Simeon Singer - The Standard Prayer Book

Grant peace, welfare, blessing, grace, loving kindness and mercy unto us and unto all Israel, thy people. Bless us, O our Father, even all of us together, with the light of thy countenance for by the light of thy countenance thou hast given us, O Lord our God, the Law of life, lovingkindness and righteousness, blessing, mercy, life and peace; and may it be good in thy sight to bless thy people Israel at all times and in every hour with thy peace.

During the Ten Days of Penitence say:—

In the book of life, blessing, peace and good sustenance may we be remembered and inscribed before thee, we and all thy people the house of Israel, for a happy life and for peace. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who makest peace.

Blessed art thou, O Lord, who blessest thy people Israel with peace.

O my God! guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking guile; and to such as curse me let my soul be dumb, yea, let my soul. be unto all as the dust. Open my heart to thy Law, and let my soul pursue thy commandments. If any design evil against me, speedily make their counsel of none effect, and frustrate their designs. Do it for the sake of thy name, do it for the sake of thy right hand, do it for the sake of thy holiness, do it for the sake of thy Law. In order that thy beloved ones may be delivered, O save with thy right hand, and answer me. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before thee, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. He who maketh peace in his high places, may he make peace for us and for all Israel, and say ye, Amen.

May it be thy will, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, that the temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant our portion in thy Law. And there we will serve thee with awe, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

In illness, or when time is lacking, the following shortened form of the Amidah may be said:—

"O Lord," p. 53, to "holy God," p. 55.

Give us understanding, O Lord our God, to know thy ways; circumcise our hearts to fear thee, and forgive us so that we may be redeemed. Keep us far from sorrow; satiate us on the pastures of thy land, and gather our scattered ones from the four corners of the earth. Let them that go astray be judged according to thy will, and wave thy hand over the wicked. Let the righteous rejoice in the rebuilding of thy city, and in the establishment of thy temple, and in the flourishing of the horn of David thy servant, and in the clear-shining light of the son of Jesse, thine anointed. Even before we call, do thou answer. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hearkenest unto prayer.

Continue—

"Accept," p. 61, to "ancient years," p. 66.

On New Moon, the Intermediate Days of Passover and Tabernacles, and on the Feast of Dedication, say "Hanel," p. 313 .

During the Ten Days of Penitence, the Sabbath excepted, the following to "and save us" p. 70, is said .

Our Father, our King! we have sinned before thee.

Our Father, our King! we have no king but thee.

Our Father, our King! deal with us for the sake of thy name.

Our Father, our King! let a happy year begin for us.

Our Father, our King! nullify all evil decrees against us.

Our Father, our King! nullify the designs of those that hate us.

Our Father, our King! make the counsel of our enemies of none effect.

Our Father, our King! rid us of every oppressor and adversary.

Our Father, our King! close the mouths of our adversaries and accusers.

Our Father, our King! of pestilence and the sword, of famine, captivity and destruction, rid the children of thy covenant.

Our Father, our King! withhold the plague from thine inheritance.

Our Father, our King! forgive and pardon all our iniquities.

Our Father, our King! blot out our transgressions, and make them pass away from before thine eyes.

Our Father, our King! erase in thine abundant mercies all the records of our guilt.

Our Father, our King! bring us back in perfect repentance unto thee.

Our Father, our King! send a perfect healing to the sick of thy people.

Our Father, our King! rend the evil judgment decreed against us.

Our Father, our King! let thy remembrance of us be for good.

Our Father, our King! *inscribe us in the book of happy life.

* At the Conclusion Service on the Day of Atonement, "seal us" is substituted for "inscribe us" in this and the following sentences.

Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of redemption and salvation.

Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of maintenance and sustenance.

Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of merit.

Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of forgiveness and pardon.

Our Father, our King! let salvation soon spring forth for us.

Our Father, our King! exalt the horn of Israel, thy people.

Our Father, our King! exalt the horn of thine anointed.

Our Father, our King! fill our hands with thy blessings.

Our Father, our King! fill our storehouses with plenty.

Our Father, our King! hear our voice, spare us, and have mercy upon us.

Our Father, our King! receive our prayer in mercy and in favor.

Our Father, our King! open the gates of heaven unto our prayer.

Our Father, our King! we pray thee, turn us not back empty from thy presence.

Our Father, our King! remember that we are but dust.

Our Father; our King! let this hour be an hour of mercy and a time of favor with thee.

Our Father, our King! have compassion upon us and upon our children and our infants.

Our Father, our King! do this for the sake of them that were slain for thy holy name.

Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of them that were slaughtered for thy Unity.

Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of them that went through fire and water for the sanctification of thy name.

Our Father, our King! avenge before our eyes thy blood of thy servants that hath been shed.

Our Father, our King! do it for thy sake, if not for ours.

Our Father, our King! do it for thy sake, and save us.

Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of thine abundant mercies.

Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of thy great, mighty and revered name by which we are called.

Our Father, our King! be gracious unto us and answer us, for we have no good works of our own; deal with us in charity and kindness, and save us.

On Mondays and Thursdays the following is said to "the Lord is One," p. 76. On other Week Days continue, "And David said," etc., p. 76. Both these Prayers are omitted on New Moon, during the whole month of Nisan, on the thirty-third day of Counting the Omer, from the first day of Sivan until the second day after Pentecost, on the 9th and 15th of Ab, on the day before New Year, from the day before the Fast of Atonement until the second day after Tabernacles, on the Feast of Dedication, on the 15th of Shebat, on the two days of Purim, and on the two days of Purim Katon, the 14th and 15th of Adar Rishon. These prayers are also omitted in the house of a mourner during the week of mourning, and at the celebration of a circumcision .

And he, being merciful, forgiveth iniquity and destroyeth not: yea, many a time he turneth his anger away and cloth not stir up all his wrath. Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from us, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve us. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from amongst the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. If thou shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Not according to our sins wilt thou deal with us, nor requite us according to our iniquities. If our iniquities testify against us, work thou, O Lord, for thy name's sake. Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. May the Lord answer us in the day of trouble, the name of the God of Jacob set us up on high. Save, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call. Our Father, our King, be gracious unto us and answer us, for we have no good works of our own; deal with us in charity for thy name's sake. Our Lord, our God, hearken to the voice of our supplications, and remember unto us the covenant of our fathers, and save us for thy name's sake. And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast made thee a name as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O Lord, according to all thy righteous acts, let thine anger and thy fury, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us. Now therefore, hearken, O our God, unto the prayer of thy servant and to his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.