֱנוֹשׁ כֶּחָצִיר יָמָיו כְּצִיץ הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּן יָצִיץ׃", "כִּי רוּחַ עָבְרָה־בּוֹ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקוֹמוֹ׃", "וְחֶסֶד יְהוָה מֵעוֹלָם וְעַד־עוֹלָם עַל־יְרֵאָיו וְצִדְקָתוֹ לִבְנֵי בָנִים׃", "לְשֹׁמְרֵי בְרִיתוֹ וּלְזֹכְרֵי פִקֻּדָיו לַעֲשׂוֹתָם׃", "יְהוָה בַּשָּׁמַיִם הֵכִין כִּסְאוֹ וּמַלְכוּתוֹ בַּכֹּל מָשָׁלָה׃", "בָּרֲכוּ יְהוָה מַלְאָכָיו גִּבֹּרֵי כֹחַ עֹשֵׂי דְבָרוֹ לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל דְּבָרוֹ׃", "בָּרֲכוּ יְהוָה כָּל־צְבָאָיו מְשָׁרְתָיו עֹשֵׂי רְצוֹנוֹ׃", "בָּרֲכוּ יְהוָה כָּל־מַעֲשָׂיו בְּכָל־מְקֹמוֹת מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ בָּרֲכִי נַפְשִׁי אֶת־יְהוָה׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#103:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects and compared verse by verse. Where they split, a third copy settled it; the record says where.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-103-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "[A Psalm] of David.", "Bless the LORD, O my soul;", "And all that is within me, bless His holy name.", "Bless the LORD, O my soul,", "And forget not all His benefits;", "Who forgiveth all thine iniquity;", "Who healeth all Thy diseases;", "Who redeemeth Thy life from the pit;", "Who encompasseth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;", "Who satisfieth thine old age with good things;", "So that Thy youth is renewed like the eagle.", "The LORD executeth righteousness,", "And acts of justice for all that are oppressed.", "He made known His ways unto Moses,", "His doings unto the children of Israel.", "The LORD is full of compassion and gracious,", "Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.", "He will not always contend;", "Neither will He keep His anger for ever.", "He hath not dealt with us after our sins,", "Nor requited us according to our iniquities.", "For as the heaven is high above the earth,", "So great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.", "As far as the east is from the west,", "So far hath He removed our transgressions from us.", "Like as a father hath compassion upon his children,", "So hath the LORD compassion upon them that fear Him. For He knoweth our frame;", "He remembereth that we are dust.", "As for man, his days are as grass;", "As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.", "For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;", "And the place thereof knoweth it no more.", "But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him,", "And His righteousness unto children's children;", "To such as keep His covenant,", "And to those that remember His precepts to do them.", "The LORD hath established His throne in the heavens;", "And His kingdom ruleth over all.", "Bless the LORD, ye angels of His,", "Ye mighty in strength, that fulfil His word,", "Hearkening unto the voice of His word.", "Bless the LORD, all ye His hosts;", "Ye ministers of His, that do His pleasure.", "Bless the LORD, all ye His works,", "In all places of His dominion;", "Bless the LORD, O my soul." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-113-jps", "name": "Psalm 113 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-113", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-113", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "fertility", "birth", "blessings" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "The first psalm of Hallel, sung on festivals and at the Passover table. It ends with the childless woman made a joyful mother of children, which is why it is turned to by those hoping for a child.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 113:1-9", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20113:1-9?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-113-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 113:1-9, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "הַלְלוּ יָהּ הַלְלוּ עַבְדֵי יְהוָה הַלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה׃", "יְהִי שֵׁם יְהוָה מְבֹרָךְ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם׃", "מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹאוֹ מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם יְהוָה׃", "רָם עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיִם יְהוָה עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּבוֹדוֹ׃", "מִי כַּיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת׃", "הַמַּשְׁפִּילִי לִרְאוֹת בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ׃", "מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן׃", "לְהוֹשִׁיבִי עִם־נְדִיבִים עִם נְדִיבֵי עַמּוֹ׃", "מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת אֵם־הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה הַלְלוּ־יָהּ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#113:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-113-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "Hallelujah.", "Praise, O ye servants of the LORD,", "Praise the name of the LORD.", "Blessed be the name of the LORD", "From this time forth and for ever.", "From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof", "The LORD'S name is to be praised.", "The LORD is high above all nations,", "His glory is above the heavens.", "Who is like unto the LORD our God,", "That is enthroned on high,", "That looketh down low", "Upon heaven and upon the earth?", "Who raiseth up the poor out of the dust,", "And lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill;", "That He may set him with princes,", "Even with the princes of His people.", "Who maketh the barren woman to dwell in her house", "As a joyful mother of children.", "Hallelujah." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-121-jps", "name": "Psalm 121 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-121", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-121", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "health", "surgery", "peace", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "One of the Songs of Ascents, a short psalm of protection for one setting out or in danger. Used in Jewish practice at times of travel, illness and childbirth, and included in some funeral and memorial orders. Often paired with Psalm 130 in visits to the sick.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The two columns do not cover quite the same span: the Hebrew opens with the psalm's superscription, “A Song of Ascents”, which the English published here does not carry, because the two transcription passes over the JPS volume agreed only from the first verse proper.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 121:1-8", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20121:1-8?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-02.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-121-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 121:1-8, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃", "עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃", "אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ׃", "הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל׃", "יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶךָ׃", "יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה׃", "יְהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ׃", "יְהוָה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms (fetched via ?action=render); also .../Numbers and .../Deuteronomy", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-121-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:", "From whence shall my help come?", "My help cometh from the LORD,", "Who made heaven and earth.", "He will not suffer thy foot to be moved;", "He that keepeth thee will not slumber.", "Behold, He that keepeth Israel", "Doth neither slumber nor sleep.", "The LORD is thy keeper;", "The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.", "The sun shall not smite thee by day,", "Nor the moon by night.", "The LORD shall keep thee from all evil;", "He shall keep thy soul.", "The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in,", "From this time forth and for ever." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-121-singer", "name": "Psalm 121 (Singer 1904)", "prayer": "psalm-121", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-121", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "health", "surgery", "peace" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "One of the Songs of Ascents, a short psalm of protection for one setting out or in danger. Used in Jewish practice at times of travel, illness and childbirth, and included in some funeral and memorial orders. Often paired with Psalm 130 in visits to the sick.