The Effort One Makes to Serve God, Even if He is Frustrated, is Counted as a Sacrificial Offering / One Should Do What He Can, and God Will Do What is Best in His Eyes There are people who wish to be worthy Jews and to begin serving God sincerely. Yet they experience great confusion and face tremendous challenges. The more they want to serve God, the more difficulty they encounter. And so, although they fervently wish to serve God and sanctify themselves, they do not know what to do. All of the enthusiasm that people have when they are trying to do good is very precious. Even if they cannot attain the object of their yearning, their fervent striving itself constitutes a type of sacrificial offering to God, which corresponds to prayer. One who wishes to pray also encounters many distractions. Still, he should make every effort to pray properly. Even if his prayer is not perfect, every effort that he makes is like bringing a sacrifice. This applies to every type of Divine service. Even if one’s efforts to perfect and sanctify himself are in vain, his forceful endeavor with toil and desire, with suffering and confusion, itself constitutes a sacrificial offering. Therefore, a person should always strive to serve God as much as he can, even if it is difficult for him and even if he imagines that Heaven is casting him away. He should do what he can, and God will do what is best in His eyes. Extraneous Thoughts During Prayer You Who support the fallen, answer us on the day we call. You Who support the fallen, save us. You Who support the fallen, save us from all of our troubles. Please look upon our poverty and take up our battles, because “for Your sake we are killed all the day; we are considered as sheep for the slaughter.”
Master of the world, King, Helper, Savior and Shield, You know how difficult the Side of Evil has made our simple service of God, Whose ways are truly the “ways of pleasantness.”
Because of my many sins, I have bespattered my mind so that anything holy I wish to do is so difficult and onerous for me, to the point that “the strength of the porter has collapsed.”
Only You know how much heaviness and difficulty, how many obstacles and interruptions, the Side of Evil applies — making matters troublesome, setting up obstacles and impediments so that I will not engage in any of the holy matters, great or small, that I wish to undertake.
This is particularly hard and difficult regarding prayer, because, due to my many sins, I cannot open my mouth in prayer and I cannot gather the strength to control my thoughts. My thoughts wander into words of vanity, into evil, foreign ideas, into desires and fantasies, into so many extraneous types of thought not at all related to my words of prayer.
My thoughts are deeply separated from my words, so that for the most part I have no idea what I am saying. Woe to me! Woe to me! What shall I say? How shall I speak? How can I justify myself?
I have been seized so strongly by extraneous thoughts that it is hard for me to resist them throughout the day — and, in particular, during prayer, when they rise against me to the length and breadth.
What shall a creature as lowly as myself, as weak as I am, more confused than a drunkard, do? Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! What shall I say? How shall I speak? How can I justify myself? God has discovered my sin.
Praying with Full Intent In Your mighty compassion, have compassion on me — in the power and merit of the true Tzaddikim on whom we solely rely and in whose merit we exist [in the bitterness of the exile] in this bitter exile of body and soul.
Help me — from now on, at any rate — so that throughout the day and, in particular, at times of prayer, I will overcome all of the foreign thoughts that come to confuse me. May I not turn my heart to them at all.
Instead, may I invest all of the thoughts in my heart and mind into my words of prayer. May I connect my thoughts to the words of prayer with a firm and strong bond.
You Who are filled with compassion, help me so that I will invest all of my powers into the words of prayer and totally dedicate my soul and body when I pray. May my prayer not be like a burden on me, Heaven forbid.
May I toil with all of my strength and with every sort of true counsel to truly pray to You. In Your mighty compassion and kindness, accept my yearning, my efforts and my travails as I pray, as if I had brought You sacrifices and incense-offerings to solicit Your favor.
Help me and save me. Strengthen me and bolster me constantly, so that I will pray to You with the true intent of my heart, with the joy and goodness of my heart, and without any crookedness in my heart at all.
You who are filled with compassion, have compassion on me. May my hardships not be unimportant to You. “See my affliction and my toil, and forgive all my transgressions,” “for You crushed us in a place of serpents and covered us with the shadow of death.”
