How can I open my mouth, and how can I lift my eyes, when in me there are no good deeds and in my hand there is no merit? I shout, I am like a drunkard, and like one overcome with wine. I am like a warrior without weapons:
The humble heart trembles, for gone is [the righteous one] appointed to intercede on our behalf; and who is left to open his mouth— the fool, and one who lacks perception. His transgression is concealed in him, and his iniquity is imprisoned within him, he is a sinner and full of rebelliousness, a captive of the despicable [evil inclination].
Filled with distraction is this humiliated heart of him who comes to entreat You, the straight path he has distorted, [and] he despises admonition, [for] he has become twisted and crooked. His knee is weak because of his guilt, and the filth of his sin is his obstacle; in his heart he thinks of iniquity, and his deeds cause him to stumble.
Rebuttals and excuses to offer— what can I find? I have become repulsive and polluted for I am filled with disgrace and derision. The abundance of my tears has not endured, its source has been interrupted; [even] my assembly [for prayer] is filled with iniquity and deceit, and my fast days filled with strife.
Erase our transgression, forgive our iniquity, and atone our guilt. I cry out from an aching heart, that is disgraced, shamed and humiliated: “Quiet Your wrath, calm Your rage, and annul Your anger; be pleased with [our emmissary who seeks3A reference to the Chazzan.] to make us favored and loved [in Your eyes], and confound [Satan] who digs pits for us.”
Remember the tribes of Israel! Prepare yourselves with pure hearts, with whole hearts, uphold [the Mitzvos], and bring forth your supplication, do homage in purity [of heart]. When Adonoy makes Himself accessible, seek Him with added might, He will not shame or detest the cry of the humble and crushed [heart].
A day of deliverance and a time of favor may I find in Your Presence; fit, worthy and faultless, may I be considered in Your eyes. When I stand in prayer to plead for mercy on Your children, let us hear, “I have bestowed favor on you,” “I have pardoned you”— may this be told us from Your Dwelling.
Quickly, seek the Presence of the Almighty, excise the hardness of your hearts, remove the obstacle [the evil inclination], clear the way and straighten the crooked, abandon iniquity and confess, and do not continue to harden [your hearts]. He who knows of his sin, let him repent and show regret, let him accept words of admonition, and let him plead [for forgiveness].
Listen O Master to my supplication, give ear to my prayer, be pleased with my cry, be appeased and conciliated and accept my prayer; I call You out of distress, be near to me and come deliver me, quickly, help me, my Master, my deliverer.
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.”
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.
כד. על פי א"ב. חתום אליה בר שמעיה חזק:
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
Our God, and God of our fathers!
אֵיכָכָה אֶפְצֶה פֶה וְאֵיךְ אֶשָּא עַיִן. בִּי אֵין מַעַשֹ וּבְיָדִי זְכוּת אַיִן. גָעִיתִי הָיִיתִי כְּשִׁכּוֹר וּכְגֶבֶר עֲבָרוֹ יַיִן. דָּמִיתִי לְגִבּוֹר שֶׁאֵין בְּיָדוֹ כְּלֵי זַיִן:
How can I open my mouth, and how can I lift my eyes, when in me there are no good deeds and in my hand there is no merit? I shout, I am like a drunkard, and like one overcome with wine. I am like a warrior without weapons:
הָחֳרַד לֵב דַּל, וְחָדַל הַהוּקַם סַרְסוּר. וּמַה יִּפְעַר נִבְעַר מִדַּעַת וּבִין חָסוּר. זְדוֹנוֹ בְּחֻבּוֹ טָמוּן וְאָוֶן בְּקִרְבּוֹ אָסוּר. חוֹטֵא וְרַב מֶרִי, בְּיַד מְנֻוָּל מָסוּר:
The humble heart trembles, for gone is [the righteous one] appointed to intercede on our behalf; and who is left to open his mouth— the fool, and one who lacks perception. His transgression is concealed in him, and his iniquity is imprisoned within him, he is a sinner and full of rebelliousness, a captive of the despicable [evil inclination].
טֹרַד לֵב נִבְזֶה הֲלָזֶה הַבָּא לְבַקֵּשׁ. יָשָׁר הֶעֱוָה, תּוֹכָחוֹת קָץ, פְּתַלְתּוֹל וְעִקֵּשׁ. כֹּשֶׁל בִּרְכָּיו אַשְׁמָתוֹ וְצַחֲנָתוֹ לוֹ לְמוֹקֵשׁ. לִבּוֹ אָוֶן חוֹרֵשׁ, בְּפֹעַל כַּפָּיו נוֹקֵשׁ:
Filled with distraction is this humiliated heart of him who comes to entreat You, the straight path he has distorted, [and] he despises admonition, [for] he has become twisted and crooked. His knee is weak because of his guilt, and the filth of his sin is his obstacle; in his heart he thinks of iniquity, and his deeds cause him to stumble.
