Our Father: Hebrew Prayer Music Inspired by Matthew 6:9-13

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Our Father, the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, is a nine-minute piece of contemplative prayer music. It opens with a slow passage of light, then sings lines of a prayer that countless people have prayed in many languages. Each phrase is sung in Hebrew, with the English words beside it in the captions, so you can follow the meaning as the music unfolds.

The words are inspired by the Lord's Prayer in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verses 9 to 13. This is a musical setting with a Hebrew rendering made for quiet listening. It is not presented as the biblical text itself, and it does not replace your own Bible or a scholarly translation. The Gospel was written in Greek, so the Hebrew here is a rendering, and we offer it as a gentle way to sit with familiar words from a fresh angle.

What you will hear in this recording: it begins with the Father and the hallowing of His name (Avinu shebashamayim, yitkadash shimcha), then the coming of the kingdom, and the wish that His will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The middle turns to daily bread, to forgiveness of debts as we also forgive, and to the plea to be led away from trial and delivered from evil. In the second half, the lines about daily bread and deliverance return again and again in the singing. This recording does not sing the whole prayer in order a second time, and it does not close with a final repeated opening line. The captions follow what is actually sung, moment by moment.

The mood is calm, spacious and reverent. There is no hurry in the arrangement, and the silences are part of the music. You might play it during morning or evening prayer, or as a quiet backdrop while you read Matthew 6 and reflect on a single phrase. It can also accompany journaling, study, focused work, or a few minutes of rest at the end of a long day. Because some lines repeat, it is easy to let your attention settle and simply listen.

If Hebrew is new to you, the transliteration in the captions may help you follow along. Words such as Avinu, which means Our Father, and malchutecha, which means Your kingdom, are simple to carry with you after listening. You do not need to know the language to take part. Let the sound and the English lines meet you where you are.

Some listeners pray the whole Lord's Prayer silently while the music plays. Others choose one line to hold for the entire nine minutes, whether the daily bread, the forgiveness, or the opening address to the Father. There is no right way to listen. This is simply a quiet space for prayer and reflection.

The music and voice in this video are AI-generated. The captions show the corrected Hebrew spelling, checked against a published Hebrew rendering of the Lord's Prayer, but the sung voice may pronounce a few words slightly differently, for example the opening of "Your will be done". Please treat this as a devotional setting and not as a language lesson.
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Lyrics

Avinu shebashamayim, yitkadesh shimcha

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name

Tavo malchutecha

Your kingdom come

Ye'aseh retzoncha kabashamayim ken gam ba'aretz

Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven

Et lechem chukenu ten lanu hayom

Give us this day our daily bread

Uslach lanu et chovoteinu, ka'asher salachnu gam anachnu lechayaveinu

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors

V'al tevi'enu lidei nisayon, ki im-hatzilenu min-hara

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

Avinu shebashamayim, yitkadesh shimcha

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name

Tavo malchutecha

Your kingdom come

Et lechem chukenu ten lanu hayom

Give us this day our daily bread

Uslach lanu et chovoteinu

And forgive us our debts

Avinu shebashamayim

Our Father in heaven