Hebrew
וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נֵדַע מַה נַּעֲשֶׂה,<sup>1</sup>
כִּי עָלֶיךָ עֵינֵינוּ: זְכֹר
רַחֲמֶיךָ יְיָ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ, כִּי מֵעוֹלָם
הֵמָּה: יְהִי חַסְדְּךָ יְיָ עָלֵינוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר
יִחַלְנוּ לָךְ: אַל תִּזְכָּר לָנוּ עֲוֹנוֹת
רִאשׁוֹנִים, מַהֵר יְקַדְּמוּנוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ,
כִּי דַלּוֹנוּ מְאֹד:<sup>2</sup> חָנֵּנוּ יְיָ חָנֵּנוּ, כִּי
רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ בוּז: בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּוֹר,
בְּרֹגֶז עֲקֵדָה תִּזְכּוֹר, בְּרֹגֶז תְּמִימוּת
תִּזְכּוֹר, בְּרֹגֶז אַהֲבָה תִּזְכּוֹר: יְיָ
הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:
כִּי הוּא יָדַע יִצְרֵנוּ, זָכוּר כִּי עָפָר<sup>2</sup>
אֲנָחְנוּ: עָזְרֵנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעֵנוּ עַל דְּבַר
כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ, וְהַצִּילֵנוּ וְכַפֵּר עַל
חַטֹּאתֵינוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:
Sephardi
Va'anachnu lo neda mah na'aseh,<sup>1</sup>
ki alecha eineinu: zechor
rachamecha Adonai vachasadecha, ki me'olam
hemah: yehi chasdecha Adonai aleinu, ka'asher
yichalnu lach: al tizkor lanu avonot
rishonim, maher yekaddemunu rachamecha,
ki dallonu me'od:<sup>2</sup> chonenu Adonai chonenu, ki
rav sava'nu vuz: berogez rachem tizkor,
berogez akedah tizkor, berogez temimut
tizkor, berogez ahavah tizkor: Adonai
hoshi'ah, haMelech ya'anenu veyom koreinu:
ki Hu yada yitzrenu, zachur ki afar<sup>2</sup>
anachnu: ozrenu Elohei yish'einu al devar
kevod shemecha, ve-hatzilenu vechapper al
chatoteinu lema'an shemecha:
English
We do not know what to do in order to be saved,<sup>1</sup> but our eyes are on You, God, hoping that You will save us. Lord, remember Your acts of mercy and Your acts of kindness, because they have always been done—You’ve always acted with mercy and kindness. Lord, may Your kindness be upon us, as much as we have placed our hope in You. God, do not bring to mind our past sins. Let Your mercy come quickly toward us and help us in difficult times, because we have become very weak and poor<sup>2</sup> and can’t survive any more suffering. Be gracious to us, Lord. Be gracious to us, because we have been filled with so much shame during exile. Even when You are angry, remember to have mercy on us, in the merit of Abraham, whose name has the same numerical value as the Hebrew word for mercy. When You are angry, remember the binding of Isaac. When You are angry, remember the pure faith of Jacob, who trusted in You even though he had many troubles. When You are angry, remember Your love toward us. Save us, Lord; may the King of the universe answer us on the day we call out to Him. For God knows that we have an evil inclination that leads us to sin; He knows our nature. He remembers that we are nothing more than the dust<sup>2</sup> from which our bodies were created. Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the honor it will bring to Your name; help us so that Your name will be honored. Rescue us and forgive our sins for the sake of Your name, so that everyone will recognize that You are a forgiving God.