This prayer was composed by Rav Isaac Ibn Gyas.

In the early morning, I call upon You

Almighty, Who is praised;

let the order of my prayer be sweet to You

on this day when my heart exalts You;

lighten my darkness

and may it be bright as the morning.

My King and my God,

to You I pray.

My foes who anger You,

humiliate Your people in their rage.

I bear the fear of You

despite the tumult of Your adversaries.

Pour out Your wrath upon them

and rage from Your Heavenly Dwelling;

and be jealous, Almighty, for Your Name

which has been profaned among the nations.

My King and my God,

to You I pray.

O living One,

Who rides upon a swift cloud;

if You place me on a scale,

let my righteousness

be as heavy as the sand of the sea,

and my wickedness as light as a feather;

and if my path has been crooked,

and my sentence is [to be]

as that of an ox who is stoned to death,¹

footnotes: ¹ An ox that killed a man was stoned to death.

then weigh me on the scale of grace,

for I am a man, wounded with transgressions.

My King and my God,

to You I pray.

Restore the Holy Ark and its staves,

and clothe Aaron in his [priestly] garments;

and they² that hunt with snares

footnotes: ² Ishmael and Edom.

shall eat the fruit of their labor,

and each of those who rebelled,

let tongues of flame consume their offspring,

and let them both³ be discarded

footnotes: ³ Ishmael and Edom.

as dung is thrown out.

My King and my God,

to You I pray.

Holy One, Who is above all masters,

Who judges all His creatures,

see how my quarrelsome adversary [Satan],

speaks evil of me

and lifts his spear against me,

and his vengeful darts are cast at me.

Let my soul be rescued [from him]

O God who annuls and frustrates [evil] counsel.

My King and my God,

to You I pray.

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.”

Remember not the sins of our ancestors;

let Your compassion come swiftly toward us,

for we have been brought very low.

The sins of our youth and our transgressions,

remember not;

with Your kindliness remember us

for the sake of Your goodness, Adonoy.

Remember Your mercies, Adonoy,

and kindlinesses

for they are from the beginning of the world.

Remember us Adonoy

with favor for Your people

recall us with Your deliverance.

Remember Your congregation

which You have acquired of old,

You have redeemed the tribe

of Your inheritance,

this mountain of Zion where You have dwelled.

Remember, Adonoy, the affection of Jerusalem,

the love of Zion, forget not until eternity.

Remember, Adonoy,

to the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,

[it was they] who said,

“Raze it, raze it to its very foundations.”

You will arise

and have compassion on Zion,

for it is time to be gracious to her,

for the appointed time has come.

Remember Abraham, Isaac, Israel,

Your servants,

to whom You swore by Your very Self,

and You said to them:

“I will multiply your seed

as the stars of the heavens;

and all this land that I have promised,

I will give to your descendants,

and they will inherit it forever.”

Remember Your servants,

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;

do not regard the stubborness of this people,

or their wickedness, or their sin.

Do not, we beseech You

place upon us this sin,

wherein we have acted foolishly and sinned.

We have sinned, our Rock;

pardon us our Creator.