I will call with Your Name, I will strengthen myself to grasp You, my prayer precedes the morning watch, I awaken the dawn. I approach the Ark to speak clear words, I have prepared my speech with great care so that my lips may move freely.
Behold, my desire is that God will give ear and answer me, but where is the competent petitioner and who is worthy to say, “I have cleansed my heart and my deeds are truthful, I am free from transgression and the work of my hands is clean?”
Deal magnanimously with the guilty and do not exterminate them, let their prayer be esteemed as an offering and their supplication as sweet incense. Raise Your bent ones that they may lift up their heads, let no sins be found in them, neither secret ones or public ones.
Be a stronghold in times of distress for those who trust in You; do not banish into exile, the wanderers, those who stray like sheep, place into Your bottle, the tears with which I cause my couch to melt, let my strength be in You, My Strength and Refuge.
Rescue them and bring them relief, release Your bound ones, they cry to You, they knock at Your door, they call upon You in distress with prayer, they have been robbed by thieves, the wicked have surrounded the righteous. [Almighty] Master and Judge, why have You concealed Your Presence?
The shouts of Your adversaries— those who rise against You— crush them and destroy them; for the knowers of Your secrets—1The Torah. may Your kindness be reserved, always. Please! Return the dispersed and gather the exiled, raise up the lowly to the heights, and bring the dejected up [to Jerusalem].
Let them say among the nations: “Adonoy has done great things for them, the desolate has become [a garden of] Eden, the ruins have become a fortress.” Save those who trust in You, those who sought refuge in Your shelter; regard [the shame of] their oppression, this must be done by You.
Hear the prayers of the downtrodden, look at his crushed spirit, accept his words favorably— the outpouring of his prayer. Strengthen the weak, encourage the faint, grant him relief for You are the Sculptor of mountains and the Creator of winds, and You relate to man, his conversation.
Almighty! King! Who sits on the throne of mercy, governs with kindness forgives the iniquities of His people. He removes their sins one by one, increasing forgiveness to sinners, and pardon to transgressors. Acting righteously with all who are of flesh and spirit; not according to their wickedness does He repay them. Almighty! You instructed us to recite the thirteen Divine attributes; remember unto us this day the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes, as You made them known to the humble Moses of old, as it is written, “And Adonoy descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.
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קהל וחזן:
Congregation and Chazzan:
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וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
And Adonoy passed before him [Moses], and proclaimed:
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Merciful, Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth. Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations, Endurer of iniquity, and transgression, and sin; and Acquitter of those who repent. “And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance.”
Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us our King, for we have transgressed. “For You, my Master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You.”
Adonoy, God of Hosts, who is like You, a mighty God; and Your faithfulness is round about You. My Master, hear our voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of our supplication. Unto Adonoy, our God, is mercy and forgiveness, though we have been disloyal to Him. Do not enter into judgement with us, for no living soul will be justified before You.
As a father has compassion on his children so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy. Deliverance is Adonoy’s; upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts is with us, a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts! fortunate is the man who trusts in You. Adonoy, deliver us; the King will answer us on the day we call.
“Please pardon the sins of this nation in accordance with the greatness of Your lovingkindness; and as You forgave this people from when it left Egypt until now.” And there it is said:
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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה סָלַֽחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ:
“And Adonoy said, I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”
Incline Your ear, my God, and hear, open Your eyes and behold our desolate places, and the city which is called by Your Name; for it is not on account of our righteousness that we let fall our supplication before You, but because of Your great mercy. My Master, hear! My Master, pardon! My Master, listen and take action, do not delay! For Your sake, my God, because Your Name is proclaimed over Your city and over Your people.
יז. על פי א"ב. חתום אליה בר שמעיה חזק:
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
Our God, and God of our fathers!
אֶקְרָא בְשִׁמְךָ, לְהַחֲזִיק־בְּךָ אֶתְעוֹרֵר. בִּתְפִלָּה אַשְׁמוֹר, אֲקַדֵּם שַׁחַר אֲעוֹרֵר. גַּשְׁתִּי פְּנֵי תֵבָה מֶלֶל לְבָרֵר. דִּקְדַּקְתִּי מַעֲרָכִי, דַּל־שְׂפָתַי לְגָרֵר:
I will call with Your Name, I will strengthen myself to grasp You, my prayer precedes the morning watch, I awaken the dawn. I approach the Ark to speak clear words, I have prepared my speech with great care so that my lips may move freely.