“If we forgot the Name of our God and spread our hands out to a foreign god, will God not investigate? He knows the secrets of the heart. For Your sake, we are killed all the day; we are considered as sheep for the slaughter.”
In Your vast compassion, have pity on me and accept my few difficulties, efforts and hardships as I strive to be in accordance with Your will, as though I were wearing myself out and troubling myself properly.
Quickly bring Your compassion to the fore on my behalf, because I am deeply impoverished. Please look at my hardships and not my transgressions. Please turn to my depressed spirit and gaze at my brokenheartedness.
Accept my few difficulties [and my efforts] and troubles in doing Your will as though I had offered sacrifices on Your altar to gain Your favor. For I am flesh and blood and quarried from clay, and my evil inclination pursues me from my birth “as the partridge hunts in the mountains.”
Woe to me because of my evil inclination! Woe to me before my Maker if You do not act for Your sake! Unless You take Your wrath and anger away from me, there is no point in my attempting any deeds.
I will hope in God. I will address His countenance. I will ask Him for a response that will make it possible for me to begin to pray properly, with complete focus, to control my thoughts, particularly when I pray, so that my prayer will not go astray.
May I not experience any extraneous thoughts that are unrelated to my words of prayer. Instead, may my thoughts be connected to my words of prayer with a firm and strong bond. And may You accept my prayer favorably.
“My God, open my lips and my mouth will speak Your praise.” “For You do not desire an offering, or I would give it; You do not wish a burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and crushed heart.”
[עַל־פִּי שִׂיחוֹת הָרָ"ן י"ב - כָּל הַיְּגִיעוֹת שֶׁמְּיַגְּעִין עַצְמָם בִּתְפִלָּה וְכֵן בְּכָל הָעֲבוֹדוֹת דִּקְדֻשָּׁה הֵם בִּבְחִינַת קָרְבָּנוֹת]
סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים עֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ, סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ, סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ מִכָּל צָרוֹתֵינוּ, רְאֵה נָא בְעָנְיֵנוּ וְרִיבָה רִיבֵנוּ, כִּי עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה.
The Effort One Makes to Serve God, Even if He is Frustrated, is Counted as a Sacrificial Offering / One Should Do What He Can, and God Will Do What is Best in His Eyes
There are people who wish to be worthy Jews and to begin serving God sincerely. Yet they experience great confusion and face tremendous challenges. The more they want to serve God, the more difficulty they encounter. And so, although they fervently wish to serve God and sanctify themselves, they do not know what to do.
All of the enthusiasm that people have when they are trying to do good is very precious. Even if they cannot attain the object of their yearning, their fervent striving itself constitutes a type of sacrificial offering to God, which corresponds to prayer.
One who wishes to pray also encounters many distractions. Still, he should make every effort to pray properly. Even if his prayer is not perfect, every effort that he makes is like bringing a sacrifice.
This applies to every type of Divine service. Even if one’s efforts to perfect and sanctify himself are in vain, his forceful endeavor with toil and desire, with suffering and confusion, itself constitutes a sacrificial offering.
Therefore, a person should always strive to serve God as much as he can, even if it is difficult for him and even if he imagines that Heaven is casting him away. He should do what he can, and God will do what is best in His eyes.
Extraneous Thoughts During Prayer
You Who support the fallen, answer us on the day we call. You Who support the fallen, save us. You Who support the fallen, save us from all of our troubles. Please look upon our poverty and take up our battles, because “for Your sake we are killed all the day; we are considered as sheep for the slaughter.”
עֲזֹר עֲזֹר עֶזְרַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, הוֹשִׁיעָה הוֹשִׁיעָה גוֹאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל, עֲנֵנוּ עֲנֵנוּ עוֹנֶה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Help us, help us, Helper of Israel! Save us, save us, Redeemer of Israel! Answer us, answer us, You Who answer Your nation, the Jewish people!
