I shall wail with my prayers,

with my prayers to my Creator.

To my Creator as I am bent [and submissive],

relying only on my spirit [prayers].

With my spirit [prayers] and my tongue,

with my tongue I shall express my shame,

my shame before my Creator

until my throat becomes parched.

My throat and my lips [can do good or evil],

the lips have two options,

there are two paths that they may follow,

doors are open to each one of those paths.

The doors open to repentance

to repentance from a rebellious heart,

rebellious and wild,

for the daughter (Israel) who rebelled.

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

The rebellious daughter’s body is bent,

bent and suffering from pain,

suffering and singed,

singed and marked

for destruction and death.

Death and pain,

pain inflicting great suffering,

suffering which grips her,

as she goes forth in tears of anguish.

Cries because of Your wrath,

from Your wrath and Your anger

Your anger and Your strength

gripped and leaned against me.

Over Israel Your wrath is full,

full and weary,

[she is] weary and broken

and even defiled.

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

Defiled as is a metzoraas

as a metzoraas whose hair is uncovered

vulnerable to afflictions¹

footnotes: ¹ From the nations.

and pretending to be unaware of them.

She is aware of persecution but remains silent,

silent as if oblivious to a response,

as if totally unaware of their intentions

and covers her face from shame.

Shame and disgrace

have clung to her,

clung and fused as one with her,

until she is ready for holocaust.

Imprisoned, she is incinerated,

imprisoned she is decimated,

decimated and forsaken,

and divorced from her husband (God).

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

From her husband she was cast in disgrace,

in disgrace for destruction,

for destruction in a land without shelter,

in which she cannot be exempt from suffering.

Cleansed and atoned of her sins

complete atonement is not possible

for she lacks her Dwelling Place²

footnotes: ² The Temple.

and is cast asunder like a rebellious cow.

She rebels against her husband (God),

and was deceitful against Him,

she was so exceedingly deceitful

that there are not sufficient sacrifices for her.

A sacrifice of either an “olah” or “mincha”³

footnotes: ³ Burnt-offering or meal-offering.

is no longer possible

for Israel is forsaken and bemoaning

as a leper whose disease spread all over her.

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

The defilement of nations has spread upon us,

their defilement and jealousy.

Please, God, vent Your jealousy upon them

because Israel thirsts for You.

My soul thirsts for You,

for you to provide tranquility for my soul,

to save me from the dung of exile,

my God, my Holy One.

My Holy One, and my Savior,

my Savior from those who persecute me,

replace my persecutors by delighting me,

God, my Shepherd.

My Shepherd and my God,

my God and my Rescuer.

Let my Rescuer permit me to inherit

[the land of Israel,] my vineyard.

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

My disgrace is also Yours,

and Yours is obviously opposite You;

against You,

they have committed abominations

and their tongues were slanderous.

The people for whom You split the Reed Sea,

and then passed them through,

thereby granting them added esteem,

this people that You created [to serve You].

You created Your laws for me,

please choose the rightness of my prayers,

those prayers

with which I am entreating my God,

O God, Adonoy Who gives me strength.

My God Who gives me strength, strengthen us,

strengthen us and fortify us.

Our King, please fortify us,

Adonoy Who rules over us.

Our Strength! we have sinned!

Our Creator! forgive us!

Remember to us the covenant of the Patriarchs,

as You promised,

“And I will remember my covenant with Jacob,

and also my covenant with Isaac,

and also my covenant with Abraham

will I remember,”

and the land I will remember.

Remember to us the covenant of the ancestors,

as You promised,

“And I will remember for their sake,

the covenant with their ancestors,

whom I brought out

of the land of Egypt,

in the sight of the nations;

to be their God

I am Adonoy.”

Do unto us as You promised,

“And yet for all that,

when they are in the land of their enemies,

I will not reject them

and I will not abhor them, to destroy them,

to annul My covenant with them;

for I am Adonoy, their God.”

Be accessible to us when we seek You,

as it is written:

“And from there

you will seek Adonoy, your God,

and you will find Him;

if you search after Him

with all your heart

and with all your soul.”

Open our hearts

to love Your Name,

as it is written in Your Torah:

“And Adonoy, your God will open your heart,

and the heart of your descendants,

to love Adonoy, your God,

with all your heart,

and with all your soul,

that you may live.”

Sprinkle clean water upon us,

and cleanse us, as it is written:

“And I will sprinkle clean water upon you,

and you will be clean;

from all your defilements,

and from all your idols,

I will cleanse you.”

Sweep aside our transgressions

as a thick cloud and as a mist,

as You have promised:

“I have swept away like a thick cloud

your transgressions,

and like a mist, your sins;

return to Me, for I have redeemed You.”

Blot out our transgressions for Your sake,

as You promised:

“I, I [alone] am He

Who blots out your transgressions

for My own sake;

and your sins, I will not recall.”

Make our sins as white as snow or wool,

as it is written:

“Come now, let us reason together,

says Adonoy,

though your sins be as scarlet,

they shall be as white as snow;

though they be red as crimson,

they shall become [white] as wool.”

Have compassion on us and do not destroy us,

as it is written:

“For an Almighty of mercy is Adonoy,

your God;

He will not abandon you or destroy you,

and He will not forget

the covenant of your fathers

which He swore to them.”

Gather our dispersed ones, as it is written:

“If your dispersed

are in the farthermost part of heaven,

from there Adonoy, your God will gather you,

and from there He will take you.”

Bring back our captivity

and have compassion on us,

as it is written:

“And Adonoy, your God will return

your captivity and have compassion on you;

and He will again gather you

from [among] all the peoples,

where Adonoy, your God has scattered you.”

Bring us to Your holy mountain,

and make us joyful in Your House of Prayer,

as it is written:

“And I will bring them to My holy mountain,

and make them joyful in My House of Prayer;

their burnt-offerings and sacrifices

will be accepted with favor on My Altar,

for My House,

will be called a House of Prayer

for all peoples.”