Prayer to Be Blessed with Children

A Prayer to Be Blessed with Children

Master of all worlds, Father of mercy and Lord of forgiveness,

I come before You in shame, in disgrace and humiliation,

for I know that I have greatly angered You and done what is evil in Your eyes,

from the day I first walked upon this earth until this very day,

and I have fallen far short in my service of You.

And so in justice You have chastened me and brought upon me great sorrow,

in that You have withheld from me the fruit of the womb.

I have not yet merited to fulfill the commandment of be fruitful and multiply,

nor the commandment of circumcision of sons,

nor the commandment of teaching Your Torah to one's children, and the like.

And I have no one to come after me and repair my failings

and satisfy my soul with abundance.

These things I call to mind and pour out my soul upon myself —

bitter, so bitter to me; my innards tremble.

How shall I approach Your presence, Adonai my God?

I know my disgrace, my shame and humiliation —

that within me there is neither righteousness nor worth,

no proper supplication, no good quality,

and not a single good deed have I done.

Yet I lean upon the abundance of Your mercies and Your loving-kindness,

for in proportion to my great lowliness and poverty,

how much more and more do Your mercies and loving-kindness prevail —

for Your chesed towers above the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Who is like You, Father of mercy,

who is appeased through compassion and won over through supplication,

and hears the prayer of every mouth.

And so: hear my voice, Adonai, when I call — be gracious to me and answer me.

From the straits I called out to Yah; Yah answered me with wide open space.

Please, O God, Father of compassion, God of hosts who dwells above the cherubim —

visit with a visitation of salvation and mercy

all those bereft of children, with enduring seed in Your service,

and among them, remember me — the least of Your creatures,

(so-and-so, daughter of so-and-so),

and my husband (so-and-so, son of so-and-so),

and give Your servant seed of human beings,

whole in their bodies, with no blemish,

and whole in character, in understanding, and in every form of wholeness.

May we merit to raise them in Torah and in Your service,

for length of days and years of life.

God full of mercy, may Your compassion stir for us —

for the sake of Your name, Adonai, give us life;

in Your righteousness, bring our souls out from distress;

grant us sons and daughters, enduring seed in Your service.

And if our sins have testified against us, act for the sake of Your name

and tear away the evil of our decree.

What we have sinned before You — erase it in Your great mercy,

and if it cannot be without affliction,

chastise me, Adonai, yet with justice — not in Your wrath, lest You reduce me to nothing.

Father of compassion, remove from us the blow of death, for You are merciful.

And if our mazal causes that we should have no children, God forbid —

You are the God who rules over the highest and the lowest realms,

who overrides the workings of the heavens — alter our mazal for good.

And just as You remembered our forefathers and our holy foremothers,

and all the barren men and women in the world,

so may You remember us with enduring seed in Your service —

if not by merit, then by mercy.

And if there is within us any illness that prevents our bearing children,

You are the healer of the sick of Your people Israel —

heal me, Adonai, and I shall be healed; save me and I shall be saved, for You are my praise.

May we merit to be worthy to bring forth enduring seed in Your service.

Answer me, Adonai, answer me, at this moment and in this hour,

for I am in great distress,

and we have had too much of eating the bread of sorrow.

Look upon my affliction, for I do not know what to do

or where to turn for help.

Therefore I have found no remedy but to cast my supplication before You,

for You are the source of all things, and all-powerful,

and Yours, Adonai, is the greatness and the power, the glory, the triumph, and the splendor,

for everything in heaven and on earth is Yours;

Yours, Adonai, is the sovereignty, and You are exalted above all as head.

Wealth and honor come from You,

and You rule over all.

In Your hand are strength and power,

and in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.

And who can say to You, what are You doing, what are You making —

for all is the work of Your hands.

And so: please — I AM THAT I AM —

You who do justice with all flesh and spirit:

act toward me with righteousness and loving-kindness, for the sake of Your great name,

and grant me to bring forth sons and daughters,

and grant me to fulfill the commandment of be fruitful and multiply,

the commandment of the circumcision of sons,

and the commandment of teaching Your Torah to one's children.

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name;

deliver us and atone for our sins for the sake of Your name.

And fulfill in us the verse that is written:

'There shall be no barren man or barren woman among you' —

and the verse that is written:

'There shall be no woman who miscarries or is barren in your land; I will fill the number of your days.'

Answer us, our Father, answer us —

do not turn toward our wickedness, and do not hide Yourself, our King, from our plea.

For it is not on account of our righteousness that we cast our supplications before You,

but on account of Your great mercy.

Hear my prayer, Adonai, and give ear to my cry; do not be deaf to my tears.

For a broken and crushed heart, O God, You will not despise.

Father of compassion, hear our voice —

do not send us away empty-handed from before You, our King,

for You are the One who hears the prayer of every mouth —

blessed is the One who hears prayer.

Act for the sake of Your great mercy,

and for the sake of our holy forefathers:

Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants,

and for the sake of Moses and Aaron, Joseph and David,

and for the sake of all the righteous and the pious —

may their merit shield us and may they intercede on our behalf.

Act for Your own sake, if not for ours.

Act for the sake of Your name, act for the sake of Your right hand,

act for the sake of Your Torah, act for the sake of Your holiness.

So that Your beloved ones may be set free — save with Your right hand and answer me.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart find favor before You,

Adonai, my rock and my redeemer.

Then recite Psalms 102, 103, 127, and 128.