With Patriarchs:
Hebrew
מֶלֶךְ עוֹזֵר וּמוֹשִׁיעַ וּמָגֵן.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה,
מָגֵן אַבְרָהָם.
Israeli
melech ozer umoshia umagen.
baruch atah Adonai,
magen Avraham.
English
You are the sovereign who helps and saves and shields. Shield of Abraham.
With Patriarchs and Matriarchs:
Hebrew
מֶלֶךְ עוֹזֵר וּפוֹקֵד
וּמוֹשִׁיעַ וּמָגֵן.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה,
מָגֵן אַבְרָהָם וּפוֹקֵד שָׂרָה.
Israeli
melech ozer ufoked
umoshia umagen.
baruch atah Adonai,
magen Avraham ufoked Sarah.
English
You are the sovereign who helps and guards, saves and shields. Shield of Abraham and Guardian of Sarah.
Second B’rakhah: God’s Saving Care
Hebrew
אַתָּה גִבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָי,
מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים אַתָּה,
רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ.
Israeli
atah gibor le-olam Adonai,
mechayeh metim atah,
rav lehoshia.
English
You are ever mighty, Adonai— You give life to the dead— great is Your saving power:
From Sh’mini Atzeret until Pesaḥ:
Hebrew
מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם.
Israeli
mashiv haruach umorid hageshem.
English
You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall,
[From Pesaḥ until Sh’mini Atzeret, some add:
English
You cause the dew to fall,]
Hebrew
מְכַלְכֵּל חַיִּים בְּחֶסֶד,
מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים בְּרַחֲמִים רַבִּים,
סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים, וְרוֹפֵא חוֹלִים, וּמַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים,
וּמְקַיֵּם אֱמוּנָתוֹ לִישֵׁנֵי עָפָר.
מִי כָמוֹךָ בַּעַל גְּבוּרוֹת וּמִי דּוֹמֶה לָּךְ,
מֶלֶךְ מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה וּמַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעָה.
Israeli
mechalkel chayim b'chesed,
mechayeh metim b'rachamim rabim,
somech noflim, verofei cholim, umatir asurim,
umekayem emunato lishenei afar.
mi chamocha ba-al g'vurot umi domeh lach,
melech memit umechayeh umatzmiach yeshu-ah.
English
You sustain the living through kindness and love, and with great mercy give life to the dead, You support the falling, heal the sick, loosen the chains of the bound, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Almighty, and who can be compared to You? The sovereign who brings death and life and causes redemption to flourish.
On Shabbat Shuvah we add:
Hebrew
מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמִים, זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים.
Israeli
mi chamocha av harachamim, zocher yetzurav lechayim b'rachamim.
English
Who is like You, source of compassion, who remembers with compassion Your creatures for life?
Hebrew
וְנֶאֱמָן אַתָּה לְהַחֲיוֹת מֵתִים.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, מְחַיֵּה הַמֵּתִים.
Israeli
vene-eman atah lehachayot metim.
baruch atah Adonai, mechayeh hametim.
English
You are faithful in bringing life to the dead. who gives life to the dead.
When the Amidah is recited silently, continue on page 188a with “Holy are You.”