You are kind, the good who does good
Mi kamokha . . .
You are kind, the Good who does good.
Creations acknowledge You, giver of good.
All of us together with a good heart,
thanking You for the bad as for the good.
Mi kamokha . . .
Your Temple, which is overturned like Sodom and Gomorrah,
renew and complete it, lay it with precious stones.
Tell this nation “I will take revenge against those who would swallow you up,”
vengeance for the spilled blood of Your servants Mi kamokha . . .
Sentenced to sobbing in the land of their exile,
their children tormented at the hand of captors—
when You turn their mourning to joy, everyone near and far will know,
that You established a time to cry and a time to laugh.
Translated by Abigail Denemark Ossip.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 3: Encountering Christianity and Islam.
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