| Reader: | Silent Meditation:[1] | |
| Bless the Lord who is blessed.[2]
Congregation and Reader: Blessed be the Lord who is blessed forever and ever. |
Blessed, praised, glorified, extolled and exalted be the name of the supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, who is the first and the last, and besides him there is no God. Extol him who is in the heavens—Lord is his name, and rejoice before him. His name is exalted above all blessing and praise. Blessed be the name of his glorious majesty forever and ever. Let the name of the Lord be blessed henceforth and forever. |
Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who formest light and createst darkness, who makest peace and createst all things.[3]
In mercy thou givest light to the earth and to those who dwell on it; in thy goodness thou renewest the work of creation every day, constantly. How great are thy works, O Lord! In wisdom hast thou made them all; the earth is full of thy creations. Thou alone, O King, hast ever been exalted, lauded and glorified and extolled from days of old. Eternal God, show us thy great mercy! Thou art Lord of our strength, our defending Stronghold, our saving Shield, our Protector.
The blessed God,[4] great in knowledge, designed and made the brilliant sun, The Beneficent One created glory for his name, He placed luminaries round about his majesty. His chief hosts are holy beings that extol the Almighty. They constantly recount God's glory and holiness. Be thou blessed, Lord our God, for thy excellent handiwork and for the luminaries which thou hast made; they ever render thee glory.
Be thou blessed, our Stronghold, our King and Redeemer, Creator of holy beings; praised be thy name forever, our King, Creator of ministering angels, all of whom stand in the heights of the universe and reverently proclaim in unison, aloud, the
- ↑ The silent meditation, found in Maḥzor Vitry, includes a sentence of the Aramaic Kaddish rendered into Hebrew and part of Isaiah 44:6, Psalms 68:5 and 113:2.
- ↑ ברכו introduces the main part of the service, consisting of the Shema and the Shemoneh Esreh.
- ↑ יוצר אור is a modified form of Isaiah 45:7, where the text has ובורא רע. This variation is explained to be due to a desire of using a more auspicious expression (Berakhoth 11b).
- ↑ אל ברוך is an alphabetical acrostic, the words beginning with the letters of the alphabet in regular order.
