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(Tehillah of Dovid)

[Alef] I will extol Thee, Elohai HaMelech;

and I will bless Thy Shem l'olam va'ed.Psa 47:3

[Beis] Kol yom will I bless Thee;

and I will praise Thy Shem l'olam va'ed.

[Gimel] Gadol is Hashem, and me'od to be praised;

and His greatness is not cheker (searchable).Job 5:9; Job 36:26

[Dalet] Dor l'dor (generation to generation) shall praise Thy ma'asim,

and shall declare Thy gevurot (mighty acts).Deu 4:10; Deu 6:7

[Heh] I will speak of the hadar kavod of Thy hod,

and of Thy nifle'ot (wonderful works).

[Vav] And men shall speak of the power of Thy norot;

and I will declare Thy greatness.

[Zayin] They shall utter the zekher (memory, recollection) of Thy rav tov

and shall sing of Thy tzedakah.

[Chet] Channun (gracious) is Hashem, and full of compassion;

erech apayim (slow to anger), and of great chesed.Exo 34:6; Psa 86:15

[Tet] Tov is Hashem to all;

and His rachamim is over all His ma'asim.2Pe 3:9; 1Ti 2:4

[Yod] All Thy ma'asim shall praise Thee, Hashem;

and Thy chasidim shall bless Thee.

[Khaf] They shall speak of the kavod of Thy Malchus,

and tell of Thy gevurah;Psa 47:9

[Lamed] To make known to the Bnei HaAdam His gevurah,

and the kavod hadar of His Malchus.

[Mem] Thy Malchus is a Malchus kol olamim,

and Thy Memshelet for kol dor vador.Psa 146:10; Dan 4:32; Dan 6:27

[Samekh] Hashem upholdeth all that fall,

and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.Psa 37:24

[Ayin] The eyes of all look to Thee;

and Thou givest them their okhel (food) in its season.Psa 104:27

[Peh] Thou openest Thine Yad,

and satisfiest the ratzon of kol chai.Job 39:2

[Tzadi] Tzaddik is Hashem in all His drakhim,

and chasid in all His ma'asim,

[Koph] Karov (near) is Hashem unto all them that call upon Him,

to all that call upon Him in emes.Deu 4:7

[Resh] He will fulfil the ratzon of them that fear Him;

He also will hear their cry, and will save them.Psa 147:11

[Shin] Shomer is Hashem over all them that love Him;

but kol haresha'im will He destroy.1Sa 2:9

[Tav] My mouth shall speak the tehillat Hashem;

and let kol basar bless His Shem Kodesh

l'olam va'ed. Praise Hashem.