Hebrew
כִּי פָשַׁעְנוּ, כִּי אֱמֶת עָשִׂיתָ וַאֲנַחְנוּ
הִרְשָׁעְנוּ: כַּעַס וְחָרוֹן מִמֶּנּוּ יֶחְדַּל, כִּי
קָטֹן יַעֲקֹב וְדָל: לַחֵץ יוֹסֵר וְעוֹל
מִמֶּנּוּ יְחֻבָּל, כִּי כָשַׁל כֹּחַ הַסֵּבֶל:
מְנָת מִדָּתֵנוּ לֹא תַגְבִּהַּ, כִּי
נִשְׁאַרְנוּ מְעַט מֵהַרְבֵּה: נַחֵם עַל
הָרָעָה לְאֻמָּתְךָ, מַטֵּה כְלַפֵּי חֶסֶד
אֲמֻנּוֹתֶיךָ: סְלָחָה אִם עֲוֹנֵינוּ עָנוּ
בָנוּ, עֲזָרֵנוּ כִּי עָלֶיךָ נִשְׁעָנְנוּ:
עָרְפֵּנוּ כּוֹף לְךָ לְהִשְׁתַּעְבֵּד,
בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְיִרְאָה אוֹתְךָ לַעֲבוֹד
וּלְכַבֵּד: פּוֹקְדֶיךָ קַדְּשׁוּ צוֹמוֹת
לְקָבוֹעַ, דַּעְתָּם קָצְרָה צָרְכָּם
לִתְבּוֹעַ: צְקוּן לַחַשׁ אֵלֶיךָ תָּבֹא,
חַתֵּל לְאִישׁ אִישׁ נִגְעוֹ וּמַכְאֹבוֹ:
קוֹל יַעֲקֹב נוֹהֵם מִתְּהוֹמוֹתֶיךָ,
תִּשְׁמַע הַשָּׁמַיִם מְכוֹן שִׁבְתֶּךָ:
רוֹדֶה רוֹדֵף בְּאַף תְּכַלֶּה,
שְׂנַת שְׁלוּמִים לְרִיב צִיּוֹן תְּגַלֶּה:
שָׁרַת וְרָדַת מִנֹּעַר קְנוֹתֵנוּ, וְאַל
תַּשְׁלִיכֵנוּ לְעֵת זִקְנָתֵנוּ: תְּעִינֵנוּ
לִשְׂמֹאל וִימִינְךָ תְּקָרְבֵנוּ, כִּכְלוֹת
כֹּחֵנוּ אַל תַּעַזְבֵנוּ: תַּבִּיט וְתָצִיץ
וְתַשְׁגִּיחַ לִרְחוּמֶיךָ, תִּתְאַזֵּר
בַּחֲנִינוֹתֶיךָ תִּתְלַבֵּשׁ בְּצִדְקוֹתֶיךָ,
תִּתְכַּסֶּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ וְתִתְעַטֵּף
Sephardi
Ki pasha'nu, ki emet asita va'anachnu
hirsha'nu: Ka'as vecharon mimenu yechdal, ki
katon Ya'akov vedal: Lachetz yoser ve'ol
mimenu yechubal, ki chashal ko'ach hasevel:
M'nat midateinu lo tagbi'ah, ki
nish'arnu me'at meiharbeh: Nachem al
ha-ra'ah le'umatecha, mateh kelapei chesed
emunoteicha: Selachah im avoneinu anu
vanu, azarenu ki alecha nish'anu:
Orpenu kof lecha lehishta'abed,
be'ahavah uveyir'ah otecha la'avod
ulechabed: Pokeidecha kidshu tzomot
lekavo'a, da'tam katzrah tzarcham
litvo'a: Tzekun lachash eilecha tavo,
chatel l'ish ish nig'o umach'ovo:
Kol Ya'akov nohem mitehomoteicha,
tishma hashamayim mechon shivtecha:
Rodeh rodef be'af techaleh,
senat shelumim leriv Tziyon tegaleh:
Sharat veradat mino'ar kenoteinu, ve-al
tashlichenu le'et ziknateinu: Te'einenu
lismo'l viminecha tekarevenu, kichlot
kochenu al ta'azvenu: Tabit vetatzitz
vetashgi'ach lirchumecha, tit'azer
bachaninoteicha titlabeish betzidkoteicha,
titkaseh berachamecha vetit'atef
English
for we have transgressed—for You have done truth, and we have acted wickedly. May anger and wrath cease from us, for Jacob is small and poor. May the pressure of chastisement and the yoke be broken from us, for the strength to endure has failed. Do not raise high the measure of our portion, for we remain few from many. Comfort concerning the evil done to Your nation; incline toward kindness Your faithful mercies. Forgive, if our iniquities have answered against us; help us, for we have relied upon You. Bend our necks to be subservient to You, to serve and honor You with love and awe. Those who seek You have sanctified fasts to establish; their knowledge falls short of claiming their need. May the whispered outcry come before You; bandage for each person his affliction and his pain. The voice of Jacob groans from Your depths; may heaven, the abode of Your dwelling, hear. Destroy the raging pursuer in anger; reveal a year of peace for the quarrel of Zion. From youth she has ruled and dominated our acquisition—do not cast us off in the time of our old age. When we stray to the left, draw us near with Your right; when our strength fails, do not abandon us. Look and peer and watch over those You love; gird Yourself with Your favors, clothe Yourself in Your righteousnesses, cover Yourself with Your mercies and wrap Yourself