And so:

Praised be Your Name forever,¹¹⁴ our King,

footnotes: ¹¹⁴ Your praise is unlimited in terms of time; You will be praised forever.—Yaavetz

Almighty the great and holy King

in heaven¹¹⁵ and on earth.

footnotes: ¹¹⁵ Your praise is unlimited in terms of place; You will be praised in heaven as well as on earth.—Yaavetz

For to You it is fitting [to offer]

Adonoy, our God,

and God of our fathers,

song and praise, glorification and hymns,

[to proclaim your] strength and dominion,

victory, grandeur, and might,

praise and glory,

holiness and sovereignty,

blessings and thanksgivings,¹¹⁶

footnotes: ¹¹⁶ Fifteen words of praise and adoration are enumerated. Hebrew is remarkably rich in the vocabulary of adoration and worship. As Latin is the language of war and Greek of oratory, so is Hebrew the language of prayer.—Midrash

to your great and holy name;

and from the highest world to the lowest

you are Almighty.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Almighty,

King [Who is] great in [our] praise¹¹⁷

footnotes: ¹¹⁷ These lines were translated according to the explanation of the Tzelosa d’Avrohom.

Almighty,

of [to Whom we offer our] thanksgiving,

Master of [Whom we praise for His] wonders,

creator of all souls

master of all creatures

the Selector of song-hymns,

You are the only King,

Almighty,

Life of [all] the worlds.

A Song of Ascents.

Out of the depths

I have called to You, Adonoy.

My Master, hear my voice;

let Your ears be attentive

to the voice of my supplications.

If You God should take account of iniquities,

my Master, who could survive?

For with You is forgiveness,

in order that You be feared.

I hope for Adonoy, my soul hopes;

and for His word, I wait.

My soul [waits] for my Master

more than the watchman [waits]

for the morning,

[more than] the watchman [waits]

for the morning.

Wait, Israel, upon Adonoy,

for with Adonoy there is loving-kindness,

and with Him there is much redemption.

And He will redeem Israel

from all its iniquities.

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name

in the world which He created

according to His will

and may He rule His kingdom

bring forth His redemption

and hasten the coming of His Mashiach

in your lifetime and in your days,

and in the lifetime

of the entire House of Israel,

speedily and in the near future—

and say Amein.

May His great Name be blessed

forever and for all eternity.

Blessed and praised,

glorified, and exalted and uplifted,

honored and elevated and extolled

be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He;

above (Ten Days of Penitence: far above)

all the blessings and hymns,

praises and consolations

which we utter in the world—and say Amein.

Bless Adonoy Who is blessed.

Blessed is Adonoy, Who is blessed

forever and ever.

Blessed are You, Adonoy

our God, King of the Universe,

Former¹ of light,

footnotes: ¹ 1 Forming, יוצֵר , is the act of refining or modifying an original substance, whereas, creating, בּורֵא , refers to creating the original substance from nothing. For example, when one shapes a wooden table, to make it round, he “forms” the wood, the original substance which was “created.” Similarly, God “forms the light” which is His act of modifying or limiting the darkness He created.— Siddur HaGra

Creator of darkness,

Maker² of peace,

footnotes: ² Making, עושֶׂה , is the act of completion, such as when one completes a table by painting it. Similarly, God’s finishing touch of creation is “making peace,” the vessel that holds it all together, as stated in the Mishna, “God found no vessel to contain blessing other than peace.” לֹא מָצָא הקב"ה כְּלִי מַחְזִיק בְּרָכָה אֶלָא הַשָּׁלום — Siddur HaGra

and Creator³ of all things.

footnotes: ³ The verse in Isaiah (45:7) on which this blessing is based concludes with the words, “and creates evil.” In His original creation God created the potential for evil, which He constantly limits and controls as the Former and Maker.—Siddur HaGra

All will thank You, all will praise You,

and all will proclaim:

“There is none holy like Adonoy.”

All will exalt You, forever,

Creator of all.

The Almighty Who opens each day

the doors of the gates⁴ of the east

footnotes: ⁴ This is an allusion to the sun, rising in the east. God opens the doors each day to permit the sun to rise. Every sunrise is thus an act of God.

and pierces the windows of the firmament;

Who brings the sun out of its place

and the moon from its dwelling-place;

and illuminates the entire world

and to its inhabitants,

whom He created

with [His] attribute of mercy.⁵

footnotes: ⁵ God saw that the world could not exist if He were to govern it on the basis of His attribute of pure justice. He therefore joined His attribute of compassion with that of justice and dispenses both justice and mercy as He sees fit.—Avudraham

He illuminates the earth

and those who dwell on it

with compassion,

and in His goodness

renews every day, continually,

the work of creation.⁶

footnotes: ⁶ From before Creation.

How many are Your works, Adonoy;

You made them all with wisdom,

the earth is full of Your possessions.⁷

footnotes: ⁷ Lit., Your acquisitions: See Genesis 14:22.

The King Who alone is exalted from then;

Who is praised, glorified, and uplifted

from the beginning of time.⁸

footnotes: ⁸ Ever since Creation He has been praised and glorified by all created beings.

Eternal God—

in Your abundant mercy,

have compassion on us,

Master Who is our strength,

Rock Who is our stronghold,

Shield of our deliverance,

[Be] a stronghold for us.

There is none to be compared to You,

and there is none other than You,

nothing exists without You

and who is like You?

There is none to be compared to You,

Adonoy, our God,⁹

footnotes: ⁹ In this world where there are so many false gods, we proclaim that he is Adonoy our God.—Avudraham

in this world;

and there is none beside You, our King¹⁰

footnotes: ¹⁰ In the World to Come, God’s sovereignty will be clearly revealed so even now, we proclaim that He is our King.

in the life of the World to Come;

Nothing exists without You

our Redeemer¹¹

footnotes: ¹¹ Ultimate total redemption will come in the Messianic era, and thus we say that God is our Redeemer.—Avudraham

in the days of the Messiah;

and there will be none like You,

our Deliverer,¹²

footnotes: ¹² The resurrection of the dead is the culmination of deliverance and we say that He is our Deliverer.—Avudraham

at the time of the resurrection of the dead.