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Shaharit for Weekdays

Lowering the Head

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נפילת אפיים

LOWERING THE HEAD

The following, until "They will turn back in sudden shame," is said sitting. When praying in a place where there is a Torah scroll, one should lean forward, resting one's head on the arm on which the tefillin are not worn.
II Sam. 24
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־גָּד, צַר־לִי מְאֹד
נִפְּלָה־נָּא בְיַד־יְהוָה, כִּי־רַבִּים רַחֲמָו, וּבְיַד־אָדָם אַל־אֶפֹּלָה׃
Sephardi
Vayomer David el-Gad, tzar-li me'od
Nipelah-na beyad-Adonai, ki-rabbim rachamav, uveyad-adam al-epolah:
English
David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us fall into God's hand, for His mercy is great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man."
Hebrew
רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן, חָטָאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ.
יְהוָה מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, רַחֵם עָלַי וְקַבֵּל תַּחֲנוּנָי.
Sephardi
Rachum vechanun, chatati lefanecha.
Adonai malei rachamim, rachem alai vekabel tachanunai.
English
Compassionate and gracious One, I have sinned before You. LORD, full of compassion, have compassion on me and accept my pleas.
Ps. 6
Hebrew
יְהוָה, אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי, וְאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃ חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה, כִּי אֻמְלַל
אֲנִי, רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה, כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי׃ וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד, וְאַתָּה יְהוָה, עַד־
מָתָי׃ שׁוּבָה יְהוָה, חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי, הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ׃ כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת
זִכְרֶךָ, בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּךְ׃ יָגַעְתִּי בְּאַנְחָתִי, אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי,
בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה׃ עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי, עָתְקָה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָי׃ סוּרוּ
מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן, כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה קוֹל בִּכְיִי׃ שָׁמַע יְהוָה תְּחִנָּתִי, יְהוָה
תְּפִלָּתִי יִקָּח׃ יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ מְאֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָי, יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע׃
Sephardi
Adonai, al-be'apecha tochicheni, ve'al-bachamatecha teyasereni: chaneni Adonai, ki umlal
Ani, refa'eni Adonai, ki nivhalu atzamai: venafshi nivhalah me'od, ve'atah Adonai, ad-
matai: shuvah Adonai, chaletzah nafshi, hoshieni lema'an chasdecha: ki ein bamavet
zichrecha, bish'ol mi yodeh-lach: yagati be'anachati, ascheh bechol-lailah mitati,
bedimati arsi amseh: ashshah mika'as eini, atkah bechol-tzorerai: suru
mimeni kol-po'alei aven, ki-shama Adonai kol bichyi: shama Adonai techinati, Adonai
tefilati yikach: yevoshu veyibahalu me'od kol-oyevai, yashuvu yevoshu raga:
English
LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in anguish, and You, O LORD - how long? Turn, LORD, set my soul free; save me for the sake of Your love. For no one remembers You when he is dead. Who can praise You from the grave? I am weary with my sighing. Every night I drench my bed, I soak my couch with my tears. My eye grows dim from grief, worn out because of all my foes. Leave me, all you evildoers, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. The LORD has heard my pleas. The LORD will accept my prayer. All my enemies will be shamed and utterly dismayed. They will turn back in sudden shame.
Some substitute the following psalm for Psalm 6 above:
Ps. 25
Hebrew
לְדָוִד, אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא׃
אֱלֹהַי בְּךָ בָטַחְתִּי אַל־אֵבוֹשָׁה, אַל־יַעַלְצוּ אוֹיְבַי לִי׃
גַּם כָּל־קוֹיֶךָ לֹא יֵבֹשׁוּ, יֵבֹשׁוּ הַבּוֹגְדִים רֵיקָם׃
Sephardi
LeDavid, elecha Adonai nafshi esa:
Elohai becha batachti al-evoshah, al-ya'altzu oyvai li:
Gam kol-koyecha lo yevoshu, yevoshu habogdim reikam:
English
Of David. It is to You, LORD, that I lift my soul. My God, it is in You I have trusted; do not let me be ashamed, do not let my enemies triumph over me. Let none of those whose hope is in You be ashamed; let it be those who betray for no reason who are shamed.