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מֶלֶךְ עוֹזֵר וּמוֹשִׁיעַ וּמָגֵן, אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה הִכְבִּיד עָלֵינוּ הַבַּעַל דָּבָר עֲבוֹדָתְךָ הַתְּמִימָה, אֲשֶׁר בֶּאֱמֶת דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי נֹעַם,
Master of the world, King, Helper, Savior and Shield, You know how difficult the Side of Evil has made our simple service of God, Whose ways are truly the “ways of pleasantness.”
אַךְ בַּעֲווֹנוֹתַי הָרַבִּים בִּלְבַּלְתִּי אֶת דַּעְתִּי כָּל כָּךְ כָּל כָּךְ, עַד אֲשֶׁר קָשֶׁה וְכָבֵד עָלַי כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁבִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁאֲנִי רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת, עַד אֲשֶׁר כָּשַׁל כֹּחַ הַסַּבָּל.
Because of my many sins, I have bespattered my mind so that anything holy I wish to do is so difficult and onerous for me, to the point that “the strength of the porter has collapsed.”
וְרַק אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ בְּכַמָּה וְכַמָּה מִינֵי כְּבֵדוּת וְקַשְׁיוּת וּמְנִיעוֹת וְעִכּוּבִים הוּא מַכְבִּיד וּמוֹנֵעַ וּמְעַכֵּב אוֹתִי מִכָּל דָּבָר שֶׁבִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁאֲנִי רוֹצֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת דָּבָר גָּדוֹל וְדָבָר קָטָן,
Only You know how much heaviness and difficulty, how many obstacles and interruptions, the Side of Evil applies — making matters troublesome, setting up obstacles and impediments so that I will not engage in any of the holy matters, great or small, that I wish to undertake.
וּבִפְרָט לְהִתְפַּלֵּל, שֶׁזֶּה קָשֶׁה וְכָבֵד עָלַי מִן הַכֹּל, כִּי בַּעֲווֹנוֹתַי הָרַבִּים אֵינִי יָכוֹל לִפְתּוֹחַ פִּי בִּתְפִלָּתִי, וְאֵינִי מִתְגַּבֵּר לִתְפֹּס אֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי, וּמַחֲשַׁבְתִּי מְשׁוֹטֶטֶת בַּמֶּה שֶׁמְּשׁוֹטֶטֶת בְּדִבְרֵי הֶבֶל וְרַעְיוֹנוֹת רָעוֹת וְזָרוֹת וְתַאֲווֹת וְהִרְהוּרִים, וְכַמָּה וְכַמָּה מִינֵי מַחֲשָׁבוֹת חוּץ שֶׁאֵינָם שַׁיָּכִים לְדִבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה כְּלָל,
This is particularly hard and difficult regarding prayer, because, due to my many sins, I cannot open my mouth in prayer and I cannot gather the strength to control my thoughts. My thoughts wander into words of vanity, into evil, foreign ideas, into desires and fantasies, into so many extraneous types of thought not at all related to my words of prayer.
עַד אֲשֶׁר מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי חֲלוּקָה מִדִּבּוּרִי מְאֹד מְאֹד, עַד שֶׁעַל פִּי רֹב אֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ כְּלָל מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי מְדַבֵּר בִּתְפִלָּה. אוֹי לִי וַי לִי, אוֹי לִי וַי לִי מְאֹד מְאֹד, מָה אוֹמַר, מָה אֲדַבֵּר, מָה אֶצְטַדָּק.
My thoughts are deeply separated from my words, so that for the most part I have no idea what I am saying. Woe to me! Woe to me! What shall I say? How shall I speak? How can I justify myself?
וְאִם אָמְנָם אֲנִי בְּעַצְמִי הַחַיָּב בְּכָל זֶה, אַךְ עִם כָּל זֶה לְךָ יְהֹוָה הַצְּדָקָה, לְדִינֵנִי גַם עַתָּה לְכַף זְכוּת,
Indeed, I myself am guilty in all this. But despite that, “You, HaShem, possess the generosity” to judge me favorably even now.
