The following verses from Scriptures are recited upon entering the synagogue, as though asking permission of God to enter and pray in His Holy place.
מַה טֹּֽבוּ אֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב How good are your tents, Yaakov:
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל: your dwelling places, Yisrael.4Bamidbar 24:5. The Talmud (Maseches Sanhedrin 105a) relates that this verse contains Billam’s prophetic allusion to Jewish houses of study and worship.
וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ As for me, through Your abundant kindness
אָבוֹא בֵיתֶֽךָ I will enter Your House;
אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה I will prostrate myself
אֶל הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ: toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You.5Tehillim 5:8.
יְהֹוָה אָהַֽבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶֽךָ Adonoy, I love the Dwelling, Your House,
וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ: and the place where Your glory resides.6Tehillim 26:8.
וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְאֶכְרָֽעָה I will prostrate myself, and bow,
אֶבְרְכָה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה עֹשִׂי: I will kneel7These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before Hashem. before Adonoy, my Maker.
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי־לְךָ יְהֹוָה May my prayer to You Adonoy
עֵת רָצוֹן be at a favorable time;
אֱלֹהִים בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּֽךָ God, in the abundance of Your kindness
עֲנֵֽנִי answer me
בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ: with the truth of Your deliverance.8Tehillim 69:14.