(א) לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינֹ֗ת מִזְמ֥וֹר שִֽׁיר׃
(ב) אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים יְחׇנֵּ֥נוּ וִיבָרְכֵ֑נוּ יָ֤אֵֽר פָּנָ֖יו אִתָּ֣נוּ סֶֽלָה׃ (7)
(ג) לָדַ֣עַת בָּאָ֣רֶץ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ בְּכׇל־גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם יְשׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃ (6)
(ד) יוֹד֖וּךָ עַמִּ֥ים ׀ אֱלֹהִ֑ים י֝וֹד֗וּךָ עַמִּ֥ים כֻּלָּֽם׃ (6)
(ה) יִ֥שְׂמְח֥וּ וִירַנְּנ֗וּ לְאֻ֫מִּ֥ים כִּֽי־תִשְׁפֹּ֣ט עַמִּ֣ים מִישֹׁ֑ר וּלְאֻמִּ֓ים ׀ בָּאָ֖רֶץ תַּנְחֵ֣ם סֶֽלָה׃ (11)
(ו) יוֹד֖וּךָ עַמִּ֥ים ׀ אֱלֹהִ֑ים י֝וֹד֗וּךָ עַמִּ֥ים כֻּלָּֽם׃ (6)
(ז) אֶ֭רֶץ נָתְנָ֣ה יְבוּלָ֑הּ יְ֝בָרְכֵ֗נוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ (6)
(ח) יְבָרְכֵ֥נוּ אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְיִֽירְא֥וּ א֝וֹת֗וֹ כׇּל־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃ (7)
(1) For the leader; with instrumental music. A psalm. A song.
(2) May God be gracious to us and bless us; may He show us favor, selah
(3) that Your way be known on earth, Your deliverance among all nations.
(4) Peoples will praise You, O God; all peoples will praise You.
(5) Nations will exult and shout for joy, for You rule the peoples with equity, You guide the nations of the earth. Selah.
(6) The peoples will praise You, O God; all peoples will praise You.
(7) May the earth yield its produce; may God, our God, bless us.
(8) May God bless us, and be revered to the ends of the earth.
(40) Note well, and follow the patterns for them (the Ark and the Menorah) that are being shown you on the mountain.
There are places where it is customary to recite daily during the days of the Omer "A Psalm. A Song. My God be gracious to us and bless us" [Psalm 67] since it has 49 words, not counting the first verse which is the title of the psalm. They correspond to the 49 days of the Omer. Further, it has seven verses (besides the first verse) which correspond to the seven weeks. And in a few places, they recite this every day, as it is called "the Menorah Psalm" and the one who recites it daily is considered as if like who lights the pure menorah in the Temple and it is like welcoming the face of the Shechinah, since you find it in seven verses matching the seven branches of the menorah. Also, the knobs and flowers and the flames which are in the seven branches of the menorah add up to forty-nine. How? Twenty-two goblets. Nine flowers. Eleven knobs. Seven flames. The total equals forty-nine. The first verse [usually appearing as the flames on the 7 branches] has four words, corresponding to the tongs and fire pans; tongs, two, and fire pans, two.
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)
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Beginning with part of the priestly blessing, the Levite song, Psalms 67, is a prayer for all the peoples of the earth to be sustained by the earth’s harvest (yevulah). It is also a petition that all humanity recognize the divine nature (Elohim) illuminating the world. Composed of seven verses, the psalm is often visually depicted as a seven branched menorah. There are 49 words in the entire psalm, and in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l there is one word for each day of the Sefirat haOmer. Similarly, the fifth verse has 49 letters and each letter can be used as a focal point for meditating on the meaning of the day in its week in the journey to Shavuot, the festival of weeks (the culmination of the barley harvest), and the festival of oaths (shevuot) in celebration of receiving the Torah. Many of the themes of Psalm 67 are repeated in the prayer Ana b’Khoaḥ, contains seven lines and 42 words, with each initial letter forming a 42-letter name of God. Counting each word together with the seven acronyms formed from the first letter of each line yields 49 words. Each of these are also used to focus on the meaning of each day on the cyclical and labyrinthine journey towards Shavuot.
