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(ה, ט) רוֹמְמוּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו קָדוֹשׁ הוּא: רוֹמְמוּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַר קָדְשׁוֹ כִּי־קָדוֹשׁ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ:

Siddur Ashkenaz, Shabbat, Kabbalat Shabbat, Psalm 99

(5) Exalt the Eternal our God
and bow down to the divine footstool;
[God] is holy!

(9) Exalt the Eternal our God,
and bow toward God’s holy hill,
for the Eternal our God is holy.

Rom’mu Adonai Eloheinu v’hishtachavu lahadom raglav, kadosh hu.Rom’mu Adonai Eloheinu v’hishtachavu l’har kod’sho, Ki kadosh Adonai Eloheinu.

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תהילים צ״ט:ה׳-ט׳

(ה) רוֹמְמ֡וּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָ֗יו קָד֥וֹשׁ הֽוּא׃(ו)ט) רוֹמְמ֡וּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

Psalms 99:5-9

(5) Exalt the Eternal our God
and bow down to the divine footstool;
[God] is holy!

(9) Exalt the Eternal our God,
and bow toward God’s holy hill,
for the Eternal our God is holy.

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