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The two columns come from different publishers: Singer's prayer book prints its own facing Hebrew, and the Hebrew shown here is a Masoretic edition rather than Singer's, which is why it is named separately above. The Hebrew also opens with the psalm's superscription, “A Song of Ascents”, which the English published here does not carry.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 121:1-8", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20121:1-8?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-121-singer" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 121:1-8, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שִׁיר לַמַּעֲלוֹת אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִים מֵאַיִן יָבֹא עֶזְרִי׃", "עֶזְרִי מֵעִם יְהוָה עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃", "אַל־יִתֵּן לַמּוֹט רַגְלֶךָ אַל־יָנוּם שֹׁמְרֶךָ׃", "הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל׃", "יְהוָה שֹׁמְרֶךָ יְהוָה צִלְּךָ עַל־יַד יְמִינֶךָ׃", "יוֹמָם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ לֹא־יַכֶּכָּה וְיָרֵחַ בַּלָּיְלָה׃", "יְהוָה יִשְׁמָרְךָ מִכָּל־רָע יִשְׁמֹר אֶת־נַפְשֶׁךָ׃", "יְהוָה יִשְׁמָר־צֵאתְךָ וּבוֹאֶךָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition", "translator": "Simeon Singer", "publisher": "Eyre and Spottiswoode, London", "year": "1904", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/authoriseddailyp00sing/authoriseddailyp00sing_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Seventh edition, published 1904, before 1929, US public domain. The work first appeared in 1890 and the translator died in 1906, so it is also clear in life-plus-70 jurisdictions.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-121-singer" }, "citeAs": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition, 1904", "lines": [ "I lift up mine eyes unto the hills : whence will my help come ?", "My help is from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.", "He will not suffer thy foot to slip : he that guardeth thee will not slumber.", "Behold, he that guardeth Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.", "The Lord is thy guardian : the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.", "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.", "The Lord shall guard thee from all evil ; he shall guard thy soul.", "The Lord shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for evermore." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-126-jps", "name": "Psalm 126 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-126", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-126", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "blessings", "spirit", "prosperity" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A Song of Ascents about return and about sowing in tears and reaping in joy. It is sung before the Grace after Meals on Sabbaths and festivals.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 126:1-6", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20126:1-6?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-126-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 126:1-6, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת בְּשׁוּב יְהוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַת צִיּוֹן הָיִינוּ כְּחֹלְמִים׃", "אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה אָז יֹאמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם הִגְדִּיל יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עִם־אֵלֶּה׃", "הִגְדִּיל יְהוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עִמָּנוּ הָיִינוּ שְׂמֵחִים׃", "שׁוּבָה יְהוָה אֶת־שבותנו [שְׁבִיתֵנוּ] כַּאֲפִיקִים בַּנֶּגֶב׃", "הַזֹּרְעִים בְּדִמְעָה בְּרִנָּה יִקְצֹרוּ׃", "הָלוֹךְ יֵלֵךְ וּבָכֹה נֹשֵׂא מֶשֶׁךְ־הַזָּרַע בֹּא־יָבוֹא בְרִנָּה נֹשֵׂא אֲלֻמֹּתָיו׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#126:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-126-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "A Song of Ascents.", "When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion,", "We were like unto them that dream.", "Then was our mouth filled with laughter,", "And our tongue with singing;", "Then said they among the nations:", "'The LORD hath done great things with these.'", "The LORD hath done great things with us;", "We are rejoiced.", "Turn our captivity, O LORD,", "As the streams in the dry land.", "They that sow in tears", "Shall reap in joy.", "Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed,", "He shall come home with joy, bearing his sheaves." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-128-jps", "name": "Psalm 128 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-128", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-128", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "marriage", "love", "birth", "prosperity" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A Song of Ascents blessing the household: work that feeds, a marriage, children round the table. It is said at the close of the Sabbath and in the bedtime prayers, and it is associated with weddings.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 128:1-6", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20128:1-6?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-128-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 128:1-6, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אַשְׁרֵי כָּל־יְרֵא יְהוָה הַהֹלֵךְ בִּדְרָכָיו׃", "יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תֹאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ׃", "אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ׃", "הִנֵּה כִי־כֵן יְבֹרַךְ גָּבֶר יְרֵא יְהוָה׃", "יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה מִצִּיּוֹן וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃", "וּרְאֵה־בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָׁלוֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#128:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-128-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "A Song of Ascents.", "Happy is every one that feareth the LORD,", "That walketh in His ways.", "When thou eatest the labour of thy hands,", "Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.", "Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house;", "Thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.", "Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed", "That feareth the LORD.", "The LORD bless thee out of Zion;", "And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;", "And see thy children's children.", "Peace be upon Israel!" ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-13-jps", "name": "Psalm 13 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-13", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-13", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "serious-illness", "mental-health", "grief" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "Six verses that begin with How long and end in trust. It is among the psalms customarily said for a person who is ill, and it is short enough to be said at a bedside.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 13:1-6", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2013:1-6?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-13-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 13:1-6, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃", "עַד־אָנָה יְהוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵנִי נֶצַח עַד־אָנָה תַּסְתִּיר אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי׃", "עַד־אָנָה אָשִׁית עֵצוֹת בְּנַפְשִׁי יָגוֹן בִּלְבָבִי יוֹמָם עַד־אָנָה יָרוּם אֹיְבִי עָלָי׃", "הַבִּיטָה עֲנֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי הָאִירָה עֵינַי פֶּן־אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת׃", "פֶּן־יֹאמַר אֹיְבִי יְכָלְתִּיו צָרַי יָגִילוּ כִּי אֶמּוֹט׃", "וַאֲנִי בְּחַסְדְּךָ בָטַחְתִּי יָגֵל לִבִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי גָמַל עָלָי׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#13:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-13-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "For the Leader. A Psalm of David.", "How long, O LORD, wilt Thou forget me for ever?", "How long wilt Thou hide Thy face from me?", "How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart by day?", "How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?", "Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God;", "Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;", "Lest mine enemy say: 'I have prevailed against him';", "Lest mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.", "But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust;", "My heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.", "I will sing unto the LORD,", "Because He hath dealt bountifully with me." