and much much ten thousands of times, the goodnesses, miracles, and mighty deeds, that You Did with us and with our fathers. From inside, from Egypt, You Delivered us; God, our God. From the house of slaves You Redeemed us. In hunger You Sustained us and in satiety You Provided for us. From sword You Rescued us; and from plague You Delivered us; and from many sore sicknesses You Raised us up. And until now, Your Compassions Helped us; God, our God; and Your Benevolence did not leave us. Therefore, the limbs that You Divided within us, and spirit and soul that You Breathed in our nostrils, and tongue that You Placed in our mouth, they, they shall thank and bless Your Name; God, our God, etc., shall be praised, etc. And it is also the custom to read the entire "Psalm, Song for the day of the Sabbath" before beginning the verses of the songs on the day of Sabbath and on the Day of Atonement. And there are places where the custom is to read the Great Praise on Sabbaths before the verses of the songs. And there are places where the custom is to read "A Song of the Ascents", all according to their custom. The first blessing before the reading of Shema, this is its text: Blessed Are You, God, our God, King of the world, Who Forms light and Creates darkness, etc., until: Who Forms the lights. The second blessing: An everlasting love You Have Loved us, God, our God. A great and additional compassion You Have Been Compassionate over us. Our Father, our King, etc., until: His nation, Israel, with Love. The final blessing of after the reading of Shema, this is its text: True and certain, etc., until: Blessed Are You, God, Who Delivered Israel. And in the evening, the first blessing: Blessed Are You, God, our God, King of the world, that with His Word, He Makes evening, until: Blessed Are You, God, Who Makes evening. The second blessing: An everlasting love, the House of Israel, Your nation, You Have Loved, etc., until: Blessed Are You, God, Who Loves His nation, Israel. The first blessing of after the reading of Shema of the evening, this is its text: True and faithful is all of this, confirmed upon us, etc., until: Blessed Are You, God, Who Delivered Israel. The final blessing, this is its text: Lay us down, God, our God, to peace, etc., until: Blessed is He Who Keeps His nation, Israel, forever. Blessed is God forever, Amen and Amen, etc., until: You Redeemed me, God, the God of Truth. Our eyes shall see and our heart shall rejoice, etc., until: God Reigns. God Reigned. God Shall Reign forever and ever. And it is the custom of part of the nation to bless verses in middle of the blessing and they read with this text: And the entire nation saw and they fell on their faces; and they said: God, He Is The Lord; God, He Is The Lord. Save us, God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, so that we may give thanks to the Name of Your Holiness; that we may triumph in Your Praise. For God Will not forsake His nation for His Great Name's sake; for God Has Sworn to Make you a people to Himself. And saviours shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be to God. And God Shall be King over the entire earth; in that day, shall God be One, and His Name One. Our God Who Is in the heavens, unite Your Name Which Is Called upon us. Impose Your Name and Your Kingdom upon us constantly. In Your Hand are the souls of the living and the dead. Which in His Hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of each flesh of man. Into Your Hand I shall deposit my spirit; You Redeemed me, God, the God of Truth. And we, Your nation, and sheep of Your pasture, we shall give thanks to You forever; to each and every generation we shall tell Your praise. God, deliver my soul from lying lips; from a deceitful tongue. Israel is saved by God with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be ashamed and you shall not be confounded forever and ever. God, our God, shall be with us as He Was with our fathers; He shall not leave us, and He shall not forsake us; to incline our heart to Him; to walk in all His ways; to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He Commanded our fathers. Each soul shall praise God; Hallelujah. Blessed is God by day. Blessed is God at night. Blessed is God when we lie down. Blessed is God when we rise. Constantly we shall praise You forever and we shall meditate in Your statutes and in Your faith. Blessed Are You, God, Who Reigns in His Honor, Lives and Exists constantly Shall Reign upon us, etc.
