Peace: prayers in Judaism

English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917Read twice, independently

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.

Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Source

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English · The Authorised Daily Prayer Book, with a New Translation, seventh edition, 1904Read twice, independently

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.

Simeon Singer. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1904. 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. Source

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English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917Checked against a second digitisation

[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.

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English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917Checked against a second digitisation

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

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English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917Checked against a second digitisation

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.

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English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917Checked against a second digitisation

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.'

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