ליום שישי 5

יט. פזמון. חתום יצחק חזק.

יֹשֵׁב בְּסֵתֶר עֶלְיוֹן,

He Who dwells in hidden, high heavens,

מָגִנִּי וְצִנָּתִי.

my Shield, my Protector,

צַעֲקָתִי הַקְשִׁיבָה,

listen to my cry,

וְהַאֲזִינָה רִנָּתִי.

give ear to my song,

חַטֵּא אֶת־חַטָּאתִי,

cleanse my sin;

קָדוֹשׁ תֵּן תִּקְוָתִי.

O Holy One, grant my hope—

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

צְדָקָה עֲשֵׁה לְעַמֶּךָ,

Deal charitably with Your people,

קָדוֹשׁ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ.

Holy One [do it] for Your Name’s sake,

כִּי פַּסּוּ תְּמִימֶיךָ,

for Your perfect ones have vanished,

מַעֲבִירֵי זַעֲמֶיךָ.

[the righteous] who appeased Your anger,

וּמַגִּישֵׁי לַחְמֶךָ,

also [the priests] who brought Your offerings;

לָכֵן עַתָּה בָאתִי.

therefore, I have come now [with prayer].

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as a request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

חַטֹּאת נְעוּרַי תַּצְלִיל,

Drown the sins of my youth,

וְיָם יֵהָפְכוּ כְּצָלִיל.

and let the sea turn them about;⁶Let them be turned to virtue through repentance.

וְצֶדֶק זְקוּנִים תַּסְלִיל,

exalt the righteousness of our ancestors,

וְשַׁוְעַת נְכֵאִים

and let the prayers of the humble

תַּכְלִיל.

adorn You as a crown.

וְעֵת תְּנַקֵּנִי כְּבַעֲלִיל,

And when You purify me as in a crucible,

מַסְטִינִי אָז יְיֵלִיל.

my accuser [Satan] will bewail,

כִּי לִבִּי לְךָ כָּלִיל,

for my heart will be whole with You;

עַתָּה הִנֵּה בָאתִי.

therefore, I have come now [with prayer].

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

חַנּוּן חַי חָנֵּנִי,

Gracious and Living One, be gracious to me,

לְקוֹל זַעֲקִי בִּגְרוֹנִי.

the sound of my cry is in my throat,

בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ תַּעֲנֵנִי,

answer me when You hear it.

סְלִיחָתְךָ תַּרְבֵּנִי.

Increase Your forgiveness,

חַיִּים תִּכְתְּבֵנִי,

inscribe me for life,

וְעָנְתָה בִּי צִדְקָתִי.

let my righteousness testify for me.

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

זֶה אֵלִי הוֹשִׁיעָה,

This is my Almighty, deliver me,

וּזְכֻיּוֹת הַכְרִיעָה.

and incline the scale in my favor;

וּמִזְּבוּלְךָ הוֹפִיעָה,

reveal Yourself from Your Dwelling,

חֹן סֹעֲרָה וְסֹעָה.

and grace Your storm-tossed nation;

וּמְלָשְׁנִי הַבְלִיעָה,

destroy my slanderer [Satan]

צֹאנְךָ מִלְּהַפְשִׁיעָה.

let him not prove Your flock guilty,

פֶּן אֶרְאֶה בָרָעָה,

lest I witness misfortune—

בְּאָבְדַן מוֹלַדְתִּי.

the destruction of my kin.

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

קַדֵּשׁ שֵׁם קָדְשֶׁךָ,

Sanctify Your holy Name

חִלְּלוּ בְּמִקְדָּשֶׁךָ.

which they⁷The nations that destroyed the Temples. profaned in Your Sanctuary,

וְאַהֲרוֹנִים קְדוֹשֶׁיךָ,

and [killed] Your holy priests⁸Lit. the Aharonites, descendants of Aharon, the first priest of God.

מַגִּישֵׁי אִשֶּׁיךָ.

who brought Your burnt-offerings.

וּמַה־יַּעֲשׂוּ קְדוֹשֶׁיךָ,

For what can [Israel] Your holy ones do

כְּפַסּוּ קָדָשֶׁיךָ.

now that Your offerings have ceased?⁹They have no offerings to atone their iniquities.

שְׁעֵה־נָּא

Therefore we beseech You to regard

מַקְדִּישֶׁיךָ,

the prayers of Your holy ones

כְּפָרִים אִם־שִׁלַּמְתִּי.

as if they offered heifers.

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

יֵרָצוּ עֲבָדֶיךָ,

Accept [the prayers of] Your servants

לְמַעַן שֵׁם כְּבוֹדֶךָ.

for the sake of Your glorious Name;

מְיַחֲדֶיךָ מְעִידֶיךָ,

they proclaim Your Unity and testify

כִּי אֵין בִּלְעָדֶיךָ.

that there is none beside You;

בַּקֵּשׁ נָא אוֹבְדֶיךָ,

please seek out Your lost ones [Israel]

הֵן בָּאוּ עָדֶיךָ.

as they approach You in prayer,

כִּי טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ,

for Your love for them is great,

פָּנֶיךָ בִּקַּשְׁתִּי.

therefore, I seek Your Presence.

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

קוֹלִי יֶעֱרַב נָא,

Let my voice be as desirable

כְּמֵחִים תּוֹךְ צִיּוֹנָה

as fat offerings offered in Zion;

לְטוֹבָה הִפָּנֶה־נָּא,

please turn to me for goodness

לְהַמְצִיאֵנִי חֲנִינָה.

and let me find grace [in Your eyes],

כִּי אֶל־מִי אֶפְנֶה־נָּא,

for to whom shall I turn now

בְּאֵין מַשְׁעֵן וּמַשְׁעֵנָה.

that I am without support?

לִמְיַחֲלֶיךָ סְלַח־נָא,

I pray, forgive those who hope in You,

הַשְׁמִיעֵם סָלַחְתִּי.

and let them hear “I have forgiven.”

נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי,

Give me my life as my request,

וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי:

and my people’s as my petition.

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.”