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 Israel, but for My Holy Name, which you have profaned among the nations, where you came there. Not for us, God, not for us, but for Your Name give glory, for Your mercy, for Your truth. Why should the nations say: "Where is now their God?" Please, God, do not look unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin. Pardon, please, the iniquity of this people as the greatness of Your lovingkindness, and as You have forgiven this people, from Egypt and until now; and pardon our iniquity, for it is great. God, hear. God, forgive. God, attend and do; and do not defer; for Your sake, my God, because Your Name is called upon Your city and upon Your people. It is the custom of the nation to beseech after falling on the face, when one raises his face from the ground, with these verses: And we shall not know what we shall do; but our eyes are upon You. Remember Your compassions, God, and Your mercies; for they have been from always. Do not remember against us the iniquities of the first ones. Let Your compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low. Arise, help us and redeem us for Your mercy's sake. Let Your mercy, God, be upon us as we have waited for You. If You, God, will mark iniquities, God, who will stand? For the forgiveness is with You, that You should be feared. God, save; the King shall answer us in the day of our calling. For He knew our creation; He remembers that we are dust. Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Your Name; and deliver us and forgive our sins for Your Name's sake. And likewise, it is the custom of the nation to beseech after the order of the day with these supplications: God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever, for the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You. And He, the Compassionate One, shall forgive iniquity etc. For You, God, are good and forgiving, and plenteous in mercy to all those that call upon You. Your righteousness is righteousness forever and Your law is truth. Who is a God like You, Who pardons iniquity and passes by transgression? He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities etc. Blessed is God, day by day He Bears our burden, the God, our salvation; selah. God of Hosts is with us; a High Tower for us; God of Jacob; selah. God of Hosts, praised is the man that trusts in You. Blessed is our Lord. Blessed is our Creator. Blessed is He Who Created us for His Glory and Separated us from those going astray and gave us a law of truth by our teacher Moses and planted among us a life of eternity. The Merciful One shall open our heart for the study of His law and shall place in our heart His love and His fear and His law to do His will and to worship Him with a whole heart and with a willing mind so that we should not labor in vain and we should not bring forth for terror. So may there be will and compassion before You, God, our God, that we shall live to keep Your ordinances in This World and for the days of the Messiah in order that we should merit and we should inherit goodness for the life of the World to Come; so that my glory may sing to You, and shall not be silent; God, my God, I will thank You forever. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, God, my Rock, and my Redeemer. It is the custom of part of the nation to read every day after these supplications the song of the psalm that the Levites used to say at the Temple in that day; and they read: "To David, unto You, God, I shall lift up my soul", the whole psalm, and they read: Said Rabbi Eleazar: Said Rabbi Hanina: Learned men increase peace etc. There is none like our God, there is none like our Lord, there is none like our King, there is none like our Savior. Who is like our God? Who is like our Lord? Who is like our King? Who is like our Savior? Let us thank our God, let us thank our Lord, let us thank our King, let us thank our Savior. You are He, our God, You are He, our Lord, You are He, our King, You are He, our Savior. You shall arise, You shall have compassion upon Zion; for it is time to be gracious unto her, for the appointed time has come. But the righteous shall give thanks to Your Name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence. And they that know Your Name shall trust in You; for You have not forsaken those that seek You, God. For all the peoples will walk, each one in the name of its god; and we will walk in the Name of God, our God, forever and ever.