Praised be Your Name forever, our King, Almighty the great and holy King in heaven and on earth. For to You it is fitting [to offer] Adonoy, our God, and God of our fathers, song and praise, glorification and hymns, [to proclaim your] strength and dominion, victory, grandeur, and might, praise and glory, holiness and sovereignty, blessings and thanksgivings, from now, forever. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Almighty, King [Who is] great in [our] praise Almighty, of [to Whom we offer our] thanksgiving, Master of [Whom we praise for His] wonders, the Selector of song-hymns, King, Almighty, Life of [all] the worlds.

A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have called to You, Adonoy. My Master, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If You God should take account of iniquities, my Master, who could survive? For with You is forgiveness, in order that You be feared. I hope for Adonoy, my soul hopes; and for His word, I wait. My soul [waits] for my Master more than the watchman [waits] for the morning, [more than] the watchman [waits] for the morning. Wait, Yisrael, upon Adonoy, for with Adonoy there is loving-kindness, and with Him there is much redemption. And He will redeem Yisrael from all its iniquities.

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name in the world which He created according to His will; and may He rule His Kingdom in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of the entire House of Yisrael, speedily and in the near future— and say Amein. May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, and exalted and uplifted, honored and elevated and extolled be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He; far above all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations which we utter in the world—and say Amein.

Bless Adonoy Who is blessed.

Blessed is Adonoy, Who is blessed forever and ever.

Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who opens for us the gates of mercy and enlightens the eyes of those who yearn for His pardon. Former¹ of light Creator of darkness, Maker² of peace Creator³ of all things.

footnotes: ¹ Forming, יוצֵר, is the act of refining or modifying an original substance, whereas, creating, בּורֵא, refers to creating the original substance from nothing. For example, when one shapes a wooden table, to make it round, he “forms” the wood, the original substance which was “created.” Similarly, Hashem “forms the light” which is His act of modifying or limiting the darkness He created. —Siddur HaGra ² Making, עושֶׂה, is the act of completion, such as when one completes a table by painting it. Similarly, Hashem’s finishing touch of creation is “making peace,” the vessel that holds it all together, as stated in the Mishnah, “Hashem found no vessel to contain blessing other than peace.” לֹא מָצָא הקב"ה כְּלִי מַחְזִיק בְּרָכָה אֶלָא הַשָּׁלום— Siddur HaGra ³ The verse in Yeshaya (45:7) on which this blessing is based concludes with the words, “and creates evil.” In His original creation Hashem created the potential for evil, which He constantly limits and controls as the Former and Maker.—Siddur HaGra

¡Dios! Luz del Universo, Fuente de toda vida, Por Su Verbo, de las tinieblas la luz surgió.

Oh Dios, Santo y Sublime, perdona en este santo día, al pueblo consagrado a Ti.

Hemos pecado, oh Protector; perdónanos, oh Creador.

He illuminates the earth [and provides light] for those who dwell on it with compassion;⁴ and in His goodness renews every day, continually,⁵ the work of creation. How many are Your works, Adonoy; You made them all with wisdom, the earth is full of Your possessions.⁶ The King Who alone is exalted from then,⁷ Who is praised and glorified and uplifted, from the beginning of time.⁸ Eternal God, in Your abundant mercy, have compassion on us, Master, Who is our strength, Rock, Who is our stronghold Shield, of our deliverance, [Be] a stronghold for us. The blessed Almighty, great in knowledge, prepared and made the rays of the sun. [The] Good [One] created [everything] for the glory of His Name:⁹ the luminaries He set around His strength (His throne). The chiefs of His hosts are holy beings,¹⁰ the exalters of Shadai¹¹ continually recount the glory of the Almighty¹² and His holiness. Be Blessed, Adonoy, our God, for the excellent works of Your hands, and for the light-giving luminaries which You made; they will glorify You forever.¹³

footnotes: ⁴ Hashem causes light to appear in stages, gradually. This is an act of great compassion for if He made it appear all at once, we would be overwhelmed and blinded by its brightness.— Avudraham ⁵ Hashem is not a far-off observer of a mechanism which He created and ignores, but a Living Ruler, Who guides the universe and continually maintains it. ⁶ Lit., Your acquisitions: See Bereishis 14:22. ⁷ I.e., before Creation. Hashem was King before all creatures were created. ⁸ I.e., after Creation. Ever since Creation, Hashem has been praised and glorified by His creatures. ⁹ See Yeshaya 43:7: “All that is called by My Name, I have created for My glory.” —Avudraham ¹⁰ “Holy beings” are angels. In Hebrew the word for angels means messenger, and includes all the instruments of Divine purpose, whether in human form, or in the forces of nature.—Kuzari ¹¹ A name of Hashem (Bereishis 17:1; 35:11; 43:14 etc.) which refers to His setting boundaries and limits throughout creation. ¹² The Heavenly throne is thus conceived of as surrounded by angels and all the adoring heavenly bodies.—See Yeshaya 6:12 ¹³ Those of His creatures capable of praising Him do so. The rest are evidence of His astonishing wisdom and arouse the others to praise Him.

All will thank You, all will praise You, and all will proclaim: “There is none holy like Adonoy.” All will exalt You, forever, Creator of all. The Almighty Who opens each day the doors of the gates¹⁴ of the east and pierces the windows of the firmament; Who brings the sun out of its place and the moon from its dwelling-place; and illuminates the entire world and to its inhabitants, whom He created with [His] attribute of mercy.¹⁵

footnotes: ¹⁴ This is an allusion to the sun, rising in the east. Hashem opens the doors each day to permit the sun to rise. Every sunrise is thus an act of Hashem. ¹⁵ Hashem saw that the world could not exist if He were to govern it on the basis of His attribute of pure justice. He therefore joined His attribute of compassion with that of justice and dispenses both justice and mercy as He sees fit.—Avudraham

He illuminates the earth and those who dwell on it with compassion, and in His goodness renews every day, continually, the work of creation. The King Who alone is exalted from then;¹⁶ Who is praised, glorified, and uplifted from the beginning of time.¹⁷ Eternal God— in Your abundant mercy, have compassion on us, Master Who is our strength, Rock Who is our stronghold, Shield of our deliverance, [Be] a stronghold for us. There is none to be compared to You, and there is none other than You, nothing exists without You and who is like You?

footnotes: ¹⁶ From before Creation. ¹⁷ Ever since Creation He has been praised and glorified by all created beings.

There is none to be compared to You, Adonoy, our God,¹⁸ in this world; and there is none beside You, our King¹⁹ in the life of the World to Come; Nothing exists without You our Redeemer²⁰ in the days of the Messiah; and there will be none like You, our Deliverer,²¹ at the time of the resurrection of the dead.

footnotes: ¹⁸ In this world where there are so many false gods, we proclaim that he is Adonoy our God.—Avudraham ¹⁹ In the World to Come, Hashem’s sovereignty will be clearly revealed so even now, we proclaim that He is our King. ²⁰ Ultimate total redemption will come in the Messianic era, and thus we say that Hashem is our Redeemer.—Avudraham ²¹ The resurrection of the dead is the culmination of deliverance and we say that He is our Deliverer.—Avudraham