My Master, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

THE VIRTUE OF OUR FOREFATHERS

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

our God, and God of our fathers,

God of Avraham, God of Yitzchak,

and God of Yaakov,

the Almighty,

the Great, the Powerful, the Awesome,

most high Almighty,

Who bestows beneficent kindness,

Who possesses everything,

Who remembers the piety of the Patriarchs,

and Who brings a redeemer

to their children's children,

for the sake of His Name, with love.

Invoking the doctrines

of our wise and understanding Sages,

and with the teachings [acquired]

from their perceptive intuition,

I open my mouth

in prayer and supplication

to plead and seek favor

before the presence of the King,

Forgiver and Pardoner of iniquities.

Our father [Avraham]

knew You from his youth,

You put him to the test ten times,

he did not trespass even a hairsbreadth.

He came to entreat You, as a youth,

and not as one who is uninstructed,

to let his descendants enter this gate.

The faithful have come to praise You,

they praised You all day;

now as the day declines,

shield us through the righteous [merits]

of [Avraham] who sat waiting for wayfarers,

in the heat of the day.

Remember us for life

King, Who desires life;

and seal us in the Book of Life,

for Your sake, Living God.

King, Helper, and Deliverer and Shield.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Shield of Avraham.

DIVINE MIGHT

You are mighty forever, my Master;

You are the Resurrector of the dead

the Powerful One to deliver us.

Sustainer of the living with kindliness,

Resurrector of the dead with great mercy,

Supporter of the fallen,

and Healer of the sick,

and Releaser of the imprisoned,

and Fulfiller of His faithfulness

to those who sleep in the dust.

Who is like You, Master of mighty deeds,

and who can be compared to You?

King Who causes death and restores life,

and causes deliverance to sprout forth.

[Yitzchak] was called his father's heir,

and turned away the snares of evil.¹

footnotes: ¹ He abandoned the company of Avimelech. See Midrash, Bereishis Rabba, 64:2

He cried, he pleaded, sparing no prayer,

there was great blessing in his crops.²

footnotes: ² See Bereishis 26:12, “And Yitzchok sowed in the land and received in that year a hundred-fold, and Adonoy blessed him.”

God!

Let Your Name be intermingled with ours,

and bring near Your deliverance for us.

Redeem us quickly—

revive us with Your dew,

as You revived him who prayed at evening.

Who is like You merciful Father,

Who remembers His creatures for life,

in His mercy.

And You are faithful

to restore the dead to life.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Resurrector of the dead.

Adonoy will reign forever;

your God, Tziyon,

throughout all generations!

Praise God.

And You, Holy One,

are enthroned upon the praises of Yisrael.

Almighty, we beseech You.

Hear us, we beseech You,

please pardon us this day,

even now as the day declines;

and we will praise You,

Awesome and Mighty One, Holy are You.

And thus

unto You may [our] sanctification ascend,

for You our God are King,

Forgiver and Pardoner.

as it is written by the hand of Your prophet,

“And they called one to another and said: