ליום שני דעשי"ת 6

סג. חתום זבדיה.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ

Our God and God of our fathers!

אֱלֹהִים אֵין בִּלְתֶּךָ.

There is no God besides You,

לְדוֹר דּוֹרִים מֶמְשַׁלְתֶּךָ.

Your dominion is over all generations,

וְלָעַד קִיּוּם בְּרִיתֶךָ:

and Your covenant endures forever.

בִּימִינְךָ אֵין מַעֲצָר.

Your right hand knows no restraint,

יָדְךָ לֹא תִקְצָר.

the power of Your hand is unlimited,

אֵל עוֹנֶה בַּצָּר:

Almighty, Who answers in distress.

גָּבְרוּ מְאֹד נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ

Mighty are Your wonders,

וְלָעַד שִׁלְטוֹן מַלְכוּתֶךָ

and the power of Your kingdom is forever,

וְלֹא יִתַּמּוּ שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ:

and Your years are unending.

דּוֹרֵשׁ דָּמִים,

Avenger of [our] blood,

הִצַּלְתָּנוּ כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים.

You have saved us many times,

וְהִשְׁפַּלְתָּ מְלָכִים רָמִים:

and humbled mighty kings.

הֵן אַתָּה לֹא שָׁנִיתָ.

Behold, You have not changed,

וְאַתָּה הוּא שֶׁהָיִיתָ.

You are now what You have always been,

בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב לֹא כִלִּיתָ:

the sons of Jacob, You have not consumed.

וּמִבְּנֵי בְנֵיהֶם אֲנַחְנוּ.

As we are their descendants,

לָמָּה לָנֶצַח זֻנַּחְנוּ.

why are we forsaken forever,

וְכַמֵּת מִלֵּב נִשְׁכָּחְנוּ:

and forgotten as dead men, from the heart?

זְרוּיִים בְּכָל פִּנָּה.

We are scattered in every corner,

עֲבוּדִים בְּכָל מְדִינָה.

enslaved in every country,

וְאֵין לָנוּ חֲנִינָה:

and no favor is shown us.

חֲשׁוּכִים בֵּין כָּל־אֻמָּה.

We are obscured among every people,

נְתוּנִים לְבֹשֶׁת וְלִכְלִמָּה,

and put to shame and disgrace

לְגוֹיֵי אֲדָמָה:

among the nations of the world.

טָבַעְנוּ בְּצוּל מַעֲמַקִּים.

We are sunk in the lowest depths,

יָרַדְנוּ

we have collapsed

וְאֵין מֵקִים.

and there is none to raise us,

לְךָ לְבַד נוֹאֲקִים:

to You alone do we cry.

יוֹשְׁבִים כְּעֵדֵי שְׁקָרִים.

We sit [disgraced] as false witnesses,

בְּלִי רֹאשׁ לְהָרִים.

ashamed to lift our heads,

לַעֲנָה וָרוֹשׁ שִׁכּוֹרִים:

and are drunk with gall and wormwood.

כָּשַׁלְנוּ בַּצָּהֳרַיִם כְּבַלַּיְלָה.

We stumble at noon and at night,

כְּעִוְרִים נְגַשֵּׁשׁ בָּאֲפֵלָה.

like the blind, we grope in the darkness,

וְאֵין־לֵידַע קֵץ הַגְּאֻלָּה:

and know not the time of our redemption.

לְקוּחֵי־כֶסֶף

Even those purchased for money,

לְחֵרוּת יוֹצְאִים.

can be freed,

וַאֲנַחְנוּ יוֹם־וָלֵיל נִלְאִים.

but we are wearied day and night

וּמָנוֹחַ לֹא מוֹצְאִים:

and find no rest.

מַה־כֹּחִי לִסְבֹּל טִיט־רִפְשִׁי.

How can I endure in the thick slime,¹Of Exile.

וּמַה־קִּצִּי

and what is my end

כִּי־אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי.

that I should be patient

עַד־זְמַן תּוֹצִיאֵנִי לַחָפְשִׁי:

until the time You bring me to freedom?

נֹאמַר בֹּקֶר

In the morning we say:

מִי־יִתֵּן־עֶרֶב.

“Would it were evening,”

וּבָעֶרֶב

and in the evening:

מִי־יִתֵּן בֹּקֶר יְקָרֵב

“Would that the morning²Yesterday’s morning; see Rashi to Deut. 28:67. draw near,”

מִפַּחַד לֵב וָקֶרֶב:

because of fear of heart and soul.

שֶֹה פְזוּרָה אָנוּ מְשׁוּלִים.

We are likened to sheep gone astray,

כָּל־מוֹצְאֵינוּ אוֹתָנוּ אוֹכְלִים.

whoever finds us, consumes us,

וְעַל־נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ לֹא חוֹמְלִים:

and takes no pity on our souls.

עֵינַי סָבִיב הֲרִימוֹתִי.

I lifted my eyes around me

שְֹמֹאל וְיָמִין צִפִּיתִי.

and looked left and right,

וּמַכִּיר לִי לֹא־רָאִיתִי:

but I found no one who knows me.³Who cares for me.

