The soul of every living thing

shall bless Your Name, Adonoy, our God;

and the spirit of all flesh

shall glorify and exalt

Your mention, our King, continually.

From world to world,¹⁷⁸

footnotes: ¹⁷⁸ See note 55 on תפילה למשה, page 145.

You are Almighty;

and besides You

we have no king, redeemer, or deliverer,

[who] liberates, rescues, maintains

and is compassionate

in all times of trouble and distress.

We have no king, helper, supporter but You.

God of the first and last [generations],

God of all created things,

Master of all begotten things,¹⁷⁹

footnotes: ¹⁷⁹ Etz Yosef assumes that תּוֹלָדוֹת refers to events that occur in time. [See Proverbs 27:1, כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה יֻלַּד יוֹם, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.] Thus Hashem is Master of all events. Iyun Tefiloh says that בְּרִיוֹת, created beings, refers to everything Hashem created during the six days of creation, whereas תּוֹלָדוֹת refers to those things that come forth, i.e., were “born” from the original created things. Thus He is Hashem of all created things and Master of all begotten things even though they appear as products of nature.

Who is extolled with a multitude of praises,

Who conducts His world with kindliness

and His creatures with compassion.

Adonoy neither slumbers nor sleeps.

He arouses those who sleep

and awakens those who slumber,

and He gives speech to the mute,

and releases the imprisoned.

He supports those who have fallen

and straightens the bent.

To You alone we give thanks.

Even if our mouths were filled with song

like the sea,¹⁸⁰

footnotes: ¹⁸⁰ Just like the sea is filled with water.

and our tongues with exultation

like the roaring of its waves,

and our lips with praise

like the breadth of the firmament,

and our eyes were radiant

like the sun and the moon,

and our hands outspread

like [the] eagles of the sky,

and our feet light as the deer—

we would never sufficiently

thank You, Adonoy, our God

and God of our fathers,

and bless Your Name

for even one thousandth

of the billions

and trillions

of favors which You did

for our fathers and for us:

from Mitzrayim You redeemed us,

Adonoy, our God;

from the house of bondage, You liberated us;

in famine You nourished us,

and in [times of] plenty, You fed us;

from the sword You saved us

and from pestilence You removed us,

and from severe and lingering sicknesses,

have You withdrawn us.

Until now

Your compassion has helped us

and Your kindliness has not forsaken us.

Do not abandon us, Adonoy, our God,

for eternity.

Therefore,

the limbs which You apportioned for us,

and the spirit and soul

that You have breathed into our nostrils,

and the tongue You have set in our mouth—

behold, they will thank, bless,

praise, glorify, exalt

revere, sanctify, and proclaim the sovereignty

of Your Name, our King.

For every mouth will thank You,

and every tongue

will swear allegiance to You,

and every knee will bend to You,

and all that stand up

will prostrate themselves before You;

all hearts will fear You,

and all innards and kidneys

will sing to Your Name

as is written,

“All my bones will say:

Adonoy! who is like unto You?”

You save the poor man

from one stronger than he,

and the poor and needy

from one who would rob him.¹⁸¹

footnotes: ¹⁸¹ Tehillim 35:10.

Who is like You?

Who is equal to You?

And who can be compared to You?

The Almighty,

the Great, the Powerful, the Awesome

most high Almighty,

Possessor of heaven and earth.

We will extol You, we will praise You,

we will glorify You,

and bless Your Holy Name

as it is said,

“By Dovid:

My soul, bless Adonoy!

and all that is within me [bless]

His Holy Name!”¹⁸²

footnotes: ¹⁸² Tehillim 103:1.

[You are] Almighty

in the power of Your might;

Great in the honor of Your Name,

Powerful forever

and awesome through Your awesome deeds;