Ki Ata Adonai Elyon - כִּי אַתָּה ה' עֶלְיוֹן
One of Nava Tehila's melodies for Kabbalat Shabbat. For bilingual display of verses click A above
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Text

Click “Siddur Ashkenaz” below for the full Kabbalat Shabbat text

(ט) כִּי־אַתָּה יהוה עֶלְיוֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ מְאֹד נַעֲלֵֽיתָ עַל־כָּל־אֱלֹהִים: אֹהֲבֵי יהוה שִׂנְאוּ רָע שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹת חֲסִידָיו מִיַּד רְשָׁעִים יַצִּילֵם: אוֹר זָרֻֽעַ לַצַּדִּיק וּלְיִשְׁרֵי־לֵב שִׂמְחָה: שִׂמְחוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּיהוה וְהוֹדוּ לְזֵֽכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ:

(9) For You, Eternal One, are supreme over all the earth; You are exalted high above all divine beings. O you who love God, hate evil! For the lives of the loyal are guarded; they are saved from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, radiance for the upright. O you righteous, rejoice in God and acclaim God’s holy name!

Ki ata Adonai elyon al kol ha'arez, me'od na'aleta al kol Elohim. Ohavei Adonai sin'u ra, shomer nafshot chasidav, miyad resha'im yatzilem. Or zarua latzadik, ule'yishrei lev simcha. Simchu tzadikim b'Adonai, vehodu lezecher kodsho.

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Kavvanot

In the Nava Tehila method, kavvanot — intentions for inner engagement with the words of prayer — are developed through close attention to the language of the psalms: Pshat, Midrash, and Kabbalistic and Hasidic illumination. Click the source title below to open these biblical verses in Sefaria, where rich commentary is directly linked to the text.
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