On Monday Deborah sang this song

SAMACHTI B’OMRIM LI (Charles Osborne / Psalm 122:1-4, 6-9) Transliteration from Glendalechabad.org samachti b’omrim li, beit adonai nelech. om’dot hayu ragleynu bish’arayich yerushalayim. yerushalayim habenu’yah k’ir she’chub’rah lah yachdav. sha’alu shalom yerushalayim, yishlayu o’havayich. yehi shalom b’cheylech, shalvah b’ar’menotayich. l’ma’an achai v’re’ai adab’rah na shalom bach. l’ma’an beit adonai eloheinu avak’sha tov lach.

I REJOICED WHEN THEY SAID TO ME I rejoiced when they said to me: Let us go up to the House of God Now we stand within your gates, O Jerusalem Jerusalem built to be a city where people come together as one Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May those who you love prosper! May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels. For the sake of my people, my friends, I pray you find peace. For the sake of the house of Adonai our God, I will seek your good.

Hebrew text.

שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִ֣ים לִ֑י


שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִ֣ים לִ֑י בֵּ֖ית יְהֹוָ֣ה נֵלֵֽךְ׃
עֹ֭מְדוֹת הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֝שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃
יְרוּשָׁלַ֥͏ִם הַבְּנוּיָ֑ה כְּ֝עִ֗יר שֶׁחֻבְּרָה־לָּ֥הּ יַחְדָּֽו׃
שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃
יְהִי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃
לְ֭מַעַן אַחַ֣י וְרֵעָ֑י אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּ֖א שָׁל֣וֹם בָּֽךְ׃
לְ֭מַעַן בֵּית־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁ֖ה ט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃

Gerry mentioned, "The Hebrew looks fine, though it includes a lot of symbols that are only for chanting, not for reading."

Samachti B'omrim Li YouTube page.
Sheet music

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