Mizmor LeDavid - Tehillim (Psalms) 23

Jewish Folk Song - popular by Seudah Shlishit (Aish HaTorah setting)

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🎼 B minor ♩= 120 bpm ✍️ Amichai Andy Rosenbaum 📅 March 2026 / Nissan 5786 v01 Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Hebrew

מִזְמור לְדָוִד 
ה׳ 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 כׇּל־יְמֵי חַיָּי 
וְשַׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית־ה׳ לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים

Transliteration (TH)

miz- mor l'- do̞- vid
ha- shem ro- i lo ech- so̞r
bin- os de- she yar'- bi- tzei- ni
al- mei m'- nu- chos y'- na- ha- lei- ni
naf- shi y'- sho- veiv
naf- shi y'- sho- veiv
yan- chei- ni v'- ma- g'- lei- tze- dek
l'- mei- ein sh'- mo
gam ki- ei- leich b'- gei tzal- mo̞- ves
ay- ay- ay- ay- ay- ay
lo- i- ro̞ ro̞ ki- a- to̞ i- mo̞- di
shiv- t'- cho̞ u- mish- an- te- cho̞
shiv- t'- cho̞ u- mish- an- te- cho̞
hei- mo̞ y'- na- cha- mu- ni
ta'a- roch l'- fo̞- nai shul- cho̞n
ta'a- roch l'- fo̞- nai shul- cho̞n
ta'a- roch l'- fo̞- nai shul- cho̞n
ne- ged tzo- r'- ro̞y
di- shan- to̞ va- she- men ro- shi
di- shan- to̞ va- she- men ro- shi
di- shan- to̞ va- she- men ro- shi
ko- si r'- vo̞- yo̞
ach tov ach tov vo̞- che- sed
ay- ay- ay- ay- ay- ay-
yir- d'- fu- ni ko̞l- y'- mei cha- yo̞y
v'- shav- ti
oy v'- shav- ti
v'- shav- ti
b'- veis- ha- shem
v'- shav- ti b'- veis- ha- shem l'- o- rech yo̞- mim
ay- ay- ay- ay- ...

Transliteration (ArtScroll)

Miz-m-vr l’-do-vid a-dō-noy a-dō-noy rō--i lō ech-sor bin-ōs de-she yay-r’-bi-tzay-ni, al-may m’-nu-chōs y’-na-ha-lay-ni naf-shi y’-shō-vayv, yan-chay-ni v’-ma--g’-lay-tze-dek l’-may--ayn sh’-mv gam ki-ay-laych b’-gay tzal-mo-ves lō-i-ro ro ki-a-to i-mo-di, shiv-t’-cho u-mish-an-te-cho hay-mo y’-na-cha-mu-ni ta--a-rōch l’-fo-nai shul-chon ne-ged tzō-r’-roy, di-shan-to va-she-men rō-shi kō-si r’-vo-yo ach, tōv vo-che-sed yir-d’-fu-ni kol-y’-may cha-yoy, v’-shav-ti b’-vays-a-dō-noy l’-ō-rech yo-mim

English

A song of David.
The L‑rd is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He causes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.
Even as I walk in the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You set a table before me in the presence of my adversaries;
You anointed my head with oil; my cup overflows.
May only goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the L‑rd for length of days.