כִּי נִתְפֹּס נִתְפַּסְתִּי כָּל כָּךְ בְּמַחְשְׁבוֹת חוּץ, עַד שֶׁקָּשֶׁה עָלַי לַעֲמֹד כְּנֶגְדָּם אֲפִלּוּ בְּכָל הַיּוֹם, וּבִפְרָט בְּעֵת הַתְּפִלָּה, שֶׁאָז הֵם מִשְׁתַּטְּחִים וּמִתְפַּשְּׁטִים כְּנֶגְדִּי לָאֹרֶךְ וְלַרֹחַב.
I have been seized so strongly by extraneous thoughts that it is hard for me to resist them throughout the day — and, in particular, during prayer, when they rise against me to the length and breadth.
וְכָל מִינֵי בִּלְבּוּלִים וּשְׁטוּתִים וְעִרְבּוּב הַדַּעַת שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי בְּכָל פַּעַם, כֻּלָּם בָּאִים וְנִשְׁמָעִים לְלִבִּי וְדַעְתִּי בְּעֵת הַתְּפִלָּה דַיְקָא.
All types of confusion, foolishness and turmoil come constantly into my mind, and my heart and mind hear them particularly at the time of prayer.
וּמַה יַעֲשֶׂה אֵזוֹב קִיר כָּמוֹנִי, חָלוּשׁ כָּמוֹנִי מְבֻלְבָּל יוֹתֵר מִשִּׁכּוֹר כָּמוֹנִי, אוֹי אוֹי אוֹי, אוֹי אוֹי אוֹי וַאֲבוֹי, מָה אוֹמַר, מָה אֲדַבֵּר, מָה אֶצְטַדָּק, הָאֱלֹהִים מָצָא אֶת עֲוֹנִי.
What shall a creature as lowly as myself, as weak as I am, more confused than a drunkard, do? Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! Woe! What shall I say? How shall I speak? How can I justify myself? God has discovered my sin.
רַחֵם עָלַי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָעֲצוּמִים, בְּכֹחַ וּזְכוּת הַצַּדִּיקִים הָאֲמִתִּיִּים שֶׁאָנוּ נִשְׁעָנִים רַק עֲלֵיהֶם וּבִזְכוּתָם אָנוּ קַיָּמִים (בִּמְרִירוּת הַגָּלוּת) בְּגָלוּת הַמַּר הַזֶּה בְּגוּף וָנֶפֶשׁ,
Praying with Full Intent
In Your mighty compassion, have compassion on me — in the power and merit of the true Tzaddikim on whom we solely rely and in whose merit we exist [in the bitterness of the exile] in this bitter exile of body and soul.
וְעָזְרֵנִי מֵעַתָּה עַל כָּל פָּנִים שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְהִתְגַּבֵּר בְּכָל הַיּוֹם וּבִפְרָט בִּשְׁעַת הַתְּפִלָּה עַל כָּל הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת זָרוֹת הַבָּאִים לְבַלְבֵּל, שֶׁלֹּא אַטֶּה לְבָבִי אֲלֵיהֶם כְּלָל.
Help me — from now on, at any rate — so that throughout the day and, in particular, at times of prayer, I will overcome all of the foreign thoughts that come to confuse me. May I not turn my heart to them at all.
רַק אַכְנִיס כָּל מַחְשְׁבוֹת לִבִּי וְדַעְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ דִּבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה, וַאֲקַשֵּׁר מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי אֶל דִּבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה בְּקֶשֶׁר אַמִּיץ וְחָזָק.
Instead, may I invest all of the thoughts in my heart and mind into my words of prayer. May I connect my thoughts to the words of prayer with a firm and strong bond.
