Reading note: pronounce יהוה as “Adonai” once. Seasonal alternatives apply only in their proper season and are not recited together. Headings and directions are explanatory and are not part of the recited text.
Weekday Amidah — Individual Prayer
My Adonai, open my lips, & my mouth will speak Your praises.
Blessed are You Adonai, our God, & God of our fathers, God of Avraham, God of Yitshak & God of Yaacov. The great, the mighty & the awesome God. Exalted God. Who bestows good kindness. He possesses everything & recalls the kindness of the patriarchs. And brings the redeemer to their children's children, for His Name's sake, with love. King, helper, savior & a shield, blessed are You Adonai, Shield of Avraham.
You are mighty forever, my Adonai, You revive the dead – Greatly capable of saving.
(summer) who causes the dew to fall (winter) who causes the winds to blow & the rain to fall.
You sustain the living with loving-kindness. You revive the dead with great compassion. You support the fallen & heal the ill. And You release those bound. And You fulfill Your faithfulness to those who sleep in the ground. Who is like You, Master of [all] powers, King, Who causes death & gives life & causes salvation to sprout. & You are trustworthy to revive the dead. Blessed are You Adonai, Who revives the dead.
You are Holy, & Your Name is holy, & Your holy ones will praise You every day, forever. Blessed are You Adonai the Holy God. (10 days of repentance – the Holy King)
You graciously bestow knowledge to man, & teach mortals understanding, graciously bestow upon us from Yourself wisdom, understanding & knowledge. Blessed are You Adonai, Who graciously bestows knowledge.
Return us, our Father, to Your Torah & approach us, our King, to Your service, & bring us back to complete repentance before You. Blessed are You Adonai, Who desires repentance.
Pardon us, our Father, for we transgressed. Forgive us, our King for we sinned. For You are a good & forgiving God. Blessed are You Adonai, gracious One, Who abundantly pardons.
Behold, please, our affliction & fight our battle, & speedily redeem us, [with] a complete redemption, for Your Name. For You God, are a mighty Redeemer, Blessed are You Adonai, Redeemer of Yisrael.
Heal us, Adonai, & we will be healed. Save us & we will be saved, for You are our Praise. And bring a cure & healing for all of our ailments, & all our pains, & all our wounds for, God You are a compassionate & faithful healer. Blessed are You Adonai, Who heals the ill of His people, Yisrael.
[In Summer]
Bless us, Adonai, our God, in all the works of our hands & bless our years with dews of favor, blessing & benevolence, & let its end be with life, & satiety & peace, like the best years of blessing, for You are a good & benevolent God & You bless the years. Blessed are You Adonai, Who blesses the years.
[In Winter]
Bless for us, Adonai, our God, this year, & all types of its produce for good, & provide dew & rain for blessing on the entire face of the land & quench the face of the earth, & satiate the entire world with Your good, & fill our hands from Your blessings & the wealth of the gifts of Your hands. Protect & save this year from any bad thing, & any kind of destruction, & any kind of retribution, & make for it good hope, & an ending of peace. Have compassion & mercy upon it & upon all of its produce & fruits, & bless it with rains of goodwill, blessing & benevolence, & let its end be with life, & satiety & peace, like the good years of blessing, for You are a good & benevolent God & You bless the years. Blessed are You Adonai, Who blesses the years.
Sound a great Shofar (rams horn for Mashiah'), for our freedom, & raise a flag to gather our exiles, & assemble us together quickly from the four corners of the earth to our land (of Israel). Blessed are You, that assembles the displaced of His people, Israel.
Restore our Judges (of the Sanhedrin) as at first, & our advisers as in the beginning, & remove from us sorrow & groan, & rule upon us speedily, You alone Adonai, with lovingkindness & compassion, with righteousness & justice Blessed are You, Adonai, King Who loves righteousness & justice. [In 10 Days of Repentance Say instead: The King, The Judge]
For the informers & the heretics, let there be no hope. And all the wicked, let them perish in an instant, And all Your enemies & all Your haters, may they quickly be terminated, & as for a wicked government, may You uproot & smash & terminate & subdue them speedily in our days. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who smashes the enemies & subdues wicked. (the Heretics)
Upon the righteous & the pious, & all the remnant of Your people, the House of Israel, & on their elders, & on the remnant of the academies of [Torah] sages, & upon the righteous converts & upon us, awaken, please, Your mercy Adonai, our God, & give us good reward, to all that have true faith in Your Name, & place our lot with them, & upon Your great mercy, we truly rely. Blessed are You, Adonai, a support & an assurance, for the righteous.
