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(א-ג) לְכוּ נְרַנְּנָה לַיהוה נָרִֽיעָה לְצוּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ: נְקַדְּמָה פָנָיו בְּתוֹדָה בִּזְמִרוֹת נָרִֽיעַ לוֹ: כִּי אֵל גָּדוֹל יהוה וּמֶֽלֶךְ גָּדוֹל עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִים:

Siddur Ashkenaz, Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat, Psalm 95

(1-3) Come, let us sing joyously to God,
raise a shout for our rock and deliverer;
let us come into the divine presence with praise; Let us shout out in song!
For the Eternal is a great God,
the great ruler of all divine beings.

L’khu n’ranana l’Adonai, nari’a l’tzur yishenuN’kad’ma fanav b’todah, biz’mirot nari’a loKi El gadol Adonai, u’melekh gadol al kol-Elohim

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תהילים צ״ה:א׳-ג׳

(א) לְ֭כוּ נְרַנְּנָ֣ה לַיהוה נָ֝רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ׃ (ב) נְקַדְּמָ֣ה פָנָ֣יו בְּתוֹדָ֑ה בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ׃ (ג) כִּ֤י אֵ֣ל גָּד֣וֹל יהוה וּמֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כׇּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃

Psalms 95:1-3

(1) Come, let us sing joyously to GOD,
raise a shout for our rock and deliverer;
(2) let us come into the divine presence with praise;
let us shout out in song! (3) For the ETERNAL is a great God,
the great ruler of all divine beings.

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Ayelet, Daphna, Rabbi Ruth and Yoel leading Kabbalat Shabbat at the Train Station 2013. Credit: David Ramot