Therefore, it is our duty to give thanks to thee, to praise and glorify thee, to bless and hallow thy name, and to offer many thanksgivings to thee. Happy are we! How good is our destiny, how pleasant our lot, how beautiful our heritage! Happy are we who, early and late, morning and evening, twice every day, proclaim:
Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.
Blessed be the name of his glorious majesty forever and ever.
Thou wast the same before the world was created; thou hast been the same since the world has been created; thou art the same in this world, and thou wilt be the same in the world to come. Reveal thy holiness to those who sanctify thy name; manifest thy holiness throughout thy world. May our strength rise and be exalted through thy deliverance. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who sanctifiest thy name in the presence of all men.[1]
Thou, Lord our God, art in heaven and on earth and in the highest heavens. Truly, thou art the first and thou art the last; besides thee there is no God. O gather those who yearn for thee from the four corners of the earth. Let all mankind realize and know that thou alone art God over all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. Who is there among all the works of thy hands, among the heavenly or the earthly creatures, that can say to thee, “What doest thou?” Our Father who art in heaven, deal Kindly with us for the sake of thy great name by which we are called, and fulfill for us, Lord our God, that which is written: “At that time I will bring you home; at that time I will gather you; indeed, I will grant you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captivity before your own eyes, says the Lord.” [2]
