[God] Who sits on high,

and gazes into the depths [of the earth]

and knows all that is hidden

and understands all mysteries.

Though our sins are overwhelming

and our iniquities have stained us,

please! let Your compassion withhold

Your anger and wrath,

God, King Who sits

on the Throne of Compassion.

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

And though she has abundantly sinned,

[she],¹ the wretched and mournful one,

footnotes: ¹ I.e. The nation of Israel.

she has suffered enough of the wrath

of Your anger and fury.

She has become desolate,

mournful and devastated.

And from the time she was humiliated

she has not yet found compassion.

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

The remnants of the Assyrian exile,

when they fell into the hands of the lion,²

footnotes: ² I.e. Nebuchadnezzar.

he filled his treasures with their booty

and his dwellings with calves and fatted oxen.³

footnotes: ³ That he robbed from them.

Soon afterwards [came] the wolf⁴

footnotes: ⁴ I.e. the Persian exile.

and the panther⁵ allied with others

footnotes: ⁵ I.e. Rome.

and the poisonous snake⁶ biting angrily,

footnotes: ⁶ I.e. Edom.

[there is] no dressing or balm [for the wound].

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

The face of one

guarded like the apple of one’s eye

has become [as blackened] as the

bottom of a cooking pot,

for the wretched one⁷ has been left

footnotes: ⁷ I.e. Nation of Israel.

without strength.

She has not hidden her face

from the humiliation and the wrath.⁸

footnotes: ⁸ Of the Nations.

[The curses] recorded,

as well as those not recorded in the Torah,

[they all] befell her.

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

Her life is precarious

because of the fears that come [upon her].

Like goats and sheep

among the lions,

in darkness and demeaned,

wounded and weakened.

Even the leprosied and contaminated

point their finger at us [in ridicule].

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

[Upon] the dispersion [of Israel]

into the world⁹

footnotes: ⁹ “הֲדוֹמְךּ,” lit. Your footstool. The world is as a footstool for God.

and the destruction of Your Palace¹⁰

footnotes: ¹⁰ I.e. the Temple.

gaze from on high.

And upon the nations [that brought this about]

pour out Your wrath.

Remember Your promise

that You uttered to Your people;

“Even if at the ends of the world

I will place you,

from there I will gather you

and console you.

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

You affixed a time for those who are sold¹¹

footnotes: ¹¹ I.e. the Torah limits the selling of a person into slavery to six years.

[to] double the time of hired workers.¹²

footnotes: ¹² V. Isaiah 16, v. 14.

Yet they¹³ are dispersed to all corners,¹⁴

footnotes: ¹³ The Nation of Israel. ¹⁴ Of the world.

and after so many years

are still not remembered.

[Fulfill the promises] that were said to the Son of Amotz:¹⁵

footnotes: ¹⁵ I.e. Isaiah the son of Amotz.

“Though mountains and mighty rocks

may move,

My benefaction and My covenant

will never be removed from You.”

We have sinned, our Rock;

Pardon us our Creator!

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.”