The virgin daughter of Judah is full of pain and sobbing, she bewails herself [and] spreads her hands [in prayer] from the depths of her captivity. From the narrowness [of distress] I call out to You, Answer me with the breadth of Divine relief; from out of fire and water bring her into safety.
She lifts her eyes for help, she looks to all sides; she trembles [like a woman] giving birth to her first child, her birth pains are compounded by her delicate nature. She claps her hands, and murmurs in her thoughts: “Where now is my hope, and [the fulfillment of] my hope who will see?”
The beloved of her soul and her Dwelling, her ornament and pride [the Holy Temple] have been given into the hands of those who revile her, into the palms of those who afflict her. They yell out amid their assemblies, giving voice, they taunt her, saying: “Where is the word of Adonoy?” “Let it come now [and deliver them].”
From captivity to exile, driven and shattered is Your nation that was once feared; [this resulted] from Your fierce anger and the terror of Your wrath. With her broken spirit and bitter voice, she cries out to You: “Where is Your indignation and Your might?”
You have abandoned Your people, the House of Israel, in the land of their captivity; they are tossed about in the enemies’ land like a ship in the heart of the sea. Babes ask their fathers: “Where are the wonders of the shepherd?”1Moses. Where is He Who brought them out of the [Reed] Sea?
Degenerates and non-entities have trampled our inheritance [the Temple], they have driven us far from our country from the borders of our land; we said: “We are cut off, our hope is lost.” “Where are all Your wonders of which our fathers told us?”
Remember Adonoy to the sons of Edom, the destruction of Your Temple, the shattering of my mighty ones and the dismemberment of the infants of Your congregation; uncover Your mighty arm—demand from them an account of the flock of Your pasture: “Where is the flock that was given you?”
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! bring back our exiles like springs in the desert. Turn away from Your fierce anger and let Your mind be changed concerning the evil intended for Your people. Return Adonoy—how long? and change Your mind about Your servants. Return to us, God of our deliverance, and annul Your anger toward us. Enter not 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.
כ. חתום בנימין בר זרח.
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
Our God and God of our fathers!
בְּתוּלַת בַּת יְהוּדָה, רַבַּת תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה. מִתְיַפְּחָה פּוֹרֶסֶת כַּף, מֵעִמְקֵי שִׁבְיָה. מִן־הַמֵּצַר קְרָאתִיךָ, עֲנֵנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ. מֵאֵשׁ וּמִמַּיִם תּוֹצִיאֶנָּה לָרְוָיָה:
The virgin daughter of Judah is full of pain and sobbing, she bewails herself [and] spreads her hands [in prayer] from the depths of her captivity. From the narrowness [of distress] I call out to You, Answer me with the breadth of Divine relief; from out of fire and water bring her into safety.
נוֹשֵׂאת עַיִן לְעֶזְרָה וּמַבֶּטֶת הֵנָּה וָהֵנָּה. מִתְחוֹלֶלֶת כְּמַבְכִּירָה בְּצִירֶיהָ, מִגְּזֵרוֹת עֲדִינָה. סוֹפֶקֶת כַּף אֶל כַּף, וְהוֹמָה בְּהֶגְיוֹנָהּ. אַיֵּה אֵיפוֹא תִּקְוָתִי, וְתִקְוָתִי מִי־יְשׁוּרֶנָּה:
She lifts her eyes for help, she looks to all sides; she trembles [like a woman] giving birth to her first child, her birth pains are compounded by her delicate nature. She claps her hands, and murmurs in her thoughts: “Where now is my hope, and [the fulfillment of] my hope who will see?”
יְדִידוּת נַפְשָׁהּ וּמִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיהָ, וּצְבִי גְאוֹנָהּ. כְּנִתְּנוּ בְּיַד מְחָרְפֶיהָ וּבְיַד מְעַנָּהּ. הַשּׁוֹאֶגֶת בְּתוֹךְ מוֹעֲדֶיהָ, וּבְקוֹלָהּ עָלֶיהָ נָתָנָה. אַיֵּה דְּבַר־יְהֹוָה, יָבֹא־נָא:
The beloved of her soul and her Dwelling, her ornament and pride [the Holy Temple] have been given into the hands of those who revile her, into the palms of those who afflict her. They yell out amid their assemblies, giving voice, they taunt her, saying: “Where is the word of Adonoy?” “Let it come now [and deliver them].”
