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Rock of my heart and my Holy One — Rock of eternity, Fashioner of all; Sovereign of all deeds; Master of all souls; Knower of hidden things: You know my heart.

Rescue my soul from the sword — my only one from the grip of a dog [Psalms 22:21]. Save me from the mouth of the lion — and from the horns of the wild ox You have answered me [Psalms 22:22]. For dogs have surrounded me — a company of evildoers has encircled me; like a lion — my hands and my feet [Psalms 22:17]. Master of the Universe — save me from the blemish of the bris. Save me from the pit of destruction — from the mire of the pit [tit hayaven]. Save me from the harsh judgment of Gehinnom [din Gehinnom hakasheh] that befalls one who blemishes the bris, G‑d forbid. Have pity and compassion upon me. Remember Your mercies, Hashem — and Your lovingkindnesses; for they are from eternity [Psalms 25:6]. Remember and have mercy and rescue and save my miserable soul from the lowest depths. For You know the anguish and the compassion that there is for one who blemished his bris, G‑d forbid, and did not merit to repair it in his lifetime — who descends to the lowest level of the grave with no helper or support; of whom it is impossible for us to imagine in our minds the intensity of the anguish and the very, very bitter and harsh suffering; and the intensity of the compassion upon him — except You alone know this. And You know that there in the World to Come nothing in the world avails — for there You are not forgiving at all; and the main of Your mercy is what You devise thoughts that none of Yours be cast away; and You send and appoint thoughts of repentance to each and every one every single day; and You extend Your hand to receive those who return; and You assist and help to truly return to You — to all who come to be purified. Therefore I have come before You, Hashem my G‑d and G‑d of my fathers — Who watches over the wicked and desires his vindication: have pity and compassion upon my precious soul; have pity and compassion upon me; have pity and be gracious to me; and redeem me from the blemish of the bris. Rescue me from mire that I not sink — may I be rescued from my enemies and from the deep waters [Psalms 69:15]. Let not the torrent of waters sweep over me — and let not the deep swallow me; and let not the pit shut its mouth upon me [Psalms 69:16]. Save me through Your mercies from the bitterness of the sword of the angel of death that has two mouths [terei piyos]. Save me from the angels of destruction — the harsh and cruel ones called dogs [klavim]: who tear the soul of one who blemishes the bris, G‑d forbid; and lead him to Gehinnom and cry out: give, give [hav-hav]. Save me from their harsh dread! Save me from their harsh judgment — from their judgment that is bitter to the ultimate bitterness. Save me from bitter waters [mayin miririm] — from impure waters [mayin mesa'avin]. Have pity and compassion; have pity and have mercy; have pity and rescue; have pity and redeem my very oppressed soul. And help me and save me from now — that I not blemish my bris at all: neither in thought, speech, or deed; nor in sight or hearing or the other senses; neither in error nor in deliberation, neither under compulsion nor willingly. And may I not stray after my heart and my eyes — and may I not follow the obstinacy of my heart any more. And may You give me power and might from Yourself — to shatter my evil inclination and to conquer my desire. And may You give me a good inclination — and may my heart be in my own possession.

Master of the Universe — have pity and have mercy upon me; have pity and be gracious to me. Be gracious to me, Hashem — be gracious to me; for I have greatly been sated with contempt. Greatly has my soul been sated with the scorn of the complacent [Psalms 123:3–4]. I have greatly been sated with the bitterness of the desires of this world and its vanities. Look away from me that I may recover — before I go and am no more; look away from me that I may recover a little [Psalms 39:14]. Do not spurn the toil of Your hands [Job 10:3]. Behold — I stand before You like a poor man at the entrance; like the eye of the servant toward his master; like the eye of the captive and the guilty one who awaits a free gift — asking and seeking for his soul; and whose eyes are spent all the day for a generous bestowal of lovingkindness: so are my eyes always toward Hashem — until He be gracious to me and return me in complete repentance before Him in truth. I spread out my hands all the day. My soul is like a weary land toward You, Selah [Psalms 143:6]. And even though my words too are mixed with many false intentions — what shall I do, my Master? Where shall I flee? Master of the entire universe — to Hashem I shall call and to Hashem I shall entreat [Psalms 30:9]. What profit is there in my blood — in my going down to the pit? Will the dust acknowledge You? Will it tell of Your truth? [Psalms 30:10]. Act with me as You will act through Your abundant mercies — in such a manner that You save me from now from every kind of blemish of the bris in the world. And may You rebuke the spirit of folly and madness [ruach shtus v'shiga'on] and drive it away and distance it and completely nullify it from upon us from now and forever. And all that I sinned and transgressed and rebelled before You in the blemish of the bris from my youth until this very day — and every single drop of wasted seed [tipah v'tipah keri] that went out from me for nothing: in error and in deliberation, under compulsion and willingly — for all of it may You forgive and pardon me, O G‑d of forgiveness — gracious One Who multiplies forgiveness. And may You gather in our scattered ones from the four corners of the earth — and may You return and gather them in holiness a second time. And may You fill all the Names that I blemished in Your great Name — and be with me always; in such a manner that I merit to the rectification of the bris in completeness in truth as Your good will desires. And may I merit from now to be sanctified in great holiness and purity in truth — and may I not return again to foolishness; and may I not do evil in Your eyes any more. And may I merit to always add holiness upon holiness — and to sanctify myself in what is permitted to me; in great holiness and purity as Your good will desires in truth from now and forever.

