You are God, who does wonders
You are God, who does wonders; show mercy and consolation to the poor nation, which is ill.
I shall speak with eloquence to give thanks to You regarding the one who is ill.
May the people sweetened [by Your Torah] not be detached; rather, make valuable the possessions of the ill.
Bring [Your] friends near and burn up the wicked, on the day when You wreak justice for the ill.
When You bring beauty to the yoke [of Israel], and You leave the good to survive, You will light the lamp for the ill.
O Giver of the mighty Torah, on the day of the wedding [at Sinai]—may You give, indeed, glory to the ill.
Bring life to Your servant, O high Tower to the oppressed, and with Your great kindness, have mercy for the ill.
Bless their dominion and plant a pine tree; fll the threshing foor with grain for the ill.
O Lofty One, for Your name’s sake, and Your people, and with Your mercy—heal the ill.
Keep Your kindness, and complete the healing, lest the enemy say death befell the ill.
O Pure One, say to me, “Go out from your illness! Lo, I desire song from the ill!”
May the horn sprout for the [Messiah]—the son, the sprout. In contrast [to now], may there be joy for the community that is ill.
O Mighty One, Redeemer, amid Israel Your servant prays, “Strengthen the ill!”
Source: CUL T-S H.15.105.
Translated by Gabriel Wasserman.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 3: Encountering Christianity and Islam.
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