Dwell within Jerusalem Your city, as You spoke about, & the throne of David, Your servant, speedily prepare it within it, & build it an eternal structure speedily in our days. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who builds Jerusalem.
The offspring of [the Kingship of] David, Your servant, may you speedily cause to blossom, & raise his horn (i.e., Power) with Your salvation, for Your salvation, for we hope for & look forward to all day. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who causes the horn of salvation to sprout.
Hear our voice Adonai our God, merciful Father, have pity & mercy upon us, & accept with mercy & favor our prayers, for You are God, Who hears prayers & supplications. And from before You, our King, do not send us back empty [handed], grace us [with benevolence], & respond to us & hear our prayers,…
… for You hear the prayer of each mouth. *** Blessed are You, our God, Who hears prayer.
Find favor, Adonai, our God, in Your people Israel, & to their prayers turn, & restore the [divine offering] service to the inner Sanctuary of Your house, & the fires [of the offerings] of Israel & their prayers speedily lovingly accept with favor, & let You continually have satisfaction from the service of Your people Israel.
And You, with Your great compassion, desire us & let us be dear, & may our eyes see Your return to Zion with compassion. Bless You, Adonai, Who returns His Divine Presence to Zion.
We are grateful to You, that You are He Who is the Adonai, our God, & God of our fathers forever, & our Rock, the Rock of our lives & You are He Who is a Shield of salvation. For each & every generation, we will thank You & will relate Your praise, upon our lives that are placed in Your Hands, & upon our souls, that are entrusted in Your hands (when we sleep), & upon Your miracles that all day are with us, & all Your wonders & goodness at all times, at night, & morning & afternoon. The Good [One], for Your mercy never ends, The Merciful [One are You], for Your loving-kindness never ceases, forever we have hope in You.
Upon all of these, You are Blessed, You are Exalted & Uplifted (in our mouths) always, Your Name, our King, forever & ever & all the living will praise You evermore. And they will praise, & they will bless Your Great Name truely, constantly, for It is good, the God of our Salvation & our Assistance, the Good God. Blessed are You Adonai, the Good, Your Name & You are befitting to give thanks.
Establish peace, good, & blessing, life, grace & kindness, & compassion upon us & upon all Israel, Your Nation, & bless us our Father all of us together with the light of Your countenance, For with the light of Your countenance, You gave us, Adonai, our God, Torah & Life, Love & Kindness, Righteousness & Compassion, Blessing & Peace, & it is Good in Your eyes to bless us, & to bless all Your people Israel, with great force & peace. Blessed are You Adonai, Who Blesses His people of Israel with Peace. Amen.
May they find favor, the words of my mouth & the thoughts of my heart, before You, Adonai, my Rock & my Redeemer.
My God! Guard my tongue from Bad, & my lips from [speaking] deceit. And those that curse me, let my soul be silent. And let my soul be like the dust to all. Open my heart to Your Torah, & after Your Mitzvot (commandments) let my soul pursue, & all that rise against me for bad, quickly nullify their counsel & ruin their thoughts. Do [it] for the sake of Your Name, do [it] for the sake of Your right (mercy), do [it] for the sake of Your Torah, do [it] for the sake of Your Holiness. For the sake of refraining Your beloved (Israel, from sufferance), Your right (mercy) Deliver [us], & answer us.
May they find favor [from You] – the saying of my mouth & the reflections of my heart before You, my Adonai, my Rock & my Redeemer.
He Who makes peace from the heights, may He with His compassion, make peace upon us & all His people Israel, & [Let us] say, Amen.
