THE SOUL of all that lives shall bless Your name, LORD our God, and the spirit of all flesh shall always glorify and exalt Your remembrance, our King. From eternity to eternity You are God. Without You, we have no king, redeemer or savior, who liberates, rescues, sustains and shows compassion in every time of trouble and distress. We have no king but You, God of the first and last, God of all creatures, Master of all ages, extolled by a multitude of praises, who guides His world with loving-kindness and His creatures with compassion. The LORD neither slumbers nor sleeps. He rouses the sleepers and wakens the slumberers. He makes the dumb speak, sets the bound free, supports the fallen, and raises those bowed down. To You alone we give thanks: If our mouths were as full of song as the sea, and our tongue with jubilation as its myriad waves, if our lips were full of praise like the spacious heavens, and our eyes shone like the sun and moon, if our hands were outstretched like eagles of the sky, and our feet as swift as hinds – still we could not thank You enough, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, or bless Your name for even one of the thousand thousands and myriad myriads of favors You did for our ancestors and for us. You redeemed us from Egypt, LORD our God, and freed us from the house of bondage. In famine You nourished us; in times of plenty You sustained us. You delivered us from the sword, saved us from the plague, and spared us from serious and lasting illness. Until now Your mercies have helped us. Your love has not forsaken us. May You, LORD our God, never abandon us. Therefore the limbs You formed within us, the spirit and soul You breathed into our nostrils, and the tongue You placed in our mouth – they will thank and bless, praise and glorify, exalt and esteem, hallow and do homage to Your name, O our King. For every mouth shall give thanks to You, every tongue vow allegiance to You, every knee shall bend to You, every upright body shall bow to You, all hearts shall fear You, and our innermost being sing praises to Your name, as is written: “All my bones shall say: LORD, who is like You? You save the poor from one stronger than him, the poor and needy from one who would rob him.”

Who is like You? Who is equal to You? Who can be compared to You? O great, mighty and awesome God, God Most High, Maker of heaven and earth. ▸ We will laud, praise and glorify You and bless Your holy name, as it is said: “Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and all that is within me bless His holy name.”

הָאֵל God – in Your absolute power, Great – in the glory of Your name, Mighty – for ever, Awesome – in Your awe-inspiring deeds, The King – who sits on a throne. High and lofty

HE INHABITS ETERNITY; exalted and holy is His name. And it is written: Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous, for praise from the upright is seemly.

▸By the mouth of the upright You shall be praised. By the words of the righteous You shall be blessed. By the tongue of the devout You shall be extolled, And in the midst of the holy You shall be sanctified.

וּבְמַקְהֲלוֹת And in the assemblies of tens of thousands of Your people, the house of Israel, with joyous song shall Your name, our King, be glorified in every generation. ▸For this is the duty of all creatures before You, LORD our God and God of our ancestors: to thank, praise, laud, glorify, exalt, honor, bless, raise high and acclaim – even beyond all the words of song and praise of David, son of Jesse, Your servant, Your anointed.

יִשְׁתַּבַּח May Your name be praised for ever, our King, the great and holy God, King in heaven and on earth. For to You, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, it is right to offer song and praise, hymn and psalm, strength and dominion, eternity, greatness and power, song of praise and glory, holiness and kingship, ▸blessings and thanks, from now and for ever. Blessed are You, LORD, God and King, exalted in praises, God of thanksgivings, Master of wonders, who delights in hymns of song, King, God, Giver of life to the worlds.

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת A song of ascents. From the depths I have called to You, LORD. LORD, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea. If You, LORD, should keep account of sins, O LORD, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be held in awe. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is loving-kindness, and great is His power to redeem. It is He who will redeem Israel from all their sins.

HALF KADDISH

Leader: יִתְגַּדַּל Magnified and sanctified may His great name be, in the world He created by His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of all the house of Israel, swiftly and soon – and say: Amen.

All: May His great name be blessed for ever and all time.

Leader: Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, beyond any blessing, song, praise and consolation uttered in the world – and say: Amen.