And therefore — may it be the will before You, Hashem our G‑d and G‑d of our fathers: that You always be in my help; and may You help me to pray my prayer before You with great and immense intention — with all my heart and soul in absolute truth. And may I merit to intend well in every single word of the holy prayer — and may no word go forth from my mouth in my prayer without intention. And may I make my ears hear well — very well — what I bring forth from my mouth in my prayer and supplication and request; and in every kind of songs and praises and thanksgivings that I merit to arrange before You each and every day always. And grant me merit to sweet waters [mayin metikin] — until I merit to feel the sweetness and pleasantness and loveliness of the words of the holy prayer. And may I merit to feel the sweetness of every single word of the prayer within all my bones — and may all my bones be fattened through the holy words of prayer. And may I merit to truly fulfill the verse: All my bones shall say — Hashem, who is like You? Rescuer of the poor from one stronger than him — and the destitute and poor from one who robs him [Psalms 35:10]. And may my prayer ascend before You for mercy and favor before the Throne of Your Glory. And may the lion of the supernal holy Chariot [arye shebamerkavah ha'elyonah hakedoshah] descend to eat my prayer and to raise it before the Throne of Your Glory. And through Your abundant mercies may You save my prayer from the insolent dogs [klavim azei nefesh] — that they not tear my prayer, G‑d forbid. And may You save me from the brazen-faced and from brazenness — that the brazen-faced of the generation not attack my prayer; and that they not dispute my prayer. And may You give us the power to stand against the brazen-faced of the generation who dispute and prosecute against our prayer — and who seek to confuse us from our prayer, G‑d forbid. And may You help us to humble them and shatter them and lower them to the very dust — may they all bow and fall before us; and may they return to You in truth and recognize the power of Your sovereignty. For You know that we have no power to stand against them except through Your abundant mercies and Your great power — and through the power and merit of the true tzadikim who engaged in prayer all their days; whose power of holiness can also protect us — that we merit in their merit to sanctify and purify ourselves in great holiness in truth; and to pray with great intention and self-sacrifice and great joy. And to save our prayer from all the brazen-faced of the generation. He raises the poor from the dust — He lifts the destitute from the ash-heap [Psalms 113:7]. Have pity and be gracious to us and have compassion upon us — and fill our requests with mercy for the sake of Your great and holy Name that is called upon us; for Your Name is shared in our name. And therefore — have mercy upon me and grant me merit and instruct me and teach me: that I merit to truly know how to conduct myself in the matter of the fasts that I am obligated to fast for repentance upon my many iniquities. For You alone know all the obstacles and all the doubts and confusions that I have regarding this — until I know not at all how to counsel my own soul in this matter of fasts. And You know how much I need to fast — until all my days would not suffice to fast even one part of a thousand-thousands of what I need to fast for the repair of a single sin and a single blemish from my very many sins and transgressions and blemishes. And there is no one among us who knows how to think thoughts to settle our mind at all in this matter — as is revealed before You, Master of all. Have pity and be gracious to me and have mercy upon me — and guide me in Your truth and teach me the truth truly: how to conduct myself in this matter and in all the matters and conduct of the world; in such a manner that I merit to go out from evil to good; from darkness to great light; and to return in complete repentance before You in truth and with a whole heart. And may I merit to always be in repentance in great holiness and purity in truth. And grant me merit that my eating be in great holiness and purity without any bodily desire whatsoever — only to eat a little in great holiness to satisfy my holy soul [nefesh dikdushah]. And may I merit to be counted among the tzadikim who eat to the satiety of their soul of holiness — as it is written: The tzadik eats to the satiety of his soul [Proverbs 13:25]. Master of the Universe — Master of the entire universe: I spread out my palms before You. To You alone my eyes look; to You alone my thoughts watch; for a free gift; for a generous bestowal of lovingkindness. For the salvation of Hashem my eyes hope and wait in stillness. Waters have poured over my head — I said: I am cut off [Lamentations 3:54]. I called Your Name, Hashem — from the lowest depths [Lamentations 3:55]. From the belly of the grave I cried out — You heard my voice [Lamentations 3:56]. You heard my voice — do not shut Your ear from my relief, from my cry [Lamentations 3:56]. And I shall sit and wait and hope for Your mercies — until Hashem looks down and sees from heaven. Help me — for upon You I lean. My eyes are always toward Hashem — for He shall bring out my feet from the net [Psalms 25:15]. May He send my help from the sanctuary — and from Zion may He support me [Psalms 20:3]. And from every kind of impurity and contamination — speedily bring me out; and with every kind of holiness sanctify me; and to every kind of true repentance grant me merit; and to good life — long life, eternal life — speedily bring me. And to the holy land speedily bring me. And with all the rectifications rectify me. And from the strife of tongues in His Sukkah may He conceal me. Do not cast me away at the time of old age — when my strength fails do not forsake me [Psalms 71:9]. Do not cast me away from before You — and Your holy spirit do not take from me [Psalms 51:13]. Do not forsake me, Hashem my G‑d — do not be distant from me. Hasten to my help — Hashem, my salvation [Psalms 38:22–23]. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You — Hashem, my Rock and my Redeemer [Psalms 19:15]. Amen and Amen.