שָֽׁמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁי֮ כִּֽי־חָסִ֪יד אָ֥נִי הוֹשַׁ֣ע עַ֭בְדְּךָ אַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֑י הַבּוֹטֵ֥חַ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
באַהיט מײַן זעל װאָרום איך בין פֿרום, העלף, דו מײַן גאָט, דײַן קנעכט װאָס פֿאַרזיכערט זיך אױף דיר.
Berakhot
David prayed, "Keep my soul, for I am godly" (Ps. Ixxxvi. 2). [R.] Levi and R. Isaac differ in their interpretation. One explains : Thus spake David before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Lord of the Universe, am I not godly, seeing that all the kings of the East and West sleep unto the third hour of the day, but as for me, 'At midnight I rise to give thanks unto Thee' (Ps. cxix. 62)?"