פָּנִיתִי לְכָל־צַד

I turned to every side

וְאֵין עֶזְרָה.

but there was no help,

צָעַקְתִּי לְךָ וָאֶקְרָא.

I cried to You and called—

אֵל עוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה:

Almighty, Who answers in time of trouble.

צוּר יָדְךָ לֹא־קָצְרָה.

O Rock, Your hand is not shortened,⁴I.e., limited.

לְךָ הַכֹּחַ וְהַגְּבוּרָה.

Yours is the power and strength,

לָמָּה תִישָׁן עוּרָה:

why do You sleep—rouse Yourself.

קְשֹׁב תַּחַן שִֹיחֵנוּ.

Listen to our words of supplication,

רְאֵה בְּתַשּׁוּת כֹּחֵנוּ

behold our feebled state,

וְאַל בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנוּ:

and do not rebuke us with Your anger.

שׁוּר בְּשִׁפְלוּת דּוֹרֵנוּ

Look on the humiliation of our generation,

תַּבִּיט בְּכֹבֶד צַעֲרֵנוּ.

regard our heavy grief

וְאַל בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנוּ:

and do not chastise us with Your rage.

זַעֲקָתֵנוּ שְׁעֵה מִמְּעוֹנֶךָ:

Turn to our cry from Your Dwelling,

בִּיטָה בְּאֶנְקַת בָּנֶיךָ.

look on the groans of Your children,

וְאַל־תְּשִׁיבֵנוּ רֵיקָם

and turn us not away empty-handed

מִלְּפָנֶיךָ:

from Your Presence.

דְּרַשְׁנוּךָ בְּחִין וְשַׁוְעָה.

We seek You with entreaty and prayer,

יָהּ הֵרָצֶה־לָנוּ בְּזוּ־הַשָּׁעָה.

O God, favor us in this hour,

וְתַחֲנוּנֵנוּ יְהֹוָה שְׁמָעָה:

and hear Adonoy, our supplication.

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.”

כִּי כָּל־הָעַמִּים

All the peoples

יֵלְכוּ אִישׁ בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהָיו

walk, each of them, in the name of his god,

וַאֲנַחְנוּ נֵלֵךְ

but we walk

בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד׃

in the Name of Adonoy, our God forever.

וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְחַסְדְּךָ בָטַחְנוּ

And we trust in Your loving kindness,

יָגֵל לִבֵּנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ:

our hearts will exult in Your deliverance.

וַאֲנַחְנוּ נָשִׁיר עֻזֶּךָ

And we will sing of Your strength,

נְרַנֵּן

we will sing joyously

לַבֹּקֶר חַסְדֶּךָ:

of Your lovingkindness in the morning.

וַאֲנַחְנוּ בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ

And through Your abundant kindness

נָבוֹא בֵיתֶֽךָ

we will enter Your House;

נִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה

we will prostrate ourselves

אֶל הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ:

toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You.

כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל בָּנִים

As a father has compassion on his children

כֵּן תְּרַחֵם יְהֹוָה עָלֵֽינוּ:

so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy.

לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה,

Deliverance is Adonoy’s;

עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶֽךָ סֶּֽלָה:

upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah!

יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּֽנוּ

Adonoy of Hosts is with us,

מִשְׂגָּב לָֽנוּ, אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה:

a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah!

יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת,

Adonoy of Hosts!

אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּֽטֵֽחַ בָּךְ:

fortunate is the man who trusts in You.

יְהֹוָה הוֹשִֽׁיעָה,

Adonoy, deliver us;

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ יַעֲנֵֽנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:

the King will answer us on the day we call.

סְלַח נָא לַעֲו‍ֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה,

“Please pardon the sins of this nation

כְּגֹֽדֶל

in accordance with the greatness

חַסְדֶּֽךָ.

of Your lovingkindness;

וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָֽׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה.

and as You forgave this people

מִמִּצְרַֽיִם וְעַד הֵֽנָּה.

from when it left Egypt until now.”

וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:

And there it is said:

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה

“And Adonoy said,

סָלַֽחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ:

I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”

הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע,

Incline Your ear, my God, and hear,

פְּקַח עֵינֶֽיךָ וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמֹתֵֽינוּ,

open Your eyes and behold our desolate places,

וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶֽיהָ

and the city which is called by Your Name;

כִּי לֹא עַל צִדְקֹתֵֽינוּ,

for it is not on account of our righteousness

אֲנַֽחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵֽינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ,

that we let fall our supplication before You,

כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים:

but because of Your great mercy.

אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָֽעָה, אֲדֹנָי סְלָֽחָה,

My Master, hear! My Master, pardon!

אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִֽׁיבָה וַעֲשֵׂה,

My Master, listen and take action,

אַל תְּאַחַר.

do not delay!

לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהַי,

For Your sake, my God,

כִּי שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא

because Your Name is proclaimed

עַל עִירְךָ וְעַל עַמֶּֽךָ:

over Your city and over Your people.