מִשְּׁבִי לְגָלוּת נְפוּצָה וּשְׁבוּרָה, אֲיֻמָּתֶךָ. מִפְּנֵי זַעַם חֲמָתְךָ וּמֵאֵימַת עֶבְרָתֶךָ. וּבְקֹצֶר־רוּחַ בְקוֹל־מַר שׁוֹאֶגֶת לְעֻמָּתֶךָ. אַיֵּה קִנְאָתְךָ וּגְבוּרָתֶיךָ:
From captivity to exile, driven and shattered is Your nation that was once feared; [this resulted] from Your fierce anger and the terror of Your wrath. With her broken spirit and bitter voice, she cries out to You: “Where is Your indignation and Your might?”
נָטַשְׁתָּ עַמְּךָ בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם. נָדִים וְנָעִים בְּאֶרֶץ הָאוֹיֵב, כָּאֳנִיָּה בְּלֶב־יָם. לְאָבוֹת שׁוֹאֲלִים עוֹלְלִים, מוֹפְתֵי־רוֹעֶה אַיָּם. אַיֵּה הַמַּעֲלֵם מִיָּם:
You have abandoned Your people, the House of Israel, in the land of their captivity; they are tossed about in the enemies’ land like a ship in the heart of the sea. Babes ask their fathers: “Where are the wonders of the shepherd?”1Moses. Where is He Who brought them out of the [Reed] Sea?
בְּנֵי־נָבָל, גַּם בְּנֵי בְלִי שֵׁם, בּוֹסְסוּ נַחֲלָתֵנוּ. רִחֲקוּנוּ מֵעַל אַדְמָתֵנוּ, וּמִגְּבוּל אַרְצֵנוּ. אָמַרְנוּ נִגְזַרְנוּ, אָבְדָה תִקְוָתֵנוּ. אַיֵּה כָּל־נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר סִפְּרוּ־לָנוּ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ:
Degenerates and non-entities have trampled our inheritance [the Temple], they have driven us far from our country from the borders of our land; we said: “We are cut off, our hope is lost.” “Where are all Your wonders of which our fathers told us?”
זְכֹר יְהֹוָה לִבְנֵי־אֱדוֹם, חָרְבוֹת הֵיכָלָךְ. רִצֵּץ אַבִּירַי וְנִפֵּץ עוֹלְלֵי־קְהָלָךְ. חֲשֹׂף זְרֹעֲךָ בַּקֵּשׁ מִיָּדָם מַרְעִית־חֶבְלָךְ. אַיֵּה הָעֵדֶר נִתַּן־לָךְ:
Remember Adonoy to the sons of Edom, the destruction of Your Temple, the shattering of my mighty ones and the dismemberment of the infants of Your congregation; uncover Your mighty arm—demand from them an account of the flock of Your pasture: “Where is the flock that was given you?”
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.”
שׁוּבָה יְהוָה אֶת־שְׁבִיתֵנוּ כַּאֲפִיקִים בַּנֶּגֶב׃ שׁוּב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּךָ וְהִנָּחֵם עַל־הָרָעָה לְעַמֶּךָ׃ שׁוּבָה יְהוָה עַד־מָתָי. וְהִנָּחֵם עַל־עֲבָדֶיךָ׃ שׁוּבֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵנוּ. וְהָפֵר כַּעַסְךָ עִמָּנוּ׃ אַל תָּבֹא בְמִשְׁפָּט עִמָּנוּ כִּי לֹא יִצְדַּק לְפָנֶֽיךָ כָּל חָי:
Adonoy! bring back our exiles like springs in the desert. Turn away from Your fierce anger and let Your mind be changed concerning the evil intended for Your people. Return Adonoy—how long? and change Your mind about Your servants. Return to us, God of our deliverance, and annul Your anger toward us. Enter not 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.