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Hebrew
אֵין כָּמוֹךָ בָאֱלֹהִים ׀ אֲדֹנָי, וְאֵין
כְּמַעֲשֶׂיךָ: כָּל גּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתָ
יָבֹאוּ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְפָנֶיךָ אֲדֹנָי, וִיכַבְּדוּ
לִשְׁמֶךָ: כִּי גָדוֹל אַתָּה וְעֹשֵׂה
נִפְלָאוֹת, אַתָּה אֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּךָ:
הוֹרֵנִי יְיָ דַּרְכֶּךָ אֲהַלֵּךְ בַּאֲמִתֶּךָ,
יַחֵד לְבָבִי לְיִרְאָה שְׁמֶךָ: אוֹדְךָ
אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהַי בְּכָל לְבָבִי, וַאֲכַבְּדָה
שִׁמְךָ לְעוֹלָם: כִּי חַסְדְּךָ גָדוֹל עָלָי,
וְהִצַּלְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִשְּׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּיָּה:
אֱלֹהִים ׀ זֵדִים קָמוּ עָלַי, וַעֲדַת
עָרִיצִים בִּקְשׁוּ נַפְשִׁי, וְלֹא שָׂמוּךָ
לְנֶגְדָּם: וְאַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֵל רַחוּם
וְחַנּוּן, אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת:
פְּנֵה אֵלַי וְחָנֵּנִי, תְּנָה עֻזְּךָ לְעַבְדֶּךָ,
וְהוֹשִׁיעָה לְבֶן אֲמָתֶךָ: עֲשֵׂה עִמִּי
אוֹת לְטוֹבָה, וְיִרְאוּ שׂוֹנְאַי וְיֵבֹשׁוּ,
כִּי אַתָּה יְיָ עֲזַרְתַּנִי וְנִחַמְתָּנִי:
Sephardi
Ein kamocha va-Elohim | Adonai, ve-ein
k'ma'asekha: kol goyim asher asita
yavo'u v'yishtachavu lefanecha Adonai, vikhabdu
lishmekha: ki gadol atah v'oseh
nifla'ot, atah Elohim l'vadekha:
horeni Adonai darkecha, ahallekh ba-amitekha,
yached l'vavi l'yir'ah shemecha: odecha
Adonai Elohai bechol l'vavi, va-akhabdah
shimcha le'olam: ki chasdecha gadol alai,
v'hitzalta nafshi miSh'ol tachtiyah:
Elohim | zedim kamu alai, va-adat
aritzim bikshu nafshi, v'lo samukha
l'negdam: ve'atah Adonai El rachum
v'chanun, erech apayim v'rav chesed ve'emet:
peneh elai v'chonneini, t'nah uz'kha l'avdekha,
vehoshiah l'ven amatekha: aseh imi
ot letovah, v'yir'u son'ai v'yevoshu,
ki atah Adonai azartani v'nichamtani:
English
There is nobody among the great and powerful creations who is like You, Lord, and there is nothing that can compare to the great things You do. There will be a time when all the nations that You have made will come and bow down to You, Lord, and they will honor Your name because You are great and You do wondrous things; You alone, God, do wondrous things. Lord, teach me Your way of life so that I will walk with Your truth. Unify all the feelings of my heart to fear only Your name; let my entire heart fear You. I will praise You, Lord, my God, with all my heart, and I will honor Your name forever, because Your kindness toward me has been great, and You have rescued me from the depths of Gehinom. God, evil people have stood up against me; a group of gangsters desired to take my life—they chased me in order to kill me. They do not pay attention to You. But You, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God. You are slow to anger, and You have much kindness and truth. Turn and face me, and be gracious to me; give Your servant Your strength; save the son of my mother, who was Your maidservant. Show me a good sign, so that my enemies will see and be ashamed of themselves, because You, Lord, have rescued me and comforted me.

The Jewish Nation should go in the ways of God

Hebrew
בֵּית יַעֲקֹב, לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה בְּאוֹר יְיָ:
כִּי כָל הָעַמִּים יֵלְכוּ אִישׁ
בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהָיו, וַאֲנַחְנוּ נֵלֵךְ בְּשֵׁם יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
Sephardi
Beit Ya'akov, l'khu v'nelkhah be'or Adonai:
ki kol ha-amim yelkhu ish
b'shem elohav, va'anachnu neilech b'shem Adonai
Eloheinu le'olam va'ed:
English
House of Jacob, come. Let us walk in the Lord’s spiritual light, because each of the nations walk in the name of their own god; but we will walk in the name of the Lord, our God, forever and ever.

