A liturgy for
YOM
KIPPUR QATAN
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Ps 102 - t’fillah l’aniy – ki ya’atof
When feeling all down and
out
–
wrapped in a Tallit
–
I pray and pour out
–
to God my concern
–
in heartfelt talk.
Yah! hear
my prayer –
allow my pleading to reach you
On such a day
when I am sad and depressed
–
please don’t make things worse
–
by hiding from me --
–
but attend now, this day,
–
to my calling You and please
–
hurry to answer me.
My days have been scattered
like smoke in the wind
and my being is arid
as if dried in a kiln.
Like grass hit by hail
And then shriveled
So my heart hurt
My appetite is gone.
The groan of my sighs
Made my flesh stick to my
bones
I felt like a vulture,
Like a buzzard seeking
carrion.
When calmed I feel
like a free single bird
Sitting on a roof –
While all day long
The voices of my foes sneer
They swear
that I will be damned.
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You did look down
from Your high place
Yah You saw me
in a heavenly gaze.
You heard a prisoner’s
appeal
You freed one condemned
to death.
You are always
There is no end to Your years
There will yet be
descendants of mine
And their seed yet
Who will serve You.
As the moon is waning
May my guilt wane too
May the time of dark
Ready me for the light.
The weave of my deeds
Contains strands of wrongs
You see them clearly
May I too fully see them.
You gifted us with Rosh
Hodesh
To renew
our heads and hearts.
That we might weave
a better life.
This coming month
May we find our home in You
And dwell there belonging
Cleared from sin – in peace,
in harmony with
what You hope for us.
Would that soon we may
With our loved ones come to You
Worshipping on New Moon days
In Your
sacred place.
El Melekh
Yoshev
You sit firm on Your judgment seat
Enthroned on high,
And one by one our
trespasses
In t’shuvah pass You by.
Almighty King, Your governing
Is with tender love replete.
Absolve we pray, our fears
allay,
With mercy judgment mete.
How high You dwell,
our Rock and Shield'
Enthroned in might,
And you forgive each one their sins,
From scarlet You make white.
O Ruler wise, before Your eyes,
Our frailties stand
revealed.
Your judgment be with
empathy,
Your might with mercy wield.
When first You taught
Your attributes
Thirteen for us to say.
Remember then Your covenant
With us unto this day.
O living
Fount, on Sinai's mount
You set Your
nation's roots.
The truth, Your seal. You did reveal,
And none Your
word refutes.
How You did did hold in holy glow
Your prophet Moses there.
Invoked he then Your name, O God,
And thus did You declare;
Yud Heh Vav Heh, Yud Heh Vav
Heh
To wrath and anger slow,
Forgiving sin, our hearts to
win,
To thousands mercy
show."
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You answered Abraham at Mt.
Moriyah
May you answer us
Hu ya’anenu
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Avinu malkeynu