Baruch
Ata YHVH, Elohey Yisrael, Avi.
(Bless
You, YHVH - Elohim of Israel, my Father)
I have
heard with my ears and I have read in Your Word, Elohey Yisrael, the deeds that
You did in the days of my/our forefathers, in the days of old. How You, Elohey Tzva’ot (God of the Armies), with
Your own hand drove out the nations that were living in our land. You afflicted
those peoples and cast them out. But
because You favored my/our forefathers, You planted them and even though they
had to use the sword to drive out their enemy, it was You that went out before
them as a consuming fire. It was by
Y’min’cha (Your Right Hand), Abba, that they gained possession. You even said that it was not because of
their righteousness that they were going in to possess the land of promise, but
for Your name sake.
Please
help me/us today, El Ro’ee/Ro’enu (the One Who Sees and Provides for me/us). I/We understand that it will not be by my/our
sword, nor will my/our own arm save meus, but it will be by Y’min’cha (Your
Right Hand), and by the light of Your countenance. You favor meus because of the love that You
have for my/our forefathers, and it is because of Your faithfulness to the
covenant that You, Elohey Avraham, Yitzchak and Ya’acov, made with them.
But what
about this generation of Your people, Elohey Yisrael? You have cast us off and
put us to shame, and You do not go out with our armies. You make us turn back from the enemy, and
those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. They are dividing up the land and saying
“Aha! The everlasting heights (Yehudah and Shomron - Judea and Samaria) have
become our possession!” You make us a
reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those all around us. You make us a byword among the nations, a
shaking of the head among the peoples.
You have
severely broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of
death. We are like sheep intended for
food. You, El Shofet (Judge), have
scattered us among the nations. For Your sake we are killed all day long; we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
You sell Your people for next to nothing, and get nothing in return for selling
us.
Awake!
Why do You sleep, Ezre’nu (our Help), Go’ale’nu (our Redeemer)? Arise, help us, and redeem us for Your
mercies' sake! Do not cast us off. Why do
You hide Your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? For our soul is bowed down to the dust and our
body clings to the ground. Because of
the voice of our enemies, and the reproaches and reviles of the avenger, our dishonor
is continually before us, and the shame of our face has covered us. All this has come upon us, because of sin and
iniquity. We have forgotten Your name YHVH,
and have stretched out our hands to a foreign god. You, Elohey Tzid’ke’nu (our Righteousness), have
searched this out, You already know the secrets of the heart, nothing is hidden
from You.
Help us,
El Yeshu’atenu (God of our Salvation), not to forget Your name, nor to deal
falsely with Your covenant. Protect our
heart so that it will not turn back, and our steps so that they will not depart
from Your ways.
You are
Mal’kee/Mel’kenu (my/our King). O Elee/Ele’nu (my/our Elohim), command
victories for Ya’acov. Through You, we
will push down our enemies. Through Your
name YHVH – Yeshua’tee/Yeshua’tenu (my/our Salvation), we, the progeny of
Yisrael, will trample those who rise up against us. We will not trust in our bow, nor shall our
sword save us. But You, M’gee’nee/M’gee’nenu
(my/our Protector/Shield), will save us from our enemies. Put them to shame, Abba, those who hate us. Thus we will boast all day long, and praise
Your name, YHVH - El Elyon (God Most High), forever.
Hallelu-Yah!!! For You YHVH are Elohim. You are Elohey Yisrael, Elohey Avraham,
Yitzchak and Ya’acov. Avi the Almighty
reigns!
