Praised Be Thou, O Lord My God! Every Time I

Sources: Prayers And Meditations

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! Every time I attempt to make mention of

Thee, I am hindered by the sublimity of Thy station and the overpowering

greatness of Thy might. For were I to praise Thee throughout the length of

Thy dominion and the duration of Thy sovereignty, I would find that my

praise of Thee can befit only such as are like unto me, who are themselves

Thy creatures, and who have been generated through the power of Thy d cree

and been fashioned through the potency of Thy will. And at whatever time

my pen ascribeth glory to any one of Thy names, methinks I can hear the

voice of its lamentation in its remoteness from Thee, and can recognize

its cry because of its separation from Thy Self. I testify that everything

other than Thee is but Thy creation and is held in the hollow of Thy hand.

To have accepted any act or praise from Thy creatures is but an evidence

of the wonders of Thy grace and bountiful favors, and a manifestation of

Thy generosity and providence.



I entreat Thee, O my Lord, by Thy Most Great Name whereby Thou didst

separate light from fire, and truth from denial, to send down upon me and

upon such of my loved ones as are in my company the good of this world and

of the next. Supply us, then, with Thy wondrous gifts that are hid from

the eyes of men. Thou art, verily, the Fashioner of all creation. No God

is there but Thee, the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Most High.