וְתַעַזְרֵנִי מָלֵא רַחֲמִים שֶׁאַכְנִיס כָּל כֹּחוֹתַי בְּדִבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה, וְאֶמְסֹר נַפְשִׁי וְגוּפִי בִּשְׁעַת הַתְּפִלָּה, וְלֹא תְהֵא הַתְּפִלָּה עָלַי כְּמַשָּׂא חַס וְשָׁלוֹם,
You Who are filled with compassion, help me so that I will invest all of my powers into the words of prayer and totally dedicate my soul and body when I pray. May my prayer not be like a burden on me, Heaven forbid.
וְאֶתְיַגֵּעַ בְּכָל כֹּחוֹתַי וּבְכָל מִינֵי עֵצוֹת אֲמִתִּיּוֹת לְהִתְפַּלֵּל לְפָנֶיךָ בְּאֱמֶת. וְאַתָּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ הָעֲצוּמִים תְּקַבֵּל תְּשׁוּקוֹתַי וְטִרְחוֹתַי וִיגִיעוֹתַי עַל הַתְּפִלָּה כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרַבְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ קָרְבָּנוֹת וּקְטֹרֶת לְרָצוֹן.
May I toil with all of my strength and with every sort of true counsel to truly pray to You. In Your mighty compassion and kindness, accept my yearning, my efforts and my travails as I pray, as if I had brought You sacrifices and incense-offerings to solicit Your favor.
וְתַעַזְרֵנִי וְתוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וּתְחַזְּקֵנִי וּתְאַמְּצֵנִי בְּכָל עֵת לְהִתְפַּלֵּל בְּכַוָּנַת לִבִּי בֶּאֱמֶת לְפָנֶיךָ בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְטוּב לֵבָב בְּלִי שׁוּם עַקְמִימִיּוּת שֶׁבַּלֵּב כְּלָל.
Help me and save me. Strengthen me and bolster me constantly, so that I will pray to You with the true intent of my heart, with the joy and goodness of my heart, and without any crookedness in my heart at all.
רַחֵם עָלַי מָלֵא רַחֲמִים וְאַל יִמְעֲטוּ לְפָנֶיךָ תְּלָאוֹתַי, רְאֵה עָנְיִי וַעֲמָלִי וְשָׂא לְכָל חַטֹּאתָי, כִּי דִּכִּיתָנוּ בִּמְקוֹם תַּנִּים וַתְּכַס עָלֵינוּ בְצַלְמָוֶת,
You who are filled with compassion, have compassion on me. May my hardships not be unimportant to You. “See my affliction and my toil, and forgive all my transgressions,” “for You crushed us in a place of serpents and covered us with the shadow of death.”
אִם שָׁכַחְנוּ שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵינוּ וַנִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפֵּינוּ לְאֵל זָר, הֲלֹא אֱלֹהִים יַחֲקָר זֹאת כִּי הוּא יוֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלוּמוֹת לֵב, כִּי עָלֶיךָ הֹרַגְנוּ כָל הַיּוֹם נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן טִבְחָה.
“If we forgot the Name of our God and spread our hands out to a foreign god, will God not investigate? He knows the secrets of the heart. For Your sake, we are killed all the day; we are considered as sheep for the slaughter.”
חוּסָה עָלַי כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶיךָ וְקַבֵּל מְעַט יְגִיעוֹתַי וְטִרְחוֹתַי וּתְלָאוֹתַי מַה שֶּׁאֲנִי חוֹתֵר כְּדֵי לִהְיוֹת כִּרְצוֹנֶךָ, כְּאִלּוּ הָיִיתִי מִתְיַגֵּעַ וְטוֹרֵחַ כָּרָאוּי,
In Your vast compassion, have pity on me and accept my few difficulties, efforts and hardships as I strive to be in accordance with Your will, as though I were wearing myself out and troubling myself properly.