May God lead us in His ways

Hebrew
יְהִי יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ עִמָּנוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה
עִם אֲבֹתֵינוּ<sup>1</sup>, אַל יַעַזְבֵנוּ וְאַל
יִטְּשֵׁנוּ: לְהַטּוֹת לְבָבֵנוּ אֵלָיו,
לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל דְּרָכָיו וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתָיו
וְחֻקָּיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו, אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה
אֶת אֲבֹתֵינוּ: וְיִהְיוּ דְבָרַי אֵלֶּה
אֲשֶׁר הִתְחַנַּנְתִּי לִפְנֵי יְיָ, קְרֹבִים
אֶל יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה,
לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדּוֹ וּמִשְׁפַּט
עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ:
לְמַעַן דַּעַת כָּל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ<sup>2</sup> כִּי
יְיָ הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים, אֵין עוֹד:
Sephardi
Yehi Adonai Eloheinu imanu, ka'asher hayah
im avoteinu<sup>1</sup>, al ya'azvenu ve-al
yitt'shenu: l'hattot levaveinu elav,
lalechet bechol derachav v'lishmor mitzvotav
v'chukkav umishpatav, asher tzivah
et avoteinu: v'yihyu d'varai eleh
asher hitchannanti lifnei Adonai, k'rovim
el Adonai Eloheinu yomam valailah,
la'asot mishpat avdo u-mishpat
amo Yisrael devar yom b'yomo:
lema'an da'at kol ammei ha'aretz<sup>2</sup> ki
Adonai hu ha-Elohim, ein od:
English
May the Lord, our God, be with us as He was with our fathers;<sup>1</sup> may He not leave us or abandon us. We ask God to turn our hearts toward Him so that we will go in all of His ways and keep His commandments, His decrees, and His laws, which He commanded our fathers to do. May these words of mine, which I have pleaded before the Lord, be close to the Lord, our God, day and night, so that He will do what His servant needs and what His nation, the Children of Israel, needs, on each day, according to the needs of the day. May God do this in order that all the nations of the earth<sup>2</sup> should know that the Lord is God; there is nothing else.

God protects us from our enemies

Hebrew
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת לְדָוִד, לוּלֵי יְיָ
שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ, יֹאמַר נָא
יִשְׂרָאֵל: לוּלֵי יְיָ שֶׁהָיָה לָנוּ,
בְּקוּם עָלֵינוּ אָדָם: אֲזַי חַיִּים
בְּלָעוּנוּ, בַּחֲרוֹת אַפָּם בָּנוּ: אֲזַי
הַמַּיִם שְׁטָפוּנוּ, נַחְלָה עָבַר עַל
נַפְשֵׁנוּ: אֲזַי עָבַר עַל נַפְשֵׁנוּ,
הַמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים: בָּרוּךְ יְיָ,
שֶׁלֹּא נְתָנָנוּ טֶרֶף לְשִׁנֵּיהֶם:
נַפְשֵׁנוּ כְּצִפּוֹר נִמְלְטָה מִפַּח
יוֹקְשִׁים, הַפַּח נִשְׁבָּר, וַאֲנַחְנוּ
נִמְלָטְנוּ: עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְיָ, עֹשֵׂה
שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
Sephardi
Shir hama'alot ledavid, lulei Adonai
shehayah lanu, yomar na
Yisrael: lulei Adonai shehayah lanu,
b'kum aleinu adam: azai chayim
b'la'unu, bacharot appam banu: azai
hamayim sh'tafunu, nachlah avar al
nafsheinu: azai avar al nafsheinu,
hamayim ha-zedonim: baruch Adonai,
shelo n'tananu teref l'shinneihem:
nafsheinu k'tzippor niml'tah mipach
yok'shim, ha-pach nishbar, va'anachnu
nimlatnu: ezrenu b'shem Adonai, oseh
shamayim va'aretz:
English
The following is a song that was sung by the Levites on the steps of the Holy Temple and was composed by King David: If the Lord would not have been with us—let the Children of Israel declare—if the Lord would not have been with us to help us when men rose up against us to destroy us, then they would have swallowed us alive when their anger burned against us. Then we would have been defeated by our enemies, like waters washing us away. Like a strong river, they would have swept over our soul. Indeed, the raging waters would have then rushed over our soul. Blessed is the Lord, Who did not let us become food for them to eat with their teeth. Our soul is like a bird that has escaped from the bird-hunter’s trap. The trap broke—our enemies were defeated and we escaped from them. Our help does not come from ourselves, it comes from the name of the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.