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-130-jps", "name": "Psalm 130 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-130", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-130", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "grief", "faith", "mental-health" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A penitential Song of Ascents calling out from the depths. Recited in Jewish practice at times of crisis and serious illness, added to the daily service on the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the Ashkenazi rite, and said communally for a person in danger.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The two columns do not cover quite the same span: the Hebrew opens with the psalm's superscription, “A Song of Ascents”, which the English published here does not carry, because the two transcription passes over the JPS volume agreed only from the first verse proper.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 130:1-8", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20130:1-8?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-02.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-130-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 130:1-8, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָה׃", "אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי׃", "אִם־עֲוֺנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד׃", "כִּי־עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא׃", "קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי׃", "נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר׃", "יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי־עִם־יְהוָה הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת׃", "וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוֺנֹתָיו׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms (fetched via ?action=render); also .../Numbers and .../Deuteronomy", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-130-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.", "Lord, hearken unto my voice;", "Let Thine ears be attentive", "To the voice of my supplications.", "If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities,", "O Lord, who could stand?", "For with Thee there is forgiveness,", "That Thou mayest be feared.", "I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait,", "And in His word do I hope.", "My soul waiteth for the Lord,", "More than watchmen for the morning;", "Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.", "O Israel, hope in the LORD;", "For with the LORD there is mercy,", "And with Him is plenteous redemption.", "And He will redeem Israel", "From all his iniquities." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-150-jps", "name": "Psalm 150 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-150", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-150", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "spirit", "blessings", "faith" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "The last psalm, a call for everything that has breath to praise. It closes the psalms of praise in the daily morning service.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 150:1-6", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%20150:1-6?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-150-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 150:1-6, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "הַלְלוּ יָהּ הַלְלוּ־אֵל בְּקָדְשׁוֹ הַלְלוּהוּ בִּרְקִיעַ עֻזּוֹ׃", "הַלְלוּהוּ בִגְבוּרֹתָיו הַלְלוּהוּ כְּרֹב גֻּדְלוֹ׃", "הַלְלוּהוּ בְּתֵקַע שׁוֹפָר הַלְלוּהוּ בְּנֵבֶל וְכִנּוֹר׃", "הַלְלוּהוּ בְתֹף וּמָחוֹל הַלְלוּהוּ בְּמִנִּים וְעוּגָב׃", "הַלְלוּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁמַע הַלְלוּהוּ בְּצִלְצְלֵי תְרוּעָה׃", "כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ הַלְלוּ־יָהּ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#150:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-150-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "Hallelujah.", "Praise God in His sanctuary;", "Praise Him in the firmament of His power.", "Praise Him for His mighty acts;", "Praise Him according to His abundant greatness.", "Praise Him with the blast of the horn;", "Praise Him with the psaltery and harp.", "Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;", "Praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.", "Praise Him with the loud-sounding cymbals;", "Praise Him with the clanging cymbals.", "Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.", "Hallelujah." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-16-jps", "name": "Psalm 16 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-16", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-16", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "funeral", "grief", "dying" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A psalm of trust that ends with the path of life. In many communities it is read in a house of mourning on days when the usual mourning psalm is not said, and at funerals on those days.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 16:1-11", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2016:1-11?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-16-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 16:1-11, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "מִכְתָּם לְדָוִד שָׁמְרֵנִי אֵל כִּי־חָסִיתִי בָךְ׃", "אָמַרְתְּ לַיהוָה אֲדֹנָי אָתָּה טוֹבָתִי בַּל־עָלֶיךָ׃", "לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל־חֶפְצִי־בָם׃", "יִרְבּוּ עַצְּבוֹתָם אַחֵר מָהָרוּ בַּל־אַסִּיךְ נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם וּבַל־אֶשָּׂא אֶת־שְׁמוֹתָם עַל־שְׂפָתָי׃", "יְהוָה מְנָת־חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי אַתָּה תּוֹמִיךְ גּוֹרָלִי׃", "חֲבָלִים נָפְלוּ־לִי בַּנְּעִמִים אַף־נַחֲלָת שָׁפְרָה עָלָי׃", "אֲבָרֵךְ אֶת־יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר יְעָצָנִי אַף־לֵילוֹת יִסְּרוּנִי כִלְיוֹתָי׃", "שִׁוִּיתִי יְהוָה לְנֶגְדִּי תָמִיד כִּי מִימִינִי בַּל־אֶמּוֹט׃", "לָכֵן שָׂמַח לִבִּי וַיָּגֶל כְּבוֹדִי אַף־בְּשָׂרִי יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח׃", "כִּי לֹא־תַעֲזֹב נַפְשִׁי לִשְׁאוֹל לֹא־תִתֵּן חֲסִידְךָ לִרְאוֹת שָׁחַת׃", "תּוֹדִיעֵנִי אֹרַח חַיִּים שֹׂבַע שְׂמָחוֹת אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ נְעִמוֹת בִּימִינְךָ נֶצַח׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#16:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-16-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "Michtam of David.", "Keep me, O God; for I have taken refuge in Thee.", "I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my Lord;", "I have no good but in Thee';", "As for the holy that are in the earth,", "They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.", "Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another;", "Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer,", "Nor take their names upon my lips.", "O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup,", "Thou maintainest my lot.", "The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;", "Yea, I have a goodly heritage.", "I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel;", "Yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.", "I have set the LORD always before me;", "Surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.", "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth;", "My flesh also dwelleth in safety;", "For Thou wilt not abandon my soul to the nether-world;", "Neither wilt Thou suffer Thy godly one to see the pit.", "Thou makest me to know the path of life;", "In Thy presence is fulness of joy,", "In Thy right hand bliss for evermore." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-20-jps", "name": "Psalm 20 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-20", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-20", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "surgery", "serious-illness", "birth", "health" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A prayer that God answer in the day of trouble. It stands near the end of the weekday morning service, and it is customarily said for a person in danger, including for a woman in labour.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 20:1-10", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2020:1-10?