Adonoy, God of Israel,

You are righteous, God of forgiveness.

With subdued heart we come to beg of You,

with broken spirits;

we’ve adorned our thoughts

and prepared our hidden kidneys.

Lofty One, let Your ears heed,

let Your eyes perceive.

Intertwining about me

are plague upon plague;

there’s no doctor, no specialist

to cure me.

The Evildoer digs a pit,

looking forward to trap the weak;

a smooth snare at his feet

[so the victim will] walk into the net.

Your beloved are confused and broken,

they lack words and argument;

Judah and Israel

have had their supports removed.

Shriveled like a spike of grain,

their persons pained and oppressed,

their hunger sated with bitter herbs,

their thirst quenched with vermouth.

From the deepest thoughts

of sage and rabbi alike

is hidden the length of the era,

is sealed the duration of ruin.

The daily atonements are gone,

sacrifice is abolished.

Your servants are impatient

while the prideful rebel is calm.

Redeemer and Rescuer,

have You forgotten to commiserate,

to grant clemency?

Will You keep looking at our rebellion,

forever recall our putridity?

Are You so angry

that You’ve sealed off cries and prayers?

To Your myriad thousands return

and dwell amid their camps.

Diminished is Israel’s pride,

the pride of Judah denigrated;

the Temple ruined,

unillumined, in darkness.

Light was turned to death’s shadow,

shine to cloudiness.

Where’s the forefather’s Support,

the merit of those who sleep in Machpela?

Creator, when You judge

no man is favored, elevated;

The wealthy are leveled,

equated with the poor.

Why is the despicable one respected,

the little one raised and great?

While the desirable one, the play-child,

is imprisoned, prophecy gone!

Your perfect ones do not rely on the sword

or on the spear.

They rely on fasting and sackcloth,

they lean on prayer and fast.

Reach out once more to

reacquire Your insulted ones

who aspire, look forward to You

from under the yoke of angry ones.

Heed the looted and trampled,

suffering and desecrated people;

Merciful One, listen to cries

and willingly accept prayer.

May prayer be accepted in lieu of incense,

in place of offerings.

Hear the sound of my prayer, My king,

My God, for I am praying to You.

Almighty! King!

Who sits on the throne of mercy,

governs with kindness

forgives the iniquities of His people.

He removes their sins one by one,

increasing forgiveness to sinners,

and pardon to transgressors.

Acting righteously

with all who are of flesh and spirit;

not according to their wickedness

does He repay them.

Almighty!

You instructed us to recite

the thirteen Divine attributes;

remember unto us this day

the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes,

as You made them known

to the humble Moses of old,

as it is written,

“And Adonoy descended in the cloud,

and stood with him there,

and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.

Congregation and Chazzan:

And Adonoy passed before him [Moses],

and proclaimed:

Adonoy, Adonoy,

Almighty, Merciful, Gracious,

Slow to Anger,

and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth.

Keeper of kindness

for thousands of generations,

Endurer of iniquity, and transgression,

and sin;

and Acquitter of those who repent.

“And pardon our iniquity and our sin,

and take us for Your inheritance.”

Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned,

forgive us our King, for we have transgressed.

“For You, my Master,

are good and forgiving,

and abounding in kindness

to all who call upon You.”

Why, Adonoy, do You stand at a distance,

ignoring those who are in trouble?

Why, Adonoy,

is Your fierce anger on Your people,

that You took out of the land of Egypt?

And now, let my Master’s power be great,

as You have spoken, saying.

Hear our voice, Adonoy, our God

and accept

our prayers compassionately and willingly.

Why have You forgotten us forever,

forsaken us for so many days?

As a father has compassion on his children

so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy.

Deliverance is Adonoy’s;

upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah!

Adonoy of Hosts is with us,

a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah!

Adonoy of Hosts!

fortunate is the man who trusts in You.

Adonoy, deliver us;

the King will answer us on the day we call.

“Please pardon the sins of this nation

in accordance with the greatness

of Your lovingkindness;

and as You forgave this people

from when it left Egypt until now.”

And there it is said:

“And Adonoy said,

I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”

Incline Your ear, my God, and hear,

open Your eyes and behold our desolate places,

and the city which is called by Your Name;

for it is not on account of our righteousness

that we let fall our supplication before You,

but because of Your great mercy.

My Master, hear! My Master, pardon!

My Master, listen and take action,

do not delay!

For Your sake, my God,

because Your Name is proclaimed

over Your city and over Your people.