1 (Of Dovid)

Barachi (Bless) Hashem, O my nefesh;

and all that is within me, bless His Shem kodesh.

1 (Mizmor Dovid. When he was in the midbar Yehudah)

11 As with the crushing of my atzamot (bones),

mine tzorer (vexers, harassers) reproach me;

while they say all day long unto me,

Where is Eloheicha?

1 (For the one directing. According to Yedutun. Mizmor of Dovid)

5 I wait for Hashem,

my nefesh doth wait,

and in His Devar do I hope.

23 My lips shall shout for joy

when I sing unto Thee;

and my nefesh, which Thou hast purchased for redemption.

7 Its going forth is from the end of HaShomayim,

and its circuit unto the ends of it;

and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

13 For Thou hast possessed my inmost being;

Thou didst interweave me in the beten immi.

14 I will praise Thee;

for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

marvellous are Thy ma’asim; and that my nefesh knoweth very well.

2 Save my nefesh, Hashem, from sefat sheker (lying lips),

and from lashon remiyyah (a tongue of deceit).

26 For what will a man be benefited if he acquires the whole world and forfeits his neshamah, or what will a man give in exchange for his neshamah?

37 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gave this teshuva (answer) to the Baal Torah, V’AHAVTAH ES ADONOI ELOHEICHA B’CHOL LEVAVCHA UVECHOL NAFSHECHA UVECHOL MODECHA (And thou shalt love the L-rd thy G-d with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might).*

28 And do not fear those who kill the basar (flesh), but are unable to kill the nefesh (soul); but rather fear the One who is able to destroy both basar and nefesh in Gehinnom.

29 But if from thence thou shalt seek Hashem Eloheicha, thou shalt find Him, if thou seek Him with all thy lev and with all thy nefesh.

5 But be shomer to do the mitzvah and the torah, which Moshe Eved Hashem charged you, to love Hashem Eloheichem, and to walk in all the darkhei Hashem,* and to be shomer mitzvot regarding His commandments, and to have deveykus (attachment, cleavimg to G-d) to Him, and to serve Him in avodas [kodesh] with kol levavchem uvkhol nafshechem (all your heart, with all your nefesh).

14 And, hinei, now I am going the derech kol ha’aretz; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your nefashot, that not one thing hath failed of all the devarim hatovim which Hashem Eloheichem promised concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

13 And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me b’chol lvavchem (with all your heart).

16 Thus saith Hashem:

Stand ye in the derakhim (crossroads), and look,

and ask for the netivot olam (old paths),

where is the derech hatov (good road, way), and walk therein,

and ye shall find margo’a (rest) for your nefashot.

But they said, We will not walk therein.

24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,

sweet to the nefesh, and marpeh (healing) to the atzmot (bones).

2 Chaver, it is my tefillah that all may be hatzlocha (successful) with you, and that you may be shalem b’guf (healthy), just as your nefesh (soul) is matsli’ach (successful).