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-20-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 20:1-10, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃", "יַעַנְךָ יְהוָה בְּיוֹם צָרָה יְשַׂגֶּבְךָ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב׃", "יִשְׁלַח־עֶזְרְךָ מִקֹּדֶשׁ וּמִצִּיּוֹן יִסְעָדֶךָּ׃", "יִזְכֹּר כָּל־מִנְחֹתֶךָ וְעוֹלָתְךָ יְדַשְּׁנֶה סֶלָה׃", "יִתֶּן־לְךָ כִלְבָבֶךָ וְכָל־עֲצָתְךָ יְמַלֵּא׃", "נְרַנְּנָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ וּבְשֵׁם־אֱלֹהֵינוּ נִדְגֹּל יְמַלֵּא יְהוָה כָּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶיךָ׃", "עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי הוֹשִׁיעַ יְהוָה מְשִׁיחוֹ יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֹ בִּגְבֻרוֹת יֵשַׁע יְמִינוֹ׃", "אֵלֶּה בָרֶכֶב וְאֵלֶּה בַסּוּסִים וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ נַזְכִּיר׃", "הֵמָּה כָּרְעוּ וְנָפָלוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ קַּמְנוּ וַנִּתְעוֹדָד׃", "יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם־קָרְאֵנוּ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#20:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-20-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "For the Leader. A Psalm of David.", "The LORD answer thee in the day of trouble;", "The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;", "Send forth thy help from the sanctuary,", "And support thee out of Zion;", "Receive the memorial of all thy meal-offerings,", "And accept the fat of thy burnt-sacrifice; Selah", "Grant thee according to thine own heart,", "And fulfil all thy counsel.", "We will shout for joy in thy victory,", "And in the name of our God we will set up our standards;", "The LORD fulfil all thy petitions.", "Now know I that the LORD saveth His anointed;", "He will answer him from His holy heaven", "With the mighty acts of His saving right hand.", "Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;", "But we will make mention of the name of the LORD our God.", "They are bowed down and fallen;", "But we are risen, and stand upright.", "Save, LORD;", "Let the King answer us in the day that we call." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-23-jps", "name": "Psalm 23 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-23", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-23", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "dying", "funeral", "grief", "serious-illness" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A short psalm of trust attributed to David, widely used at funerals, at memorial gatherings and at the Sabbath afternoon meal in some communities. In Jewish use it is read in Hebrew from the Book of Psalms and is not tied to a fixed liturgical slot the way the fixed prayers are.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The two columns do not cover quite the same span: the Hebrew opens with the psalm's superscription, “A Psalm of David”, which the English published here does not carry, because the two transcription passes over the JPS volume agreed only from the first verse proper.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 23:1-6", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2023:1-6?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-02.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-23-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 23:1-6, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָר׃", "בִּנְאוֹת דֶּשֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵנִי עַל־מֵי מְנֻחוֹת יְנַהֲלֵנִי׃", "נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב יַנְחֵנִי בְמַעְגְּלֵי־צֶדֶק לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ׃", "גַּם כִּי־אֵלֵךְ בְּגֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא־אִירָא רָע כִּי־אַתָּה עִמָּדִי שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָּה יְנַחֲמֻנִי׃", "תַּעֲרֹךְ לְפָנַי שֻׁלְחָן נֶגֶד צֹרְרָי דִּשַּׁנְתָּ בַשֶּׁמֶן רֹאשִׁי כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה׃", "אַךְ טוֹב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי כָּל־יְמֵי חַיָּי וְשַׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית־יְהוָה לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms (fetched via ?action=render); also .../Numbers and .../Deuteronomy", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#psalm-23-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.", "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures;", "He leadeth me beside the still waters.", "He restoreth my soul;", "He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake.", "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,", "I will fear no evil,", "For Thou art with me;", "Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.", "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies;", "Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.", "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;", "And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-27-jps", "name": "Psalm 27 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-27", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-27", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "faith", "mental-health", "spirit", "peace" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? It is said twice a day from the start of the month of Elul through the autumn festivals, the season of repentance.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 27:1-14", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2027:1-14?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-27-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 27:1-14, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לְדָוִד יְהוָה אוֹרִי וְיִשְׁעִי מִמִּי אִירָא יְהוָה מָעוֹז־חַיַּי מִמִּי אֶפְחָד׃", "בִּקְרֹב עָלַי מְרֵעִים לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־בְּשָׂרִי צָרַי וְאֹיְבַי לִי הֵמָּה כָשְׁלוּ וְנָפָלוּ׃", "אִם־תַּחֲנֶה עָלַי מַחֲנֶה לֹא־יִירָא לִבִּי אִם־תָּקוּם עָלַי מִלְחָמָה בְּזֹאת אֲנִי בוֹטֵחַ׃", "אַחַת שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת־יְהוָה אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית־יְהוָה כָּל־יְמֵי חַיַּי לַחֲזוֹת בְּנֹעַם־יְהוָה וּלְבַקֵּר בְּהֵיכָלוֹ׃", "כִּי יִצְפְּנֵנִי בְּסֻכֹּה בְּיוֹם רָעָה יַסְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵתֶר אָהֳלוֹ בְּצוּר יְרוֹמְמֵנִי׃", "וְעַתָּה יָרוּם רֹאשִׁי עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתַי וְאֶזְבְּחָה בְאָהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵי תְרוּעָה אָשִׁירָה וַאֲזַמְּרָה לַיהוָה׃", "שְׁמַע־יְהוָה קוֹלִי אֶקְרָא וְחָנֵּנִי וַעֲנֵנִי׃", "לְךָ אָמַר לִבִּי בַּקְּשׁוּ פָנָי אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ יְהוָה אֲבַקֵּשׁ׃", "אַל־תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנִּי אַל־תַּט־בְּאַף עַבְדֶּךָ עֶזְרָתִי הָיִיתָ אַל־תִּטְּשֵׁנִי וְאַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִי׃", "כִּי־אָבִי וְאִמִּי עֲזָבוּנִי וַיהוָה יַאַסְפֵנִי׃", "הוֹרֵנִי יְהוָה דַּרְכֶּךָ וּנְחֵנִי בְּאֹרַח מִישׁוֹר לְמַעַן שׁוֹרְרָי׃", "אַל־תִּתְּנֵנִי בְּנֶפֶשׁ צָרָי כִּי קָמוּ־בִי עֵדֵי־שֶׁקֶר וִיפֵחַ חָמָס׃", "לוּלֵא הֶאֱמַנְתִּי לִרְאוֹת בְּטוּב־יְהוָה בְּאֶרֶץ חַיִּים׃", "קַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָה חֲזַק וְיַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּךָ וְקַוֵּה אֶל־יְהוָה׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#27:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects and compared verse by verse. Where they split, a third copy settled it; the record says where.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-27-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "[A Psalm] of David.", "The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?", "The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?", "When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh,", "Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.", "Though a host should encamp against me,", "My heart shall not fear;", "Though war should rise up against me,", "Even then will I be confident.", "One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after:", "That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,", "To behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.", "For He concealeth me in His pavilion in the day of evil;", "He hideth me in the covert of His tent;", "He lifteth me up upon a rock.", "And now shall my head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me;", "And I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices with trumpet-sound;", "I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.", "Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice,", "And be gracious unto me, and answer me.", "In Thy behalf my heart hath said: 'Seek ye My face';", "Thy face, LORD, will I seek.", "Hide not Thy face far from me;", "Put not Thy servant away in anger;", "Thou hast been my help;", "Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.", "For though my father and my mother have forsaken me,", "The LORD will take me up.", "Teach me Thy way, O LORD;", "And lead me in an even path,", "Because of them that lie in wait for me.", "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries;", "For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out violence.", "If I had not believed to look upon the goodness of the LORD", "In the land of the living!