God Gives a Person Comfort Even in the Narrow Places A person should realize that he himself has caused all the problems he is undergoing with his own sins, evil deeds and disgraceful thoughts. Nevertheless, God’s kindness has not left him. He should look at the benefits that God gives him and the forbearance that God shows him. He must strive to find the comfort that God gives him even in the narrow places. Without that kindness, he would have been lost. Open Your Eyes to God’s Favors “When I call, answer me, my righteous God. In my distress, You have relieved me. Be gracious and hear my prayer.”

Master of the world, You are filled with compassion. You are good and do good to all. Help me open my eyes, heart and mind to always look at the benefits You give me and the forbearance that You show me for the good, giving me comfort even within my difficulties.

Only because of this do I still live and exist in the midst of all my oppressions and troubles of spirit and body. They have surrounded me, encompassed me and crushed me, so that I can barely turn to the right or to the left, and I do not know where to flee to escape my own self.

I myself caused everything that I am undergoing with my many sins, evil deeds and disgraceful thoughts. Nevertheless, Your kindness has not left me. “The kindness of HaShem has not ceased, for Your compassion has not been exhausted.” “For Your kindness is great toward me, and You rescued my spirit from the lowest depths of Sheol.”

You are kind to me every day, every moment and every hour. If not for the wondrous, awesome and elevated kindness that You bestow on me at every moment, I would have been lost in my impoverishment. “If HaShem had not been my help, in an instant my soul would have dwelt in silence.”

In Your vast kindness and compassion, help me and save me so that at every moment, hour and minute, I will feel, see and recognize Your kindness and goodness, and I will see and find all the comfort and salvation that You give me even within the narrow places.

May I always rejoice in Your salvation and always take strength and pray to You, whatever the situation may be. May I always thank You for the past and cry out to You for the future.

Strengthening Holy Faith May my heart not be at all twisted regarding Your good, straight and direct guidance and ways. In everything that I and all of the Jewish people undergo, may I believe with complete faith that You are righteous and just, that You guide Your world with kindness and Your creatures with compassion. “HaShem is good to all, and His compassion rests on all His works.”

Have compassion on me, You Who are filled with compassion and kindness at every moment. Expel and nullify every type of twistedness in my heart. May my heart not consider any thought that questions Your ways and guidance.

May I have the merit of gazing at Your breadth and Your wonderful kindness and goodness at every moment. Even within sorrow, You give us comfort in wondrous ways and with great salvation.

Besides that, at every moment I look forward to You bringing me forth and redeeming me quickly out of all my troubles entirely. Save me with a complete salvation.

You are our Father Who is compassionate to the poor. You save us at a time of trouble. May Your compassion be stirred for us now at this time of trouble. Answer us, HaShem, answer us, because we are in great distress. Rock of Israel, arise to help Israel. Help us and save us. Guard us and rescue us from any blemish in holy faith, during everything that we undergo in these times.

You know the bitterness of the multiple troubles that are now occurring to Your nation, the House of Israel. In addition to all our troubles that have reached our soul, these grow stronger and spread, until they twist the hearts of the children of Israel so that they question Your traits and compromise their holy faith in You, Heaven forbid. And there is no one to stand up on our behalf.

Have compassion on us for the sake of Your Name. Look at our impoverishment, because our pains and the troubles of our heart are many. Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and in Your great compassion have pity on every soul of Israel, so that no one will fall away from holy faith as a result of what the Jewish people are presently undergoing.

To the contrary, as a result of this, let us strengthen and arouse ourselves to truly return to You with all our heart. We will appeal, pray and cry out to You until You answer us, and we will know and believe that You will not abandon us forever, Heaven forbid. “HaShem will not forsake His nation and He will not abandon His inheritance.”

“HaShem will not forsake His nation for the sake of His great Name, for HaShem has sworn to make you His nation.” Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the honor of Your Name. Rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your Name.

“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing before You, HaShem, my Rock and my Redeemer.”