Leader: Long ago, You rested on the seventh day; / therefore, You blessed the Sabbath day.

Cong: Praise is set forth for Your creation entire; / Your devoted ones shall bless You at all times.

Leader: Blessed is the Lord, Creator of all, / the living God, eternal King.

Cong: For always upon Your servants / is Your great compassion and kindness.

Leader: In Egypt You began / to make it known that You are exalted .

Cong: bove all gods, by working / great acts of judgment upon them and their gods A .

Leader: When You split the Sea of Reeds, Your nation saw / Your great hand and they were awed.

Cong: You led Your nation so as to create for Yourself / a glorious name, displaying Your greatness.

Leader: And You spoke to them from the heavens [at Sinai]; / the clouds dropped water. Mt.

Cong: You knew their wanderings in the desert, / in a parched land not traversed by any man.

Leader: You gave Your people grain from heaven, / meat as plentiful as dust, and water from the rock.

Cong: You banished many nations and peoples, / that Israel might inherit their land and the toil of nations.

Leader: That they might safeguard the laws and teachings; / the Lord’s utterances are all holy.

Cong: They luxuriated in fat pastures, / with streams of oil from flint rock.

Leader: When they found rest, they built up Your holy city / and glorified Your holy Temple.

Cong: And You said: I shall dwell here for evermore, / I will surely bless its livelihood.

Leader: For there, they shall offer up righteous offerings; / Your priests shall also be clothed in righteousness.

Cong: And the house of Levi shall chant pleasant songs; / they shall ring out cries of joy and sing to You.

Leader: The house of Israel and those who fear the Lord / shall glorify and offer thanks to Your name, O Lord.

Cong: You dealt very kindly with the ancients of our nation; / deal kindly also with their descendants.

Leader: O Lord, please rejoice over us / just as You rejoiced over our ancestors.

Cong: Do good for us and let us multiply, / and for this we shall forever thank You.

Leader: O Lord, build Your city speedily, / for it carries Your name.

Cong: Raise up a ruler from the house of David in Your city; / O Lord, dwell in it forever.

Leader: There, we shall offer up righteous offerings; / our meal-offerings shall be as pleasing to You as in days of old.

Cong: Bless Your people with the light of Your countenance, / for we desire to perform Your will.

Leader: May it be Your will to fulfill our desire; / please, look upon us, for we are Your nation!

Cong: You have chosen us to be Your treasured nation; / Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah!

Leader: And we shall always recount Your praise / and laud Your glorious name.

Cong: May Your nation be blessed from Your own blessing, / for all whom You bless shall be blessed.

Leader: As for me, I shall praise my Creator as long as I ; / I shall bless Him all the days I am allotted in this world. exist

Cong: Blessed is the name of the Lord forever, / from eternity to eternity.

As it is written: Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, from this world to eternity. And let all the people say “Amen” and “Praise the Lord.” Daniel said, “Blessed be the name of the Lord from this world to eternity, for wisdom and might belong to Him.” And it is said: The Levites – Yeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Ḥashavneya, Sherevia, Hodia, Shevania and Petaḥia – said, “Rise up and bless the Lord your God, from this world to eternity; may they bless Your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise.” And it is said, Blessed is the Lord, God of Israel, from this world to eternity. And all the people said, “Amen, Halleluya.” And it is said, David blessed the Lord in front of the entire assembley. David said, “Blessed are You, Lord, God of our father Yisrael, from this world to eternity.”