Our God and God of our fathers,
Thine is the power and the glory and the victory,
Thou art the rock of our lives
and the shield of our salvation
through every generation.

May the light of Thy presence
enlighten the eyes of the nations
to see in the revelations of Thy Book
the highway to lasting peace.
We are humbly aware
of our momentous responsibilities
in this crucial hour of history.
In the scales of our decisions
there trembles the fate of the future.

In the welter of many voices,
O save man’s mind from confusion
and his spirit from the corrosive blight of cynicism.
Let not the gusts of passion extinguish the prophetic vision
nor the designs of those of little faith
degrade the sacrifices of our noblest and bravest
into vain oblations.

Let the perspective of towering justice
and the lodestar of universal brotherhood
guide us as we set out to build
the world of tomorrow
upon the ghastly ruins of today,
wrought by national selfishness,
greed,
and pride.

O Soul of our souls,
may we be among the blessed who,
unmindful of the jeers of the ungodly
and the gibes of the uninspired,
steadfastly march under the banner of Thy kingdom
of truth and love.

As in the days of old,
may the pillar of Thy wisdom
lead Thy people out of the wilderness of fear and strife
into the land of promise and fulfillment;
for with Thee is the fountain of life.

In Thy light may we see the light
for the sanctification of Thy name
and the redemption of Thy children.
Amen.