Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, merciful and plenteous in forgiveness ! 7. (ilt,n) Look at our misery, contend our cause, and deliver us speedily, fo thy name's sake, for thou art a mighty deliverer. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, the deliverer of Israel ! 8. Nt:t1) Heal us, 0 Lord, and we shall be healed, save us and we shall be saved, for thou art our boast ; grant us a perfect cure for all our wounds, for thou, 0 Lord our King, art a faithful and merciful physician. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who healest the sick of thy people Israel ! 9.
(1)3./ 1113) Bless to us, 0 Lord our God, for good this year, and all its kinds of produce ; send thy blessing upon the face of the earth, satisfy us with thy goodness, and bless this year as the years bygone. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who blessest the seasons ! To. (pro Cause the great trumpet to proclaim our liberty, raise the standard for the gathering of our captives, and bring us together from the four corners of the earth. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who gatherest together the dispersed of Israel ! Reinstate our judges as of old, and our councillors as of yore, remove from us sorrow and sighing, and do thou alone, 0 Lord, reign over us in mercy and love, and judge us in righteousness and justice. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord the King, who lovest righteousness and jus tice ! 12. (o4nbn1)* Let the apostates have no hope, and let those who perpetrate wickedness speedily perish ; let them all be suddenly cut off, let the proud speedily be uprooted, broken, crushed, and humbled speedily in our days. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who breakest down the enemy and humblest the proud ! 13. (wirlyn 3)) On the righteous, on the pious, on the elders of thy people, the house of Israel, on the remnant of the Scribes, on the pious proselytes, and on us, bestow, 0 Lord our God, thy mercy ; give ample reward to all who trust in thy name in sincerity, make our portion with them for ever, and let us not be ashamed, for we' trust in thee ! Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, the support and refuge of the righteous ! 14 a. (c,v,,)-6.1) To Jerusalem thy city in mercy return, and dwell in it according to thy promise ; make it speedily in our day an everlasting building, and soon establish therein the throne of David. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who buildest Jerusalem ! 14 b. (riu.s. I1N) The branch of David, thy ser vant, speedily cause to flourish, and exalt his horn with thy help, for we look to thy help all day. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who causest to flourish the horn of David ! is. obv0 3.,ntv) Hear our voice, 0 Lord our God, have pity and compassion on us, and receive with mercy and acceptance out prayers, for thou art a God hearing prayer and supplications. Our King, do not send us empty away from thy presence, for thou hearest the prayers of thy people Israel in mercy ! Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who hcarest prayer ! 16. (rTS*1)
Be favourable, 0 Lord our God, to thy people Israel, and to their prayer ; restore trie 'worship to thy sanctuary, receive lovingly the burnt-sacrifice of Israel and their prayer, and let the service of Israel thy people be always well-pleasing to thee. May our eyes see thee return to Zion in love. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who restorest thy She chinah to Zion ! 17. (ontn) We thankfully con fess before thee that thou art the Lord our God, and the God of our fathers, world without end, and that thou art the shepherd of our life and the rock of our salvation from generation to genera tion ; we render thanks unto thee and celebrate thy praises. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, whose name is goodness, and whom it becomes to praise ! 18. (12,'It.:1 ITV) Bestow peace, happincss, bless ing, grace, mercy, and compassion upon us and upon the whole of Israel, thy people. Our Father, bless us all nnitedly with the light of thy counten ance, for in the light of thy countenance clidst thou give to us, 0 Lord our God, the law of life, lov ingkimlness, justice, blessing, compassion, life, and peace. May it please thee to bless thy people Israel at all times, and in every moment, with peace. Blessed art thou, 0 Lord, who blessest thy people Israel with peace !' These eighteen benedictions are mentioned in the .11.1ishiza Rosh Ha-Shana, iv. ; Berachoth, iv. 3 ; Tosiphea Berachoth, cap. iii. ; yerusalen2 Bera cholh, ; 17 a. We are distinctly told that they were ordained by the 120 elders of the Great Synagogue 17 b ; Beraeholh, 33 a ; Siphre on Deut. xxxiii. 2), and we know that the representatives of the people cinvn 'MN) recited them in the temple every day (Sabbath, 24 b), that the priests pronounced three of them upon the people every morning in the Hall of Sparer (11'nil 117th) in the temple-court, and that the high-priest prayed the sixteenth (rTS1) and the seven teenth (n+-nn) sections of this litany on the Great Day of Atonement goma, 68 b). There can there fore be no doubt that our Saviour and his apostles joined in these prayers when they resorted to the synagogue, and that when the apostles went on the top of the house to pray at the stated hour (Acts i. 13 ; x. 9), these benedictions formed part of their devotions. It must however be remarked that the three first and the three last benedictions are the oldest, that benedictions 4-15 were com piled during the Maccabxan struggles and the Roman ascendency in Palestine ; and benediction 14 a was most probably compiled after the destruc tion of the second temple.