We stand before You

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, accountable for the many ways in which we have failed You, our families, our neighborhoods, our communities, our country

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, broken by social unrest, a paralyzing pandemic, natural disaster, and indefatigable fires

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, crippled by religious intolerance, racial injustice, and political gamesmanship

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, depleted, beseeching You to arouse our tired spirit

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, eclipsed by falsehood and propaganda

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, fractious in our positions, at our collective expense

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, grief-stricken at the loss of loved ones

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, handcuffed by disunity, injured by insurgence

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, jaundiced, colored by corruption and the absence of shame

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, knavish, willing to use positions of power to deceive

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, lawbreakers and malcontents, usurping just causes

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, nonplussed by unrelenting waives of antisemitism and xenophobia

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, occluded, our advancement stymied by inherent and learned bias

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, prideful, bitterness growing where forgiveness might live

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, quiescent, our minds revisiting promises not kept

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, remorseful, conscious of our shortcomings, vice, and evildoing

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, somber and trembling, praying for your forbearance

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, undeserving and vulnerable, humbly seeking Your grace

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, wrathful, quick to condemn others, while seeking Your clemency

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, of xenial capacity, yearning to be good and kind humans

אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ‎

We stand before You, zealous in our appeal for Your compassion, and absolution