הֶן תָּוִי, יַאֲזִינֵנִי יַעֲנֵנִי־שַׁדַּי. וְאֵיפוֹא מַפְגִּיעַ־הָגוּן וְאַיֵּה כְּדַי. זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי יֹאמַר, וְקֹשְֶט מַעֲבָדַי. חַף־אֲנִי מִפֶּשַׁע, וְזַכּוּ מַעֲשֵׂי־יָדַי:
Behold, my desire is that God will give ear and answer me, but where is the competent petitioner and who is worthy to say, “I have cleansed my heart and my deeds are truthful, I am free from transgression and the work of my hands is clean?”
טוֹבָה לְחַיָּבִים גְּמֹל, וְלֹא לְכִלּוּי. יֵחָשֵׁב כְּקָרְבָּן מִפְלָל, וּכְנִחֹח חִלּוּי. כְּפוּפֶיךָ זְקֹף, הֱיוֹתָם לְרֹאשׁ תָּלוּי. לֹא תִמָּצֶאנָה חַטֹּאת סֵתֶר וְגָלוּי:
Deal magnanimously with the guilty and do not exterminate them, let their prayer be esteemed as an offering and their supplication as sweet incense. Raise Your bent ones that they may lift up their heads, let no sins be found in them, neither secret ones or public ones.
מִשְׂגָּב בַּצָּרָה הֱיֵה, לְבָךְ חוֹסֶה. נוֹדֵד אַל־תְּגַלֶּה נִדָּח כְּשֶׂה. שִׂימָה בְּנֹאדֶךָ דֶמַע, עֶרֶשׂ מַמְסֶה. עֹז לִי בָךְ, מָעֹז וּמַחֲסֶה:
Be a stronghold in times of distress for those who trust in You; do not banish into exile, the wanderers, those who stray like sheep, place into Your bottle, the tears with which I cause my couch to melt, let my strength be in You, My Strength and Refuge.
פְּצֵה וְהוֹצֵא לִרְוָיָה, אֲסִירֶיךָ תַּתִּיר. צְעָקוּךָ דְּפָקוּךָ, קְרָאוּךָ בַּצַּר לְהַעְתִּיר. קְבָעוּם קוֹבְעִים, וְרָשָׁע צַדִּיק מַכְתִּיר. רַב וְשׁוֹפֵט, לָמָה פָנֶיךָ תַּסְתִּיר:
Rescue them and bring them relief, release Your bound ones, they cry to You, they knock at Your door, they call upon You in distress with prayer, they have been robbed by thieves, the wicked have surrounded the righteous. [Almighty] Master and Judge, why have You concealed Your Presence?
שְׁאוֹן־קָמֶיךָ הָעוֹלֶה נֶגְדְּךָ, הָדֵק וְכַלֵּה. תָּמִיד לְיוֹדְעֵי סוֹדֶךָ חֲסָדֶיךָ הַפְלֵה. אָנָא, נִדָּח הָשֵׁב, וְקַבֵּץ גּוֹלֶה. לַמָּרוֹם שָׁפֵל הָקֵם, וְיָרוּד הַעֲלֵה:
The shouts of Your adversaries— those who rise against You— crush them and destroy them; for the knowers of Your secrets—1The Torah. may Your kindness be reserved, always. Please! Return the dispersed and gather the exiled, raise up the lowly to the heights, and bring the dejected up [to Jerusalem].
יֹאמְרוּ בַגּוֹיִם הִגְדִּיל יְהֹוָה לַעֲשׂוֹת עִם אֵלֶּה. הַנְּשַׁמָּה הָיְתָה לְעֵדֶן, וּלְבִצָּרוֹן הַנֶּהֱרָסוֹת. בּוֹטְחֶיךָ הַצֵּל, נָסוּ בְּצִלְּךָ לַחֲסוֹת. רְדִיפָתָם בַּקֵּשׁ, עָלֶיךָ הַדָּבָר לַעֲשׂוֹת:
Let them say among the nations: “Adonoy has done great things for them, the desolate has become [a garden of] Eden, the ruins have become a fortress.” Save those who trust in You, those who sought refuge in Your shelter; regard [the shame of] their oppression, this must be done by You.
