O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love You and abide in Your Word, we have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have acted wickedly; we have rebelled; we have turned away from Your commandments and from Your rulings. We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our forefathers, our leaders and to all the people of our great land. You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of these United States, from north to south and east to west, in all walks, occupations, and faiths. Those who are native to this land and those who have come from near and far, we have behaved unfaithfully toward you. ADONAI, shame covers our face—our Presidents and Governors, our lawmakers, our judges and counselors, and those who you have called to lead us from the houses of worship throughout our country, and those in each household—because we have sinned against you. You, oh, Lord our God are compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against You. We have not obeyed Your voice, Oh, ADONAI Eloheinu, by walking in Your clear Word and commandments that You set before us through Your Messiah, Your servants the Prophets and Apostles. Yes, all our nation has transgressed Your Holy Commandments and have turned away—not obeying Your voice. Therefore, the curse and sworn judgments written in the Torah of Moses the servant of God has been poured out upon this nation, for we have sinned against You. Your curses, Adonai, are pursuing and overtaking us. We are being destroyed because we have sinned against you. So, You have confirmed Your words spoken by your servant, Moses, against us and against our rulers who ruled over us by bringing on us a great calamity. You have brought fearful plagues upon us, severe and lingering illnesses. Our enemies attack and malign us from without and within.
As it is written in the Torah of Moses, all this calamity came on us, yet we have not sought the favor of ADONAI Eloheinu by turning away from our iniquities and paying attention to Your truth. So, You, ADONAI have been intent on bringing the calamity upon us, for You, ADONAI Eloheinu are righteous in all Your deeds that you have done—while we have not paid attention to Your voice. So now, ADONAI Eloheinu, who brought Your people, Israel out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have raised up this great nation of the United States of America based on the covenant of our forefathers, and made for Yourself a Name to this day—we have sinned, we have acted wickedly. We have abused the great bounty of resources of our land and mismanaged your abundant wealth which you provided. We have destroyed the family and made a mockery of your holy covenant of marriage. We have forsaken the knowledge and wisdom of your Holy Word. We have given ourselves over to
the lust of our flesh and the lust of our eyes, and given our children over to the hands of death and wickedness. Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and Your fury turn away, please, from our nation’s Capital, from each state, from the mountains and the plains, from the great expanses to the islands, and sea to shining sea. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, our Nation and our people have become an object of scorn to all the nations and peoples around us. So now, our God, listen to the prayers and petitions of Your servants, and cause Your face to shine upon this devastated nation, for Your sake oh, my Lord. Give ear, my God, and hear! Open Your eyes and see the desolation of the nation which made covenant in Your name. We do not present our supplications before You because of our own righteousness, but because of Your great compassions. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay! For our states, our cities, and for your peoples who are called by Your name.
