בחסד וברחמים
WITH KINDLINESS AND WITH MERCY
When no separation will exist between Hashem and His people, then His kindness and mercy will be together with them as well. How we desire that our sustenance come solely from the Hand of Hashem.
וצדקנו במשפט
AND CAUSE US TO BE RIGHTEOUS IN JUDGEMENT
‘משפט’ denotes the law of the Torah. We ask that our judges restore the full sovereignty of the Torah, and that they be fearless and selfless in their judgements, solely in accordance with the Torah.
ברוך אתה ה’ מלך אוהב צדקה ומשפט
BLESSED ARE YOU HASHEM, KING THAT LOVES RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGEMENT
Hashem, You too desire to bestow upon us Your kind and righteous judgement. Please return to us the ‘judges of old’, and restore Yourself as the sole ‘King’ that loves righteousness and judgement.
ולמלשינים
AND FOR THE SLANDERERS
“The slanderers” refers here not only to those who deliver false information to the authorities, but equally to the falsifiers who are forever misleading us with their wicked lies and false dogmas.
