Father of compassion,

Who dwells on high,

in His profound mercy,

He will be compassionately mindful of

the pious,

the upright, and the blameless ones;

the holy communities

who gave their lives

for the sanctification of the Divine Name.

They were beloved and pleasant

in their lifetime,

and in their death

are not parted [from Him].²⁰

footnotes: ²⁰ 2 Samuel 1:23.

They were swifter than eagles

and stronger than lions

to do the will of their Possessor

and the desire of their Rock.

Our God will recall them favorably

together with the other righteous of all time.

And will avenge the blood of His servants

that has been shed.

As it is written in the Torah of Moses,

the man of God,

“Sing [you] nations, [the praise] of His people,

for the blood of His servants will He avenge,

and vengeance will He repay to His foes;

and His land will be atoned

[with the atonement] of His people.”²¹

footnotes: ²¹ Deuteronomy 32:43, see Rashi.

And by the hands of Your servants,

the Prophets,

it is written saying:

“I will cleanse them²²

footnotes: ²² God will forgive the nations for their wrongdoings but He will not forgive them for shedding Jewish blood.

[but] for their blood,²³ I will not cleanse them,

footnotes: ²³ Their blood refers to Jewish blood.

and Adonoy [still] dwells in Zion.”²⁴

footnotes: ²⁴ Joel 4:21.

And in the Holy Writings, it is said,

“Why should the nations say,

‘Where is their God?'

Let it be known among the nations,

before our eyes,²⁵

footnotes: ²⁵ Before our eyes i.e. in our lifetime.

the avenging of the blood of Your servants

that has been shed.”²⁶

footnotes: ²⁶ Psalms 79:10.

And it says,

“For He Who is concerned for the blood[shed],

He is mindful of them,

He has not forgotten the cry of the humble.”²⁷

footnotes: ²⁷ Psalms 9:13.

And it says:

“He will judge the nations

[the battlefield will be] filled with [their] corpses.

He will crush heads on the earth many times.

From the brook by the wayside

will He drink;²⁸

footnotes: ²⁸ God will be satisfied with the vengeance He will wreak upon the nations, as one is satisfied when he drinks from a brook at the wayside.—Metsudas Dovid

therefore [Israel] will hold its head high.²⁹

footnotes: ²⁹ Psalms 11:6, 7. When God takes His vengeance, Israel will be vindicated and hold its head high with pride.