—", "Wait on the LORD;", "Be strong, and let thy heart take courage;", "Yea, wait thou for the LORD." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-46-jps", "name": "Psalm 46 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-46", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-46", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "peace", "mental-health", "faith" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. It has no fixed place in the daily service and is read from the Book of Psalms.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 46:1-12", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2046:1-12?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-46-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 46:1-12, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לַמְנַצֵּחַ לִבְנֵי־קֹרַח עַל־עֲלָמוֹת שִׁיר׃", "אֱלֹהִים לָנוּ מַחֲסֶה וָעֹז עֶזְרָה בְצָרוֹת נִמְצָא מְאֹד׃", "עַל־כֵּן לֹא־נִירָא בְּהָמִיר אָרֶץ וּבְמוֹט הָרִים בְּלֵב יַמִּים׃", "יֶהֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו יִרְעֲשׁוּ־הָרִים בְּגַאֲוָתוֹ סֶלָה׃", "נָהָר פְּלָגָיו יְשַׂמְּחוּ עִיר־אֱלֹהִים קְדֹשׁ מִשְׁכְּנֵי עֶלְיוֹן׃", "אֱלֹהִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ בַּל־תִּמּוֹט יַעְזְרֶהָ אֱלֹהִים לִפְנוֹת בֹּקֶר׃", "הָמוּ גוֹיִם מָטוּ מַמְלָכוֹת נָתַן בְּקוֹלוֹ תָּמוּג אָרֶץ׃", "יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ מִשְׂגָּב־לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה׃", "לְכוּ־חֲזוּ מִפְעֲלוֹת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר־שָׂם שַׁמּוֹת בָּאָרֶץ׃", "מַשְׁבִּית מִלְחָמוֹת עַד־קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ קֶשֶׁת יְשַׁבֵּר וְקִצֵּץ חֲנִית עֲגָלוֹת יִשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ׃", "הַרְפּוּ וּדְעוּ כִּי־אָנֹכִי אֱלֹהִים אָרוּם בַּגּוֹיִם אָרוּם בָּאָרֶץ׃", "יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ מִשְׂגָּב־לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#46:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-46-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "For the Leader; [a Psalm] of the sons of Korah; upon Alamoth. A Song.", "God is our refuge and strength,", "A very present help in trouble.", "Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,", "And though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;", "Though the waters thereof roar and foam,", "Though the mountains shake at the swelling thereof. Selah", "There is a river, the streams whereof make glad the city of God,", "The holiest dwelling-place of the Most High.", "God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;", "God shall help her, at the approach of morning.", "Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved;", "He uttered His voice, the earth melted.", "The LORD of hosts is with us;", "The God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah", "Come, behold the works of the LORD,", "Who hath made desolations in the earth.", "He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;", "He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;", "He burneth the chariots in the fire.", "'Let be, and know that I am God;", "I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.'", "The LORD of hosts is with us;", "The God of Jacob is our high tower. Selah" ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-6-jps", "name": "Psalm 6 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-6", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-6", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "health", "serious-illness", "mental-health" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A plea for healing from someone worn out by illness and weeping, the first of the penitential psalms. In the Ashkenazi rite it is the core of the daily supplication after the Amidah, and it is among the psalms customarily said for a person who is ill.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 6:1-11", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%206:1-11?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-6-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 6:1-11, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃", "יְהוָה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃", "חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי׃", "וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד ואת [וְאַתָּה] יְהוָה עַד־מָתָי׃", "שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ׃", "כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּךְ׃", "יָגַעְתִּי בְּאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה׃", "עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי עָתְקָה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָי׃", "סוּרוּ מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה קוֹל בִּכְיִי׃", "שָׁמַע יְהוָה תְּחִנָּתִי יְהוָה תְּפִלָּתִי יִקָּח׃", "יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ מְאֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#6:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-6-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "For the Leader; with string-music; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.", "O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger,", "Neither chasten me in Thy wrath.", "Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away;", "Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.", "My soul also is sore affrighted;", "And Thou, O LORD, how long?", "Return, O LORD, deliver my soul;", "Save me for Thy mercy's sake.", "For in death there is no remembrance of Thee;", "In the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?", "I am weary with my groaning;", "Every night make I my bed to swim;", "I melt away my couch with my tears.", "Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation;", "It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.", "Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;", "For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.", "The LORD hath heard my supplication;", "The LORD receiveth my prayer.", "All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted;", "They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-67-jps", "name": "Psalm 67 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-67", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-67", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "blessings", "peace", "prosperity" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A short psalm asking God to be gracious and bless, so that all peoples give thanks. It is said at the close of the Sabbath, and in many communities during the counting of the Omer.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 67:1-8", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2067:1-8?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-67-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 67:1-8, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "לַמְנַצֵּח בִּנְגִינֹת מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר׃", "אֱלֹהִים יְחָנֵּנוּ וִיבָרְכֵנוּ יָאֵר פָּנָיו אִתָּנוּ סֶלָה׃", "לָדַעַת בָּאָרֶץ דַּרְכֶּךָ בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם יְשׁוּעָתֶךָ׃", "יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים אֱלֹהִים יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם׃", "יִשְׂמְחוּ וִירַנְּנוּ לְאֻמִּים כִּי־תִשְׁפֹּט עַמִּים מִישׁוֹר וּלְאֻמִּים בָּאָרֶץ תַּנְחֵם סֶלָה׃", "יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים אֱלֹהִים יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם׃", "אֶרֶץ נָתְנָה יְבוּלָהּ יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵינוּ׃", "יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹהִים וְיִירְאוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#67:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects and compared verse by verse. Where they split, a third copy settled it; the record says where.