Mah Tovu

Mah Tovu -- "how good" -- is a prayer recited at the outset of the daily morning service. Its opening line is from the book of Numbers, when the non-Israelite prophet Balaam sets out to curse the Israelites but ends up blessing them. In one such blessing, Balaam looks out over the Israelites' encampment and declares "How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!"