i am grateful (modeh Ani)

I am grateful (Modeh Ani) – tradition Jewish prayer before starting a journey


מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ רוח חַי וְקַיָּם שֶהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ

Modeh ah-nee lifanecha, Melech chai v’kayam, she-hechezarta bee nishma-tee b’chemlah rabah emunatecha. 

 

I give thanks to You living and everlasting King for You have restored my soul with mercy. 

Great is Your faithfulness.


It is good to say immediately upon rising "I give thanks to You living and everlasting King for You have restored my soul with mercy. Great is Your faithfulness." The word "mercy" should be said with a pause [after it], and "Great is your faithfulness" without a pause. And this is [taken] from the verse "Each morning refreshed...[Great is your faithfulness]" (Lamentations 3:23), that the Holy One Blessed be He upholds his faithfulness to return the souls which were deposited [by Him] in the morning (Mishnah Berurah 1:8).