ליום רביעי 5

יג. פזמון. חתום מחברו יצחק:

חוֹקֵר הַכֹּל וְסוֹקֵר,

You search all things and review them,

וּמֵבִין אֶל־מִפְעָלִי.

and understand all my doings;

אִם־פָּעַלְתִּי שֶׁקֶר,

if perchance, I have dealt falsely

וּמַהֲתַלּוֹת בַּעֲמָלִי.

and acted deceitfully—

אֶת־עֲוֹנִי לֹא־תְבַקֵּר,

please, do not investigate my iniquity,

וְאַל־תִּדְרֹשׁ לְמַעֲלָלִי.

and do not examine my misdeeds.

יְהֹוָה בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי:

Adonoy! Hear my voice in the morning.

יוֹצְרִי

My Creator!

אֲשֶׁר בַּזֶּרֶת, תִּכֵּן מְרוֹמֵי קֶרֶת.

With a span, He measures the heavens above;

לְךָ אֶכֹּנָה עֲטֶרֶת,

for You, I prepare a crown [with my prayers]

בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי אַשְׁמֹרֶת.

offered to You in the third watch⁵The last watch which culminates at daybreak, the period most appropriate for prayer. [of night]

אֲשֶׁר תַּאֲזִין הָעֲתֶרֶת,

during which You give ear to the entreaties

וּלְיִשְׁעֲךָ שׂוֹבֶרֶת.

of those who hope for Your deliverance.

וְתִשְׁלַח הַמִּגְעֶרֶת,

Send Your rebuke

לְהוֹמִיָּה וְסוֹרֶרֶת.

to the violent and rebellious [nations]

אֲשֶׁר גַּאֲוָה מְדַבֶּרֶת,

who speak haughtily [of themselves]

וְאֵין בִּלְתָּהּ אוֹמֶרֶת.

and say “There is none else but her.”

וּמְקוֹם מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת,

And the Place where incense was offered,

וְהַדְּבִיר וְהַמְכַפָּרֶת.

and the Holy of Holies and the Altar,

אֲשֶׁר יְשָׁרְתוּ־בָם שָׁרֵת,

with which the Kohanim served You,

שָׂמוּהוּ מַעֲבֹרֶת.

they [our enemies] have made a thoroughfare.

תִּדְבַּק בָּהּ מַמְאֶרֶת,

May curses cling to them

כְּמוֹ כָּבֵד לְיוֹתֶרֶת.

as the liver to the lobe,

וַחֲמַת־קֶרִי יְקַר

and may violent wrath,

כָּל־מַכָּה וְכָל־חֳלִי.

and every wound and sickness befall them.

יְהֹוָה בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי:

Adonoy! Hear my voice in the morning.

צוּר

[Our] Rock,

שִׁמְךָ־אֵל קַנָּא,

Your Name is Almighty of Vengeance,

אַתָּה מַה־לְּךָ בַּשֵּׁנָה.

why do You appear as asleep?

שָׁנָה אַחַר שָׁנָה,

Year after year

יְמִינְךָ נָטְעָה כַנָּה.

the vine which Your right hand planted

מְאֹד נִגַּשׂ וְהוּא נַעֲנָה,

is most oppressed and afflicted,

זֶה מָכַר וְזֶה קָנָה.

it [Israel] is bought and sold;

לְאֹם בְּשִׁפְלוּת נִתְכַּנָּה,

Your people are nick-named with degradation

וּשְׁפָלָה אֵינֶנָּה.

but in fact are not degraded.

מִשְׁפָּטְךָ נְכוֹנָה,

Your judgement is just,

אֵין דִּינָא בְּלֹא דִינָא.

for no sentence is passed without justice.

אַךְ קַנֵּא לְנֶאֱמָנָה,

But take vengence for the [Torah of] faith

מִימִינְךָ נִתָּנָה.

which was given from Your right hand,

וּבָהּ כָּתוּב מִי־מָנָה,

and in which it is written: “Who can count.”⁶See Numbers 23:10, “Who can count the dust of Jacob.”

וְעַתָּה כַּצֹּאן נִמְנָה.

Yet now we are counted like sheep;

צוּרִי עוֹרְרָה־נָא,

my Rock, be aroused, I beg You

וְהַשְׁחִיתָהּ מִכַּנָּהּ.

destroy our enemy from its base,

וְאֶת־מַלְכוּתָהּ תְּעַקֵּר,

and uproot its kingdom,

אֱלֹהִים יְהֹוָה חֵילִי.

God, Adonoy is my strength.

יְהֹוָה בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי:

Adonoy! Hear my voice in the morning.

חָסִין

Mighty One,

קָרוֹב לְקוֹרְאָיו,

Who is near to those who call Him

וְשׁוֹמֵעַ אֶל־אֶבְיוֹנִים.

and hears [the prayers of] the needy,

דָּן דִּין־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן,

judge the plight of the poor and needy,

מִשְׁפַּט רְצוּצִים

render judgement for the oppressed

וּמְעֻנִּים.

and persecuted.

וְעֶלְיוֹנִים וְתַחְתּוֹנִים,

The fate of high and the low

בְּיָדְךָ אֲדוֹן הָאֲדוֹנִים,

are in Your hands, Master of masters.

וּמִשְׁפָּטִי מֵאִתְּךָ

Let my sentence come from You

יֵצֵא כַּנֹּגַהּ אֵל־אֱמוּנִים.

as a bright light, Almighty of faithfulness.

לֹא־אִישׁ אֵל

The Almighty is not like man

וִיכַזֵּב,

that He should lie,

אֲשֶׁר יַחֲלִיף עִנְיָנִים.

that He should change His word,

וְגָזַרְתָּ

yet You have decreed:

שֵׁשׁ־שָׁנִים.

“At the end of six years

אֲשֶׁר לַעֲבָדִים נִקְנִים.

set free the [Hebrew] bondsman”;⁷See Exodus 21:2.

וְכַמָּה־שֵׁשׁ חָלְפוּ־לִי,

and many times six years have gone by me

וְלֹא אָהַבְתִּי אֲדוֹנִים.

although I have not loved my masters.⁸See Exodus 21. The servant could opt to remain in the service of his master if he loved him.

וְאִם־נִמְכַּרְתִּי לְעֵקֶר,

And if I was sold to a heathen,

וְלֹא אֶגָּאֵל בַּשָּׁנִים.

and was not released after [six] years,

בִּקְרוֹבִים דִּין־עֵקֶר,

the duty of ransom falls on the kinsman,

וְאַתָּה קְרוֹבִי וְגוֹאֲלִי.

and You are my Kinsman and Redeemer.

יְהֹוָה בֹּקֶר תִּשְׁמַע קוֹלִי:

Adonoy! Hear my voice in the morning.

אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ.

Almighty! King!

יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים.

Who sits on the throne of mercy,

מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת.

governs with kindness

מוֹחֵל עֲו‍ֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ.

forgives the iniquities of His people.

מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן.

He removes their sins one by one,

מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים

increasing forgiveness to sinners,

וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים.

and pardon to transgressors.

עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת

Acting righteously

עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ.

with all who are of flesh and spirit;

לֹא כְרָעָתָם

not according to their wickedness

תִּגְמוֹל:

does He repay them.

אֵל

Almighty!

הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר

You instructed us to recite

שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the thirteen Divine attributes;

וּזְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם

remember unto us this day

בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹדַֽעְתָּ

as You made them known

לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם.

to the humble Moses of old,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב

as it is written,

וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן

“And Adonoy descended in the cloud,

וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם

and stood with him there,

וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:

and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.

קהל וחזן:

Congregation and Chazzan:

וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו

And Adonoy passed before him [Moses];

וַיִּקְרָא:

and proclaimed:

יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה

Adonoy, Adonoy,

אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן

Almighty, Merciful, Gracious,

אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם

Slow to Anger,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת:

and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth.

נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד

Keeper of kindness

לָאֲלָפִים

for thousands of generations,

נֹשֵׂא עָו‍ֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע

Endurer of iniquity, and transgression,

וְחַטָּאָה

and sin;

וְנַקֵּה:

and Acquitter of those who repent.”

וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲו‍ֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ

“And pardon our iniquity and our sin,

וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:

and take us for Your inheritance.”

סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ.

Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned,

מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ:

forgive us our King, for we have transgressed.

כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי

“For You, my Master,

טוֹב וְסַלָּח

are good and forgiving,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד

and abounding in kindness

לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:

to all who call upon You.”