Nishmat Kol Chai — Nusach Sefarad — Nishmat Kol Chai — The Breath of All Life (Sephardic Version)

The breath of every living thing shall bless Your name, Adonai our God,

And the spirit of all flesh shall glorify and exalt Your memory, our King, always,

From eternity to eternity You are God.

Without You we have no king who redeems and saves,

Who ransoms and rescues, who sustains and answers and has mercy in every time of trouble and distress —

We have no king who helps and supports but You.

God of the first and the last,

God of all creatures, Master of all generations,

Praised with every (some say: with an abundance of) praises,

Who guides His world with loving-kindness and His creatures with compassion.

Adonai neither slumbers — behold, He neither slumbers nor sleeps.

He who rouses the sleeping and awakens the slumbering,

(Some say: who gives life to the dead and heals the sick, who opens the eyes of the blind and raises up the bowed)

Who gives speech to the mute and loosens the bonds of the bound,

Who supports those who fall and raises those who are bowed down,

And who unravels what is hidden.

To You alone do we give thanks.

Were our mouths as full of song as the sea,

And our tongues as full of joy as the roaring of its waves,

And our lips as full of praise as the breadth of the sky,

And our eyes as radiant as the sun and the moon,

And our hands spread out like the eagles of the heavens,

And our feet as swift as hinds —

We would still not be able to thank You sufficiently, Adonai,

Our God and the God of our forefathers,

Or to bless Your name, our King,

For even one of the thousands upon thousands, the tens of thousands upon tens of thousands of times —

The goodnesses, the miracles and wonders that You have done for our forefathers and for us.

In former times You redeemed us from Egypt, Adonai our God,

And from the house of slaves You ransomed us;

In famine You fed us, and in plenty You sustained us;

From the sword You saved us, and from pestilence You delivered us;

And from grave and numerous and steadfast illnesses You drew us up.

Until now Your mercies have helped us, and Your loving-kindnesses have not abandoned us —

Adonai our God, do not abandon us, Adonai our God, forever.

Therefore, the limbs You have apportioned within us,

And the spirit and breath You have breathed into our nostrils,

And the tongue You have placed in our mouths —

They shall give thanks, bless, praise, glorify, exalt, honor, extol, sanctify, and crown Your name, our King, always.

For every mouth shall give thanks to You, and every tongue shall swear allegiance to You,

And every eye shall look to You, and every knee shall bend to You,

And every upright figure shall bow before You,

And all hearts shall hold You in awe,

And every inward part and kidney shall sing to Your name,

As it is written: 'All my bones shall say: Adonai, who is like You,

Who rescues the poor from one stronger than he,

The poor and needy from the one who would plunder him.'

The cry of the poor You will hear; the outcry of the lowly You will attend to and save.

Who is like You, who is equal to You, who can be compared to You —

The great, mighty, and awesome God, God Most High,

Master of heaven and earth.

We shall praise You, laud You, glorify You, and bless Your holy name.

As it is said: Of David — 'Bless Adonai, O my soul, and all that is within me, His holy name.'

The God in the full might of Your strength, great in the glory of Your name,

Mighty forever and awesome in Your awe-inspiring deeds:

The King who sits upon a throne high and exalted.

He who abides forever, exalted and holy is His name.

And it is written: 'Sing joyfully to Adonai, you righteous ones — for the upright, praise is fitting.'

In the mouths of the upright You shall be exalted;

On the lips of the righteous You shall be blessed;

On the tongue of the devoted You shall be sanctified;

And in the midst of the holy ones You shall be praised.

And in the great assemblies of tens of thousands of Your people, the house of Israel,

With joyful song shall Your name be glorified, our King, in every generation.

For such is the obligation of all created beings,

Before You, Adonai our God and God of our forefathers,

To give thanks, to praise, to laud, to glorify, to exalt, to honor, to extol,

To bless, to raise high, and to acclaim —

Beyond all the words of song and praise of David son of Jesse, Your servant and Your anointed.

And so may Your name be praised forever, our King,

The God, the King — great and holy — in heaven and on earth,

For to You it is fitting, Adonai our God and God of our forefathers:

Song and praise, hallel and hymn,

Strength and dominion, eternity, greatness and might,

Glory and splendor, holiness and kingship.

Blessings and thanksgivings to Your great and holy name,

And from eternity to eternity You are God.