מַהֵר יְקַדְּמוּנִי רַחֲמֶיךָ כִּי דַלּוֹתִי מְאֹד, פְּנֵה נָא אֶל הַתְּלָאוֹת וְאַל לַחַטָּאוֹת, פְּנֵה נָא בְּעִצְבוֹן רוּחַ צְפֵה בְּשִׁבְרוֹן לֵב,
Quickly bring Your compassion to the fore on my behalf, because I am deeply impoverished. Please look at my hardships and not my transgressions. Please turn to my depressed spirit and gaze at my brokenheartedness.
קַבֵּל מְעַט יְגִיעוֹתַי (וְטִרְחוֹתַי) וְטִרְדּוֹתַי לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרַבְתִּי קָרְבָּנוֹת עַל מִזְבַּחֲךָ לְרָצוֹן, כִּי בָּשָׂר וָדָם אֲנִי, וּמֵחֹמֶר קֹרַצְתִּי וְיִצְרִי רוֹדֵף אַחֲרַי מֵעוֹדִי כַּאֲשֶׁר יִרְדֹּף הַקֹּרֵא בֶּהָרִים.
Accept my few difficulties [and my efforts] and troubles in doing Your will as though I had offered sacrifices on Your altar to gain Your favor. For I am flesh and blood and quarried from clay, and my evil inclination pursues me from my birth “as the partridge hunts in the mountains.”
אוֹי לִי מִיִּצְרִי אוֹי לִי מִיּוֹצְרִי אִם לֹא לְמַעַנְךָ תַּעַשׂ, וְתָסִיר מִמֶּנִי חֲרוֹן אַף וָכַעַס, אֵין לְבַקֵּשׁ וְלִמְצֹא מַעַשׂ.
Woe to me because of my evil inclination! Woe to me before my Maker if You do not act for Your sake! Unless You take Your wrath and anger away from me, there is no point in my attempting any deeds.
אוֹחִילָה לָאֵל אֲחַלֶּה פָנָיו אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִמֶּנּוּ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה מֵעַתָּה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלּוֹתַי כָּרָאוּי בְּכַוָּנָה שְׁלֵמָה, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִתְפֹּס אֶת מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי, בִּפְרָט בְּעֵת הַתְּפִלָּה לְבַל תֵּצֵא חוּצָה כְּלָל.
I will hope in God. I will address His countenance. I will ask Him for a response that will make it possible for me to begin to pray properly, with complete focus, to control my thoughts, particularly when I pray, so that my prayer will not go astray.
וְלֹא אֶחְשֹׁב שׁוּם מַחְשְׁבוֹת חוּץ שֶׁאֵינָם שַׁיָּכִים לְדִבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה, רַק תִּהְיֶה מַחֲשַׁבְתִּי קְשׁוּרָה בְּדִבּוּרֵי הַתְּפִלָּה בְּקֶשֶׁר אַמִּיץ וְחָזָק, וּתְקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתִי בְּרָצוֹן.
May I not experience any extraneous thoughts that are unrelated to my words of prayer. Instead, may my thoughts be connected to my words of prayer with a firm and strong bond. And may You accept my prayer favorably.
אֲדֹנָי שְׂפָתַי תִּפְתָּח וּפִי יַגִּיד תְּהִלָּתֶךָ, כִּי לֹא תַחְפּוֹץ זֶבַח וְאֶתֵּנָה עוֹלָה לֹא תִּרְצֶה, זִבְחֵי אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ נִשְׁבָּרָה, לֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה אֱלֹהִים לֹא תִבְזֶה.
“My God, open my lips and my mouth will speak Your praise.” “For You do not desire an offering, or I would give it; You do not wish a burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and crushed heart.”
וְנֶאֱמַר: כִּי לֹא בָזָה וְלֹא שִׁקַּץ עֱנוּת עָנִי וְלֹא הִסְתִּיר פָּנָיו מִמֶּנּוּ וּבְשַׁוְּעוֹ אֵלָיו שָׁמֵעַ,
“He has neither despised nor abhorred the cry of the poor, nor has He hidden His countenance from him; and when he cried out to Him, He listened.”
יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי אָמֵן:
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing before You, HaShem, my Rock and my Redeemer.” Amen.