Machzor Yom Kippur Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, Yigdal
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יִגְדַּלאֱלֹהִים חַי וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח, נִמְצָא וְאֵין עֵת אֶל מְצִיאוּתוֹ:
Exalted is the living God, and praised He exists, and His existence transcends time.
אֶחָד וְאֵין יָחִיד כְּיִחוּדוֹ, נֶעְלָם וְגַם אֵין סוֹף לְאַחְדּוּתוֹ:
He is One, and there is no unity like His, He is invisible, His unity is infinite.
אֵין לוֹ דְמוּת הַגּוּף וְאֵינוֹ גוּף, לֹא נַעֲרֹךְ אֵלָיו קְדֻשָּׁתוֹ:
He is unlike the corporeal or even the non-corporeal,¹¹ His holiness is beyond comparison.
footnotes: ¹¹ Hashem can also not be compared to the angels.
קַדְמוֹן לְכָל דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר נִבְרָא, רִאשׁוֹן וְאֵין רֵאשִׁית לְרֵאשִׁיתוֹ:
He preceded every being that was created, He was First, and there was no genesis to His beginning.
הִנּוֹ אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם לְכָל נוֹצָר, יוֹרֶה גְדֻלָּתוֹ וּמַלְכוּתוֹ:
He is Master of the Universe to every creature, (all) proclaim His greatness and His majesty.
שֶֽׁפַע נְבוּאָתוֹ נְתָנוֹ, אֶל אַנְשֵׁי סְגֻלָּתוֹ וְתִפְאַרְתּוֹ:
The fullness of His prophecy, He bestowed on those He treasured, and in whom He gloried.
לֹא קָם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמשֶׁה עוֹד, נָבִיא וּמַבִּיט אֶת תְּמוּנָתוֹ:
There never arose in Yisrael another like Moshe, a prophet who beheld God's image.
תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת נָתַן לְעַמּוֹ אֵל, עַל יַד נְבִיאוֹ נֶאֱמַן בֵּיתוֹ:
The Torah of truth the Almighty gave to His people through His prophet, the trusted one of His house.
לֹא יַחֲלִיף הָאֵל וְלֹא יָמִיר דָּתוֹ, לְעוֹלָמִים לְזוּלָתוֹ:
The Almighty will not exchange nor alter His Law. Never will He offer any alternative.
צוֹפֶה וְיוֹדֵֽעַ סְתָרֵֽינוּ, מַבִּיט לְסוֹף דָּבָר בְּקַדְמָתוֹ:
He scrutinizes and knows our secrets. He beholds the end of a thing at its beginning.
גּוֹמֵל לְאִישׁ חֶֽסֶד כְּמִפְעָלוֹ, נוֹתֵן לְרָשָׁע רָע כְּרִשְׁעָתוֹ:
He rewards man with kindness according to his deeds. He places evil on the wicked according to his wickedness.¹²
footnotes: ¹² The word deed is not applied to the wicked man. Since Divine reward and punishment are distributed with kindness, reward is granted to man not only for his deed which may itself be insignificant, but also for the long range effect of that deed. He is punished, however, only for his act of wickedness, not for the consequences of his deed.—Etz Yosef
יִשְׁלַח לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין מְשִׁיחֵֽנוּ, לִפְדּוֹת מְחַכֵּי קֵץ יְשׁוּעָתוֹ:
He will send our Messiah at the end of days, to redeem all who await His final deliverance.
מֵתִים יְחַיֶּה אֵל בְּרֹב חַסְדּוֹ, בָּרוּךְ עֲדֵי עַד שֵׁם תְּהִלָּתוֹ:
The Almighty will revive the dead because of His abundant kindness: Blessed forever is His praised Name.