Leader: I shall sing and make music for my God as long as I live, / the God who has guided me ever since my creation.

Cong: To this very day You have held on to my hand; / You have given me life and kindness.

Leader: Blessed be the Lord, blessed be His glorious name, / for He has bestowed wondrous kindness upon His servant.

Cong: With what shall I come before the God on high; / how shall I bow to this everlasting God?

Leader: Even if the mountains were the array of wood on the altar, / all the wood of Lebanon spread upon it;

Cong: And all cattle and beasts slaughtered, / their pieces laid above the wood-pile;

Leader: Even if the altar corners were to wallow / in their blood, as the waters cover the sea,

Cong: And the lush, rich offerings were as abundant as the sand, / mingled with myriads of rivers of oil; semolina

Leader: And frankincense and fragrant spices were to be offered as a memorial-offering / of incense, along with the choicest of balsams;

Cong: And even if the lamps of the Menora / were to shine as bright as the two great lights in the sky,

Leader: And the showbread were to be as high as the majestic mountains, / set out upon tables in the inner sanctuary,

Cong: With wine like the rain from heaven, / and intoxicating wine for libations as springs of water;

Leader: And even if all men were priests / and Levites who sang like a joyful angelic songbird,

Cong: And all the trees of Eden, and trees of all forests / were fashioned into lyres and harps for the Levite singers,

Leader: And all of God’s angels joined in with the sound of their shouts, / along with the stars from their courses above –

Cong: All of the trees of Lebanon and all animals / could never suffice as kindling and burnt offerings for Him.

Leader: Behold, none of these would suffice to worship Him; / nothing is adequate to approach the God of glory.

Cong: For You are greatly honored, our King, / and how shall we bow before our Master?

Leader: Indeed, none can glorify You, / no living creature, including myself, Your servant.

Cong: And I am a despicable man, forsaken by men, / spurned in my own eyes and lowly among men.

Leader: And Your servant has nothing with which to honor You, / to repay You for Your kindnesses;

Cong: For You have heaped good upon me, / and Your kindness to me has been great.

Leader: And many a debt have I incurred toward You, / for You have done good with me;

Cong: Yet You do not ask me my debt to You, / all Your goodness to me is due to Your benevolence alone. for

Leader: I have not sufficiently worshiped You for all of this good; / I have not repaid You even one part of ten thousand.

Cong: If I tried to count the good You have done, / I would not know how to learn its number.

Leader: And what shall I give back to You? All is Yours! / The heavens are Yours as well as the earth.

Cong: The seas and all that is within are in Your hands; / all receive nourishment from Your hand.

Leader: And we are Your nation, Your flock, / who desire to perform Your will!

Cong: And how shall we worship when we lack strength, / and our holy Temple has been consumed by fire?

Leader: And how shall we worship now that peace-offerings and meal-offerings are no more – / for we have not yet come to that restful place [Jerusalem].

Cong: And there is no water to wash away impurity; / and we are situated in an impure land.

Leader: Your words render me joyous; / I have now come before You to follow Your utterances.

Cong: For it is said: Not concerning your peace-offerings / and burnt-offerings will I rebuke you.

Leader: Concerning peace-offerings and burnt-offerings, / I did not command your ancestors.

Cong: What have I asked and what have I required / of you? – only to fear Me!

Leader: To worship Me with joy and a glad heart – / “For heeding Me is better than a choice sacrifice.”

Cong: And a broken heart is better than a pure meal-offering; / a broken spirit is equivalent to a sacrifice to God.

Leader: You do not desire peace-offerings and meal-offerings, / You did not request sin-offerings or burnt-offerings.

Cong: I shall build an altar out of my shattered heart, / and I shall break and humble my spirit within me.

Leader: I shall bring low my haughty heart and lower my haughty eyes; / I shall rend my heart for the sake of my Lord.

Cong: The fragments of my spirit shall be Your offerings; / may they rise up to You upon Your altar and be willingly accepted.

Leader: And I shall loudly sound out Your praise, / and recount of all Your wonders.

Cong: For that which my soul has known – I shall compose words, / I shall speak profusely of Your mighty deeds.

Leader: And what shall I formulate when I do not know what to say? / Indeed, is there anything I can say?

Cong: For His greatness , / His insight . is unsearchable innumerable

Leader: He is wise of heart – who is like Him? / We shall never fully perceive the greatness of His strength.

Cong: The doer of great works; chief of awesome acts – / You are great, and You work wonders.

Leader: Innumerable, – / their number shall never be known, for none shall succeed to discover their scope. unsearchable

Cong: What eye can witness having seen You; / what mouth might tell of You?

Leader: No living being has seen You, nor has their heart known You; / what praise shall suffice for You?

Cong: Even Your servants have not seen You, / nor have the wise of heart discovered You.

Leader: You alone know Your praise; / no one but You knows Your true strength.

Cong: And no one but You knows / which praises befit Your glory.

Leader: Therefore, may You be blessed as befits You, / according to Your holiness, glory and greatness.

Cong: And so all shall bless You with their fullest strength, / according to the knowledge You have granted them.

Leader: The heavens shall laud Your wonders, / and the sounds of water shall exalt You.

Cong: And all the earth’s inhabitants shall shout out to You, / all earthly kings shall laud You.

Leader: All nations shall give thanks to You, / and all peoples shall praise You.

Cong: As will all of the descendants of Jacob, Your servant, / for Your kindnesses have overwhelmed them.

Leader: The name of the Lord shall be praised by them all: / The true Lord God and King of the Universe.

Cong: Blessed are You, unique and singular One – / “The Lord is One and His name is One”!