The Text of the Blessings of the Prayer and their Order
(1) Blessed Are You, God, our God and the God of our fathers; God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob; the Great God, the Mighty, and the Awesome, etc. (2) You Are Mighty forever, God. You Resurrect the dead; Mighty to save, (Descends the dew) (Blows the wind and Descends the rain), Provides for the living with Benevolence, Resurrects the dead with much Compassion, Upholds the fallen, etc. (3) You Are Holy and Your Name Is Holy; and holy ones every day shall praise You forever. Blessed Are You, God, The Holy God. (4) You Grant a person knowledge and Teach a human intelligence. And grant us from Yourself knowledge, wisdom, and intelligence, and understanding. Blessed Are You, God, Who Grants the knowledge. (5) Bring us back, our Father, to Your Torah; and make us cleave in Your commandments; and draw us close, our King, to Your worship, and return us with full repentance before You. Blessed Are You, God, Who Wants repentance. (6) Forgive us, our Father, for we sinned; pardon us, our King, for we transgressed to You; for You Are a good God and a Forgiver. Blessed Are You, God, Gracious one, Who abundantly Forgives. (7) Look, please, upon our affliction; and take up our grievance; and judge our claim; and quicken to deliver us; for You Are a God, King, and Mighty Deliverer. Blessed Are You, God, Who Delivers Israel. (8) Heal us, God, our God, and we shall be healed; save us, and we shall be saved; for You are our Praise; and bring up a complete healing for all our sicknesses; for You Are a God, Healer, and Compassionate one. Blessed Are You, God, Healer of the sick of His nation, Israel. (9) Bless us, God, our God, in all the work of our hands; and bless our years; and give (dew and rain for) a blessing upon the entire face of the earth; and satiate the world from your blessings; and satisfy the face of the universe. Blessed Are You, God, Who Blesses the years. (10) Blow with a great horn for our freedom; and raise an ensign to gather all of our exiled from the four corners of the entire earth to our land. Blessed Are You, God, Who Gathers the dispersed of his nation, Israel. (11) Restore our judges as at the first, and our counsellors as at the beginning; and remove from us sorrow and sighing; and reign upon us, You alone, in lovingkindness and in compassion, in righteousness and in justice. Blessed Are You, God, King Who Loves righteousness and justice. (12) For the informers there shall be no hope; and all of the heretics shall be destroyed as a moment; and the wicked kingdom You shall uproot and shatter speedily in our days. Blessed Are You, God, Who Shatters the evil and Humbles the wicked. (13) On the pious and on the righteous and on the converts of justice and on the remainder of Your nation, the House of Israel, shall Your Compassion Yearn, God, our God; and give a good reward to all those who trust in Your Name with truth, etc. (14) Dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, Your city, as You Have Spoken; and build her up an everlasting building speedily in our days. Blessed Are You, God, Builder of Jerusalem. (15) The shoot of David You shall speedily cause to grow up; and his horn shall be raised with Your Help. Blessed Are You, God, Who Causes the horn of help to grow up. (16) Hear our voice, God, our God, and have mercy; and be compassionate upon us; and accept with compassion and with desire our prayer. Our King, do not return us empty-handed; for You Hear, etc. (17) Be pleased, God, our God, with Your nation, Israel; and to their prayer have respect; and return the worship to the Sanctuary of Your House, and the burnt offerings of Israel, and their prayer, etc. Blessed Are You, God, Who Returns His Dwelling to Zion. (18) We give thanks to You, that You Are He, God, our God and the God of our fathers. You Are the Rock of our life and Shield of our help, to each and every generation we shall give thanks to You and tell Your praise upon our lives, etc. (19) Grant peace, goodness and blessing, grace and kindness and mercy, upon us and upon Israel, Your nation; and bless all of us; from the light of Your Face You Gave us, God, our God, Torah and life, love, etc. In the days of the summer, one says in the second blessing: Mighty to save, Descends the dew, Provides for the living with Benevolence, etc. And blesses the ninth blessing with this text: Bless us, God, our God, in all the work of our hands; and bless our year with dew of desire, blessing, and charity, like the good years. Blessed Are You, God, Who Blesses the years. On Saturday night, and at the conclusion of the Day of Atonement, and at the conclusion of holidays, one blesses the fourth blessing with this text: You Grant a person knowledge and Teach a human intelligence. You Distinguished between sacred to secular, between light to dark, between Israel to the nations, between the seventh day to the six days of labor. Just like You Distinguished between sacred to secular, so, redeem us and rescue us from all kinds of destroyers and from all kinds of punishment that assemble to come in the world;
