Psalms 64 "Hear My Voice, O God" and Psalm 146 "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord"  for mixed choir a cappella (in Hebrew)
World premiere of "Hallelujah, Praise the Lord": The Elysian Singers of London, St Paul's Knightsbridge church, London, UK. November 26, 2016.

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Below are demo recordings by singers from Pittsburgh directed by John Goldsmith, Saint Andrews Church, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Psalm 64 (11'50")

64:2 shema`-'elohiym qoliybhesiychiy mippachadh 'oyêbh titsor chayyây
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from the terror of the enemy.

64:3 tastiyrêniy missodhmerê`iym mêrighshath po`alêy 'âven
Hide me from the council of evil-doers; from the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

64:4 'asher shânenu khacherebh leshonâmdârekhu chitsâm dâbhâr mor
Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word;

64:5 liyroth bammistâriym tom pith'om yoruhuvelo' yiyrâ'u
That they may shoot in secret places at the blameless; suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

64:6 yechazzequ-lâmo dâbhâr râ` yesapperu lithmonmoqeshiym 'âmru miy yir'eh-lâmo
They encourage one another in an evil matter; they converse of laying snares secretly; they ask, who would see them.

64:7 yachpesu-`oloth tamnu chêphesmechuppâs veqerebh 'iysh velêbh `âmoq
They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

64:8 vayyorêm 'elohiym chêtspith'om hâyu makkothâm
But God doth shoot at them with an arrow suddenly; thence are their wounds.

64:9 vayyakhshiyluhu `âlêymo leshonâmyithnodhadhu kol-ro'êh bhâm
So they make their own tongue a stumbling unto themselves; all that see them shake the head.

64:10 vayyiyr'u kol-'âdhâm vayyaggiydhupo`al 'elohiym uma`asêhu hiskiylu
  And all men fear; and they declare the work of God, and understand His doing.

64:11 yismach tsaddiyq bayhvhvechâsâh bho veyithhalelu kol-yishrêy-lêbh
The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Psalm 146 (12'05")

146:1 halelu-yâh haleliy naphshiy 'eth-Adonay
Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, O my soul.

146:2 'ahalelâhAdonay bechayyây 'azammerâh lê'lohay be`odhiy
  I will praise the Lord while I live; I will sing praises unto my God while I have my being.

146:3 'al-tibhthechubhindhiybhiym bebhen-'âdhâm she'êyn lo theshu`âh
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help

146:4 têtsê' rucho yâshubhle'adhmâtho bayyom hahu' 'âbhedhu `eshtonothâyv
His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his dust; in that very day his thoughts perish.

146:5 'ashrêy she'êl ya`aqobhbe`ezro sibhro `al-Adonay 'elohâyv
Happy is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

146:6 `oseh shâmayim vâ'ârets'eth-hayyâm ve'eth-kâl-'asher-bâm hashomêr 'emeth le`olâm
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is; who keepeth truth for ever;

146:7 `osehmishpâth lâ`ashuqiym nothên lechem lâre`êbhiym Adonay mattiyr'asuriym
Who executeth justice for the oppressed; who giveth bread to the hungry. the Lord looseth the prisoners;

146:8 Adonay poqêach `ivriym Adonay zoqêph kephuphiymAdonay 'ohêbh tsaddiyqiym
the Lord openeth the eyes of the blind; the Lord raiseth up them that are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous;

146:9 Adonay shomêr 'eth-gêriymyâthom ve'almânâh ye`odhêdh vedherekh reshâ`iym ye`avvêth
the Lord preserveth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow; but the way of the wicked He maketh crooked.

146:10 yimlokhAdonay le`olâm 'elohayikh tsiyyon ledhor vâdhor halelu-yâh
  the Lord will reign for ever, Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Hallelujah.