מַעַן טַעַן בְפִיצָה לְהָשִׁיב מָה אֶמְצָא. נִתְעַבְתִּי וְנֶאֱלַחְתִּי כִּי מָלֵאתִי דֹּפִי וְשִׁמְצָה. סֵפֶק מֵימַי לֹא נֶאֱמָנוּ כְּאַכְזָב מוֹצָא. עַצָרוֹתַי אָוֶן וּמִרְמָה וְצוֹמוֹתַי לְרִיב וּמַצָּה:
Rebuttals and excuses to offer— what can I find? I have become repulsive and polluted for I am filled with disgrace and derision. The abundance of my tears has not endured, its source has been interrupted; [even] my assembly [for prayer] is filled with iniquity and deceit, and my fast days filled with strife.
פֶּשַׁע מְחֵה וְעָווֹן שָֹא וְאָשָׁם כַּפֵּר. צָעַקְתִּי מִכְּאֵב לֵב, נִכְלָם בּוּשׁ וָחֵפֶר. קֶצֶף שַׁכֵּךְ וְרֹגֶז הַנַּח וְכַעַס הָפֵר. רְצֵה מְרַצֶּה וּמְחַבֵּב, וְעַרְבֵּב גּוּמָּץ חוֹפֵר:
Erase our transgression, forgive our iniquity, and atone our guilt. I cry out from an aching heart, that is disgraced, shamed and humiliated: “Quiet Your wrath, calm Your rage, and annul Your anger; be pleased with [our emmissary who seeks3A reference to the Chazzan.] to make us favored and loved [in Your eyes], and confound [Satan] who digs pits for us.”
שִׁבְטֵי פְלִיטֵי יִשְֹרָאֵל הִכּוֹנוּ בְּלֵב נָבָר. תֹּם הַחֲזִיקוּ, וְתַחַן הָפִיקוּ, נַשְּׁקוּ בַר. אֶת יְהֹוָה בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ לְדָרְשׁוֹ חַיִל יֻגְבַּר. לֹא־בָזָה וְלֹא שִׁקַּץ עֱנוּת עָנִי וְנִשְׁבָּר:
Remember the tribes of Israel! Prepare yourselves with pure hearts, with whole hearts, uphold [the Mitzvos], and bring forth your supplication, do homage in purity [of heart]. When Adonoy makes Himself accessible, seek Him with added might, He will not shame or detest the cry of the humble and crushed [heart].
יוֹם יְשׁוּעָה וְעֵת רָצוֹן אֶמְצָא לְפָנֶיךָ. הָגוּן וְרָאוּי וְשָׁלֵם אֵחָשֵׁב בְּעֵינֶיךָ. בְּעָמְדִי לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וּלְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים עַל בָּנֶיךָ. רָצִיתִי אֶתְכֶם הַשְׁמִיעֵנוּ, סָלַחְתִּי נִתְבַּשֵּׂר מִמְּעוֹנֶךָ:
A day of deliverance and a time of favor may I find in Your Presence; fit, worthy and faultless, may I be considered in Your eyes. When I stand in prayer to plead for mercy on Your children, let us hear, “I have bestowed favor on you,” “I have pardoned you”— may this be told us from Your Dwelling.
שִׁקְדוּ נָא פְּנֵי עֶלְיוֹן וְהִמּוֹלוּ קָשׁוֹת. מִכְשׁוֹל הָרִימוּ, פַּנוּ דֶרֶךְ וְיַשְּׁרוּ מַעֲקַשּׁוֹת. עָוֹן עִזְבוּ וְהִתְוַדּוּ וְאַל תּוֹסִיפוּ לְהַקְשׁוֹת. יוֹדֵעַ יָשׁוּב וְנִחָם וְיִקַּח דִּבְרֵי כְבוּשִׁים וּבַקָּשׁוֹת:
Quickly, seek the Presence of the Almighty, excise the hardness of your hearts, remove the obstacle [the evil inclination], clear the way and straighten the crooked, abandon iniquity and confess, and do not continue to harden [your hearts]. He who knows of his sin, let him repent and show regret, let him accept words of admonition, and let him plead [for forgiveness].
הַקְשִׁיבָה אָדוֹן חַנּוּן הַאֲזִינָה עֵרֶךְ שַׁוְעָתִי. זַעֲקָתִי רְצֵה וְהִתְרַצֵּה וְהִתְפַּיֵּס וְקַבֵּל שַׁוְעָתִי. קְרָאתִיךָ מִמֵּצַר, קְרַב אֵלַי וּלְכָה לִישׁוּעָתִי. חוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִי:
Listen O Master to my supplication, give ear to my prayer, be pleased with my cry, be appeased and conciliated and accept my prayer; I call You out of distress, be near to me and come deliver me, quickly, help me, my Master, my deliverer.
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. זְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה. כְּהוֹדַֽעְתָּ 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 יְהֹוָה אֶת שְׁבִיתֵנוּ כַּאֲפִיקִים בַּנֶּגֶב: שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשֵׁנוּ הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ: דִּרְשׁוּ יְהֹוָה בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ קְרָאֻהוּ בִּהְיוֹתוֹ קָרוֹב: יַעֲזֹב רָשָׁע דַּרְכּוֹ וְאִישׁ אָוֶן מַחְשְׁבֹתָיו וְיָשֹׁב אֶל יְהֹוָה וִירַחֲמֵהוּ וְאֶל אֱלֹהֵינוּ כִּי יַרְבֶּה לִסְלוֹחַ:
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.