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-67-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm, a Song.", "God be gracious unto us, and bless us;", "May He cause His face to shine toward us; Selah", "That Thy way may be known upon earth,", "Thy salvation among all nations.", "Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, O God;", "Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, all of them.", "O let the nations be glad and sing for joy;", "For Thou wilt judge the peoples with equity,", "And lead the nations upon earth. Selah", "Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, O God;", "Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, all of them.", "The earth hath yielded her increase;", "May God, our own God, bless us.", "May God bless us;", "And let all the ends of the earth fear Him." ] } ] }, { "id": "psalm-91-jps", "name": "Psalm 91 (JPS 1917)", "prayer": "psalm-91", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/psalm-91", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "funeral", "peace", "health", "mental-health" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "A psalm of protection. It is said in the bedtime prayers, at the close of the Sabbath, and during a funeral as the coffin is accompanied to the grave.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Psalms 91:1-16", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Psalms%2091:1-16?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-psalm-91-jps" }, "citeAs": "Psalms 91:1-16, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "יֹשֵׁב בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן בְּצֵל שַׁדַּי יִתְלוֹנָן׃", "אֹמַר לַיהוָה מַחְסִי וּמְצוּדָתִי אֱלֹהַי אֶבְטַח־בּוֹ׃", "כִּי הוּא יַצִּילְךָ מִפַּח יָקוּשׁ מִדֶּבֶר הַוּוֹת׃", "בְּאֶבְרָתוֹ יָסֶךְ לָךְ וְתַחַת־כְּנָפָיו תֶּחְסֶה צִנָּה וְסֹחֵרָה אֲמִתּוֹ׃", "לֹא־תִירָא מִפַּחַד לָיְלָה מֵחֵץ יָעוּף יוֹמָם׃", "מִדֶּבֶר בָּאֹפֶל יַהֲלֹךְ מִקֶּטֶב יָשׁוּד צָהֳרָיִם׃", "יִפֹּל מִצִּדְּךָ אֶלֶף וּרְבָבָה מִימִינֶךָ אֵלֶיךָ לֹא יִגָּשׁ׃", "רַק בְּעֵינֶיךָ תַבִּיט וְשִׁלֻּמַת רְשָׁעִים תִּרְאֶה׃", "כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה מַחְסִי עֶלְיוֹן שַׂמְתָּ מְעוֹנֶךָ׃", "לֹא־תְאֻנֶּה אֵלֶיךָ רָעָה וְנֶגַע לֹא־יִקְרַב בְּאָהֳלֶךָ׃", "כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה־לָּךְ לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶיךָ׃", "עַל־כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ פֶּן־תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ׃", "עַל־שַׁחַל וָפֶתֶן תִּדְרֹךְ תִּרְמֹס כְּפִיר וְתַנִּין׃", "כִּי בִי חָשַׁק וַאֲפַלְּטֵהוּ אֲשַׂגְּבֵהוּ כִּי־יָדַע שְׁמִי׃", "יִקְרָאֵנִי וְאֶעֱנֵהוּ עִמּוֹ־אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה אֲחַלְּצֵהוּ וַאֲכַבְּדֵהוּ׃", "אֹרֶךְ יָמִים אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ וְאַרְאֵהוּ בִּישׁוּעָתִי׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms#91:1", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-digitisations", "summary": "Keyed separately by two projects from the printed edition, and compared verse by verse.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#jps-psalm-91-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High,", "And abidest in the shadow of the Almighty;", "I will say of the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress,", "My God, in whom I trust,", "That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,", "And from the noisome pestilence.", "He will cover thee with His pinions,", "And under His wings shalt thou take refuge;", "His truth is a shield and a buckler.", "Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night,", "Nor of the arrow that flieth by day;", "Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness,", "Nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.", "A thousand may fall at Thy side,", "And ten thousand at Thy right hand;", "It shall not come nigh thee.", "Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold,", "And see the recompense of the wicked.", "For thou hast made the LORD who is my refuge,", "Even the Most High, thy habitation.", "There shall no evil befall thee,", "Neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.", "For He will give His angels charge over thee,", "To keep thee in all thy ways.", "They shall bear thee upon their hands,", "Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.", "Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp;", "The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet.", "'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him;", "I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.", "He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;", "I will rescue him, and bring him to honour.", "With long life will I satisfy him,", "And make Him to behold My salvation.'" ] } ] }, { "id": "shema-jps", "name": "The Shema, first paragraph", "prayer": "shema", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/shema", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "faith", "dying", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Hebrew", "whatItIs": "The Shema, first paragraph: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, in Hebrew and in English, each as it appears in the edition cited under it.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. This is the biblical paragraph, not the Shema as a siddur prints it for prayer: the liturgy runs to three paragraphs, inserts a line after the first verse that is not part of the biblical text, and prints the enlarged ayin and dalet of verse 4 that are shown here at ordinary size.", "editions": [ { "language": "Hebrew", "edition": "Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex", "translator": null, "publisher": "Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us", "year": "2026", "reference": "Deuteronomy 6:4-9", "via": "Sefaria.org", "source": "https://www.sefaria.org/api/v3/texts/Deuteronomy%206:4-9?version=hebrew|Tanach%20with%20Nikkud", "rights": { "basis": "Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-01.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-encodings", "summary": "Compared codepoint for codepoint, vowel points included, with a second encoding of the same manuscript, kept by a different project.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#hebrew-shema-jps" }, "citeAs": "Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, via Sefaria.org", "lines": [ "שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד׃", "וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶךָ׃", "וְהָיוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם עַל־לְבָבֶךָ׃", "וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ׃", "וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל־יָדֶךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ׃", "וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזוּזֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃" ] }, { "language": "English", "edition": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS)", "translator": null, "publisher": "Jewish Publication Society of America", "year": "1917", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Psalms (fetched via ?action=render); also .../Numbers and .../Deuteronomy", "rights": { "basis": "Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#shema-jps" }, "citeAs": "The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917", "lines": [ "HEAR, O ISRAEL: THE LORD OUR GOD, THE LORD IS ONE.", "And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.", "And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;", "and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.", "And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.", "And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates." ] } ] }, { "id": "tefilat-haderech-singer", "name": "The Traveller's Prayer (Singer 1904)", "prayer": "tefilat-haderech", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/tefilat-haderech", "tradition": "jewish", "occasions": [ "peace", "blessings" ], "whatItIs": "The Traveller's Prayer (Singer 1904), as it appears in the edition cited below.", "caution": "Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so this entry is tied to one named edition and makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting.", "editions": [ { "language": "English", "edition": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition", "translator": "Simeon Singer", "publisher": "Eyre and Spottiswoode, London", "year": "1904", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://archive.org/download/authoriseddailyp00sing/authoriseddailyp00sing_djvu.txt", "rights": { "basis": "Seventh edition, published 1904, before 1929, US public domain. The work first appeared in 1890 and the translator died in 1906, so it is also clear in life-plus-70 jurisdictions.