שְִמְעָה דַּכָּא, בִּיַטָה עֵטֶף רוּחוֹ. יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אֲמָרָיו וְשֶׁפֶךְ שִׂיחוֹ. חַזֵּק רִפְיוֹן אַמֵּץ כֹּשֵׁל לְהַרְוִיחוֹ. כִּי־הִנֵּה יוֹצֵר־הָרִים וּבֹרֵא־רוּחַ, מַגִּיד לְאָדָם מַה־שֵׂחוֹ:
Hear the prayers of the downtrodden, look at his crushed spirit, accept his words favorably— the outpouring of his prayer. Strengthen the weak, encourage the faint, grant him relief for You are the Sculptor of mountains and the Creator of winds, and You relate to man, his conversation.
אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ. יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים. מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת. מוֹחֵל עֲוֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ. מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן. מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים. עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ. לֹא כְרָעָתָם תִּגְמוֹל: אֵל הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. וּזְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹדַֽעְתָּ לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם. כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:
Almighty! King! Who sits on the throne of mercy, governs with kindness forgives the iniquities of His people. He removes their sins one by one, increasing forgiveness to sinners, and pardon to transgressors. Acting righteously with all who are of flesh and spirit; not according to their wickedness does He repay them. Almighty! You instructed us to recite the thirteen Divine attributes; remember unto us this day the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes, as You made them known to the humble Moses of old, as it is written, “And Adonoy descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.
קהל וחזן:
Congregation and Chazzan:
וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
And Adonoy passed before him [Moses], and proclaimed:
יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה: וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Merciful, Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth. Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations, Endurer of iniquity, and transgression, and sin; and Acquitter of those who repent. “And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance.”
סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ. מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ: כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח וְרַב חֶֽסֶד לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:
Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us our King, for we have transgressed. “For You, my Master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You.”
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת מִי־כָמוֹךָ חֲסִין יָהּ וֶאֱמוּנָתְךָ סְבִיבוֹתֶיךָ׃ אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלֵנוּ, תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת, לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנֵינוּ: לַאדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ הָרַחֲמִים וְהַסְּלִחוֹת כִּי מָרַדְנוּ בּוֹ׃ אַל תָּבֹא בְּמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּנוּ כִּי לֹא יִצְדַּק לְפָנֶֽיךָ כָּל חָי:
Adonoy, God of Hosts, who is like You, a mighty God; and Your faithfulness is round about You. My Master, hear our voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of our supplication. Unto Adonoy, our God, is mercy and forgiveness, though we have been disloyal to Him. Do not enter into judgement with us, for no living soul will be justified before You.
כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל בָּנִים כֵּן תְּרַחֵם יְהֹוָה עָלֵֽינוּ: לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה, עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶֽךָ סֶּֽלָה: יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּֽנוּ מִשְׂגָּב לָֽנוּ, אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה: יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּֽטֵֽחַ בָּךְ: יְהֹוָה הוֹשִֽׁיעָה, הַמֶּֽלֶךְ יַעֲנֵֽנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:
As a father has compassion on his children so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy. Deliverance is Adonoy’s; upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts is with us, a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah! Adonoy of Hosts! fortunate is the man who trusts in You. Adonoy, deliver us; the King will answer us on the day we call.
סְלַח נָא לַעֲוֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה, כְּגֹֽדֶל חַסְדֶּֽךָ. וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָֽׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה. מִמִּצְרַֽיִם וְעַד הֵֽנָּה. וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:
“Please pardon the sins of this nation in accordance with the greatness of Your lovingkindness; and as You forgave this people from when it left Egypt until now.” And there it is said:
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה סָלַֽחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ:
“And Adonoy said, I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”
הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע, פְּקַח עֵינֶֽיךָ וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמֹתֵֽינוּ, וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶֽיהָ כִּי לֹא עַל צִדְקֹתֵֽינוּ, אֲנַֽחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵֽינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ, כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים: אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָֽעָה, אֲדֹנָי סְלָֽחָה, אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִֽׁיבָה וַעֲשֵׂה, אַל תְּאַחַר. לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהַי, כִּי שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא עַל עִירְךָ וְעַל עַמֶּֽךָ:
Incline Your ear, my God, and hear, open Your eyes and behold our desolate places, and the city which is called by Your Name; for it is not on account of our righteousness that we let fall our supplication before You, but because of Your great mercy. My Master, hear! My Master, pardon! My Master, listen and take action, do not delay! For Your sake, my God, because Your Name is proclaimed over Your city and over Your people.