Our God and God of our fathers!

I longed for You, I hoped for You,

though I was in a distant land.

With all my heart, I seek You;

I call to You from the depths [of my being].

I am crushed with my longing for You

as a stag longs for springs of water.

I seek You and search for You

[even] on the streets and in the markets.

Behold the time has come

for You to relieve the distressed

and do justice for the oppressed.

Their vineyards, they [the enemy] destroyed;

they have been plundered by the plunderers;

they have been robbed and oppressed

by those who crushed them.

Those who cling to You;

those in whom You took delight

as with tender infants,

have been for many days

oppressed and battered.

They lack everything,

they are destitute of [all] good.

Lions⁴ gnash their teeth at them.

footnotes: ⁴ This is a reference to our enemies who are likened to lions.

You have abhored, forsaken, and cast off

those who cleave to You.

You have annulled the covenant

with the three [Patriarchs] who You desired.

You have made us an object of repulsiveness.

We are whipped and beaten;

torn by maggots and devoured by locust.⁵

footnotes: ⁵ This is a reference to our enemies who are likened to locust and maggots.

We are wounded, bruised,

our limbs torn;

we lack balm, and we are without ointment.

Arise! help those

who sigh and groan.

Lift them from the dunghill

and raise them from the dust.

The power is in Your hand

to raise up the downtrodden.

Your might is in the heavens

and Your dominion is on earth.

The righteous will acknowledge Your Name

when You lift the head of those

who have been purified seven times.⁶

footnotes: ⁶ Israel has been purified in the fires of suffering in exile.

Then all [nations] will say,

those near and far,

when You deliver those who yearn for You,

those strengthened by Your mitzvos:

“The Strong and Mighty One

has fulfilled His promise

to the rose of Sharon,

the lily of the valley [Israel].”

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.”