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-passes", "summary": "Two automated passes read the edition separately and agreed character for character. Neither was a person.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#tefilat-haderech-singer" }, "citeAs": "The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition, 1904", "lines": [ "May it be thy will, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, to conduct us in peace, to direct our steps in peace, to uphold us in peace, and to lead us in life, joy and peace unto the haven of our desire. O deliver us from every enemy, ambush and hurt by the way, and from all afflictions that visit and trouble the world. Send a blessing upon the work of our hands. Let us obtain grace, lovingkindness and mercy in thine eyes and in the eyes of all who behold us. Hearken to the voice of our supplications; for thou art a God who hearkenest unto prayer and supplication. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hearkenest unto prayer.", "And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is the camp of God : and he called the name of that place Mahanaim (a double camp). Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : the Lord turn his face unto thee, and give thee peace." ] } ] }, { "id": "ad-duha", "name": "Ad-Duha, the Morning Brightness", "prayer": "ad-duha", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/ad-duha", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "mental-health", "grief", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "A short sura of consolation: your Lord has not left you, and what comes will be better than what has gone. People turn to it in low spirits and in grief.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-ad-duha" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "وَٱلضُّحَىٰ", "وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا سَجَىٰ", "مَا وَدَّعَكَ رَبُّكَ وَمَا قَلَىٰ", "وَلَلْءَاخِرَةُ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكَ مِنَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ", "وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰٓ", "أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًۭا فَـَٔاوَىٰ", "وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّۭا فَهَدَىٰ", "وَوَجَدَكَ عَآئِلًۭا فَأَغْنَىٰ", "فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ", "وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ", "وَأَمَّا بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ فَحَدِّثْ" ] } ] }, { "id": "al-falaq", "name": "Al-Falaq, the Daybreak", "prayer": "al-falaq", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/al-falaq", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "health", "mental-health", "peace" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The first of two short suras of refuge-seeking, asking protection from harm that comes in the dark. Usually recited together with An-Nas.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-al-falaq" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْفَلَقِ", "مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ", "وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ", "وَمِن شَرِّ ٱلنَّفَّٰثَٰتِ فِى ٱلْعُقَدِ", "وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "al-fatiha", "name": "Al-Fatiha, the Opening", "prayer": "al-fatiha", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/al-fatiha", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "faith", "health", "serious-illness", "dying", "funeral", "grief" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The opening sura, recited in every unit of each of the five daily prayers and so the most frequently said text in Islam. It is also read for the sick, at gravesides and at the start of gatherings in many communities.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-al-fatiha" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ", "ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "مَٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ", "إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ", "ٱهْدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ", "صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "al-ikhlas", "name": "Al-Ikhlas, Sincerity", "prayer": "al-ikhlas", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/al-ikhlas", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "faith", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Four lines stating the oneness of God, described in hadith as weighing a third of the Qur'an. Recited constantly, inside the daily prayers and outside them.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-al-ikhlas" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "قُلْ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ", "ٱللَّهُ ٱلصَّمَدُ", "لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ", "وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌۢ" ] } ] }, { "id": "amana-ar-rasul", "name": "The closing verses of Al-Baqarah", "prayer": "amana-ar-rasul", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/amana-ar-rasul", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "faith", "peace", "mental-health" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The last two verses of the second sura: a statement of faith, then a prayer not to be burdened beyond what can be borne. Hadith recommend reciting them at night.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-amana-ar-rasul" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "ءَامَنَ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِۦ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ۚ كُلٌّ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَكُتُبِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍۢ مِّن رُّسُلِهِۦ ۚ وَقَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۖ غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ", "لَا يُكَلِّفُ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا ٱكْتَسَبَتْ ۗ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًۭا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِۦ ۖ وَٱعْفُ عَنَّا وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَآ ۚ أَنتَ مَوْلَىٰنَا فَٱنصُرْنَا عَلَى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "an-nas", "name": "An-Nas, Mankind", "prayer": "an-nas", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/an-nas", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "mental-health", "peace", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The closing sura of the Qur'an, asking refuge from the whispering that troubles the heart. Usually recited together with Al-Falaq.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-an-nas" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مَلِكِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مِن شَرِّ ٱلْوَسْوَاسِ ٱلْخَنَّاسِ", "ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ", "مِنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ وَٱلنَّاسِ" ] } ] }, { "id": "ar-rum-21", "name": "The verse of marriage, Ar-Rum 21", "prayer": "ar-rum-21", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/ar-rum-21", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "marriage", "love" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The verse naming marriage among the signs of God: mates created so that you find rest in them, with love and mercy set between you. It is the verse most often recited at weddings.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-ar-rum-21" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَكُم مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا لِّتَسْكُنُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهَا وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَكُم مَّوَدَّةًۭ وَرَحْمَةً ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَءَايَٰتٍۢ لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "ash-sharh", "name": "Ash-Sharh, the Opening of the Breast", "prayer": "ash-sharh", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/ash-sharh", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "mental-health", "serious-illness", "faith" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Eight short verses containing the twice-said promise that with hardship comes ease. Usually read together with Ad-Duha.