Let us hear “I have pardoned”;

You Who dwells

in the shelter of the Most High;

with Your right hand of deliverance,

deliver a people poor and needy.

When we cry to You,

answer us with awesome righteousness,

Adonoy, be our Helper!

I have placed my reliance

upon Him Who is mighty and uplifted,

before Him Who drew me out of the womb,

I pour our my prayer,

perhaps He will lift up my face;

I have set the “Thirteen Attributes” [in my prayer]

according to the order which He ordained,

with these Your precious one [Israel]

will break down the wall [separating us],

remember us still,

Adonoy, be our Helper!

When the wheel of Satan comes like a wave¹

footnotes: ¹ When we are overwhelmed with misfortune.

to change our way of thinking,²

footnotes: ² Misfortune may cause one to change his beliefs.

Your beloved dove [Israel] turns to You, crying:

“Look [and see our troubles;]”

with a yearning soul she approaches You,

regretting her transgressions,

may Your right hand be stretched forth below,

as we watch anxiously.

Adonoy, be our Helper.

To those who gather to beseech Your kindness,

say to them “Here I am.”

Restrain the dominion of our evil inclination,

set in us as though nailed down,

weighing heavily on our necks like a beam,

placed there to hold us in his power.

Who is strong enough

to throw off the stranger [Satan],

or fierce enough to remove him?

Adonoy, be our Helper!

Open the door for the lily [Israel],

O God above,

attend to my meditation

and let me enter the closed gates.

Have compassion on us, anticipate our needs,

heal our wounds with balm;

cleanse my tongue that I may justify myself,

let my iniquity be sought for in vain.

Adonoy, be our Helper!

May the Perfect One grant the silent dove

a goodly portion,

it will be a sign of righteousness—

that she has justified herself in fear of You

—when You deliver her [from exile];

she cries to You, Master

that the time of her liberation is now,

release the sheath from its casing³

footnotes: ³ To reveal Your forgiveness of our sins.

let judgement go forth as a light.

Adonoy, be our Helper!

May I succeed in my mission,⁴

footnotes: ⁴ This paragraph applies to the Chazzan.

to bring back word to those who sent me,⁵

footnotes: ⁵ That their prayers were accepted.

You established a strong statute

that the thirteen Attributes as stated,

will strengthen them and not be said in vain;

I have been sent to utter them with might,

and do this You Who bears iniquity,

return now to have compassion upon us.

Adonoy, be our Helper!

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.”