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-ash-sharh" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ", "أَلَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ", "وَوَضَعْنَا عَنكَ وِزْرَكَ", "ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ", "وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ", "فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا", "إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلْعُسْرِ يُسْرًۭا", "فَإِذَا فَرَغْتَ فَٱنصَبْ", "وَإِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَٱرْغَب" ] } ] }, { "id": "ayat-al-kursi", "name": "Ayat al-Kursi, the Verse of the Throne", "prayer": "ayat-al-kursi", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/ayat-al-kursi", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "health", "serious-illness", "mental-health", "peace" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "A single verse of the second sura describing God's sovereignty and his sustaining of all things. Widely recited for protection, at night and in illness.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-04.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-ayat-al-kursi" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ ۚ لَا تَأْخُذُهُۥ سِنَةٌۭ وَلَا نَوْمٌۭ ۚ لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ مَن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يَشْفَعُ عِندَهُۥٓ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۚ يَعْلَمُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ ۖ وَلَا يُحِيطُونَ بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنْ عِلْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّا بِمَا شَآءَ ۚ وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ ۖ وَلَا يَـُٔودُهُۥ حِفْظُهُمَا ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِىُّ ٱلْعَظِيمُ" ] } ] }, { "id": "dua-ayyub", "name": "The prayer of Ayyub in illness", "prayer": "dua-ayyub", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/dua-ayyub", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "health", "serious-illness", "surgery" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Ayyub, after long illness, calls to God: harm has touched me, and you are the most merciful of the merciful. It is the Quranic prayer most associated with sickness.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-dua-ayyub" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "dua-ibrahim", "name": "The prayer of Ibrahim for his family", "prayer": "dua-ibrahim", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/dua-ibrahim", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "birth", "faith", "blessings" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Ibrahim asks that he and his descendants keep up prayer, and asks forgiveness for himself, his parents and the believers. It is said by many at the end of each daily prayer.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-dua-ibrahim" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ", "رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ" ] } ] }, { "id": "dua-musa", "name": "The prayer of Musa before a hard task", "prayer": "dua-musa", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/dua-musa", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "mental-health", "prosperity", "spirit" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Musa, sent to confront Pharaoh, asks for his heart to be opened, his task eased and his speech made clear. Said before an examination, a speech or any work that frightens.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-dua-musa" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى", "وَيَسِّرْ لِىٓ أَمْرِى", "وَٱحْلُلْ عُقْدَةًۭ مِّن لِّسَانِى", "يَفْقَهُوا۟ قَوْلِى" ] } ] }, { "id": "dua-yunus", "name": "The prayer of Yunus in distress", "prayer": "dua-yunus", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/dua-yunus", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "mental-health", "grief", "serious-illness" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The words Yunus called out from the darkness: there is no god but you, glory to you, I was among the wrongdoers. Hadith describe it as a prayer no Muslim makes in distress without being answered.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-dua-yunus" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "dua-zakariyya", "name": "The prayer of Zakariyya for a child", "prayer": "dua-zakariyya", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/dua-zakariyya", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "fertility", "birth" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "Zakariyya asks God for a good child, in old age and after long childlessness. It is a verse people turn to when hoping to conceive.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-dua-zakariyya" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُۥ ۖ قَالَ رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ ذُرِّيَّةًۭ طَيِّبَةً ۖ إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ" ] } ] }, { "id": "inna-lillahi", "name": "Inna lillahi, the verse said at a loss", "prayer": "inna-lillahi", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/inna-lillahi", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "grief", "funeral", "dying", "pregnancy-loss" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "The verse containing the words said on hearing of a death or any loss: we belong to God and to him we return. The phrase is on the lips of Muslims everywhere at a bereavement.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-inna-lillahi" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ" ] } ] }, { "id": "qurrata-ayun", "name": "The prayer for spouse and children", "prayer": "qurrata-ayun", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/qurrata-ayun", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "marriage", "love", "birth" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "A one-verse supplication asking that one's spouse and children be a comfort to the eyes. It is widely said for a marriage and for a family.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-qurrata-ayun" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "وَٱلَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَٰجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّٰتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍۢ وَٱجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا" ] } ] }, { "id": "rabbana-atina", "name": "Rabbana atina, for good in both worlds", "prayer": "rabbana-atina", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/rabbana-atina", "tradition": "muslim", "occasions": [ "blessings", "prosperity", "faith" ], "originalLanguage": "Arabic", "whatItIs": "A one-verse supplication asking for good in this world, good in the next and protection from the Fire. It is among the most often said of all supplications, and pilgrims say it while circling the Kaaba.", "caution": "The Arabic is published without an English rendering. The securely public-domain English translations are nineteenth-century orientalist work that no Muslim community uses devotionally, and setting one beside the Arabic would present it as the meaning of the prayer. Recitation in Islamic practice has conditions this entry makes no claim about; what is verified here is the wording of the edition named below. The verse is given whole, as the edition prints it, including the words that introduce the prayer, because this text is used on condition that it is not altered, and a verse cut short is altered.", "editions": [ { "language": "Arabic", "edition": "The Tanzil Uthmani text", "translator": null, "publisher": "Tanzil Project (https://tanzil.net/), served by alquran.cloud", "year": "2026", "reference": null, "via": null, "source": "https://tanzil.net/", "rights": { "basis": "Not public domain, and the first licensed edition in this corpus. Tanzil grants permission to copy and distribute verbatim copies provided the source is named and tanzil.net is linked, and forbids altering the text. Both conditions are met here. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17.", "confidence": "verified" }, "verification": { "method": "two-services", "summary": "Compared letter for letter, vowels and orthography included, with the same text served by a second, independent service.", "record": "https://makeaprayer.com/provenance#arabic-rabbana-atina" }, "citeAs": "The Tanzil Uthmani text, 2026", "lines": [ "وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ وَفِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةًۭ وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ" ] } ] }, { "id": "kontakion-departed-hapgood", "name": "With the Saints Give Rest (Hapgood 1906)", "prayer": "with-the-saints-give-rest", "page": "https://makeaprayer.com/prayer/with-the-saints-give-rest", "tradition": "orthodox", "occasions": [ "funeral", "grief", "dying" ], "originalLanguage": "Church Slavonic and Greek", "whatItIs": "The kontakion for the departed, sung at Orthodox funerals and at the memorial services that follow them. 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