Prayer [in the event of] excessive rain,
which is causing losses in harvest-yield, in the year 489 [1729], here in Mantua [Italy]

For the Leader; with string-music.
A Psalm, a Song.
Elohim be gracious unto us, and bless us;
May They cause Their face to shine toward us; Selah! (Psalms 67:1-2)

Master of the world,
we are too ashamed and disgraced to lift up our faces unto you, our elo’ah.
for our iniquities have swelled ‘til they are above our heads,
and our guilt has accumulated high as heaven.^[1] cf. Ezra 9:6.  
for our iniquities are too many to count
and our sins are too great to number^[2] Yoma 87b.  
and our iniquities have surpassed our heads,
like a heavy burden, more than we can bear^[3] Psalms 38:5.  
For here, your nation of paupers churn
as they pour out their hearts like water toward the face of Adonai^[4] cf. Isaiah 17:12; Lamentations 2:19. Note again the water imagery here. The source of the rare word yehemayon (to roar, as water, or to sigh- hence “exasperated roaring”) is likely Isaiah 17:12: “Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!” compare with the phrasing here: “pouring out their hearts like water.”  

The sky poured a torrent of rain
and with the downpour of God’s mighty rain—
the roads are wiped out,
passersby have ceased^[5] cf. Job 37:6; Isaiah 33:8. also see Isaiah 33:21, “For there YHVH in their greatness shall be for us in a region of rivers, of broad streams, where no floating vessels can sail and no mighty craft can travel.”  
and the water has overwhelmed the earth,
ruining her harvest.

Answer us, YHVH, answer us at this very moment and time
because we are in great distress
and do not pay attention to our evil or our sins
because we are iniquitous and rebels.
So may it be your Majesty’s desire, our elo’ah and elo’ah of our Ancestors
that your compassion overtake your anger
and your compassion overcome all your other attributes.^[6] BT Berachot 7a.  

And if your people Yisrael, have erred, been iniquitous or willfully sinned before you
and been deserving of the punishment of incineration,
recall on their behalf the merit of Avraham their father,
who handed himself over to fiery flames to sanctify your great Name.^[7] i.e, in the parascriptural story of the urnace of Nimrod.  
Answer us, Elohim of Abraham, answer us.

And if your people Yisrael, have erred, been iniquitous or willfully sinned before you
and been deserving of the punishment of execution,
recall on their behalf the merit of Yitsḥaq their father,
who was bound on your pure and holy altar stone,
and that he stretched his neck to the knife to unify your great and powerful Name.
Answer us, Dread of Yitsḥaq, answer us.

And if your people Yisrael, have erred, been iniquitous or willfully sinned before you
and been deserving of the punishment of exile and poverty,
recall on their behalf the merit of Yaaqov their father,
who became a poor and destitute refugee,
for the lights of blessing and birthright,
returning to parching heat by day and frost by night,^[8] Jeremiah 36:30.  
sleep fled from his eyes,
and his soul thirsted for you,
his body longed for you, in an exhausted land,^[9] Psalms 63:2.  —
to unify and to sanctify your great, powerful and sublime Name.
Answer us, Might of Yaaqov, answer us.

Please open for us
the gate of the treasury of goodness,
the gate of sustenance and giving
and give ear and attention to the prayer of your servants, descended from your graced-ones,
who call on you from the narrows,^[10] Psalms 118:5.  as you attended to the prayer of Shlomoh your servant,
when he built the House for your Name.
As it is written: “So, too, if there is a famine in the land,
if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locusts or caterpillars,
or if an enemy oppresses them in any of the settlements of the land,
in any plague and in any disease,
in any prayer or supplication offered by any person among all your people Yisrael—
each of whom knows his own affliction—
when he spreads his palms toward this House,
oh, hear in your heavenly abode — and pardon and take action!
Render to each man according to his ways as you know his heart to be—
for you alone know the hearts of all men.”^[11] 1 Kings 8:37-39.  
And recall for them merit of your beloved David,
who when praying declared before you, “YHVH — I set my life on you.”^[12] Psalms 25:1.  
Answer us, Shield of David, answer us.

Please open for us
Gate of favor.
Gate of blessing.
Gate of relief.
Gate of prosperity.
Gate of healing.
Gate of sustenance.
Gate of freedom.
Gate of deliverance.
Gate of independence.
Gate of compassion.
Gate of comfort.
Gate of endless beneficence.
Gate of help.
Gate of radiance.
Gate of good living.
Gate of resurrection.
Gate of giving.

As it is said,
“You open your hand and satiate the desire of all life.”^[13] Psalms 145:16.  
Please sustain, give courage, advise, support what teaches your people, Beit Yisrael,
And shine forth for us a sun of reprieve and healing.
As it says, “But for you who revere my name
a sun of reprieve shall rise, bringing healing in its wings.
You shall go forth and stamp like stall-fed calves,”^[14] Malachi 3:20.  
And says, “Then my people shall dwell in peaceful homes,
in secure dwellings, in untroubled places of rest,”^[15] Isaiah 32:18.  
and says “[In days] to come Yaaqov shall strike root,
Yisrael shall sprout and blossom,
And the face of the world shall be covered with fruit.”^[16] Isaiah 27:6.  

Our elo’ah and elo’ah of our ancestors
with the sunlight of your light, illuminate the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your blessing, bless the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your joy, rejoice the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your agriculture, fertilize the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your glory, glorify the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your council, meet with the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your brilliance, shine upon the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your might, strengthen the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your purity, purify the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your salvation, rescue the earth
Amen
With the sunlight of your giving, provide for the earth
Amen

Since you are YHVH our elo’ah
great rescuer
who places the celestial lights in the arc of the heavens
to enlighten the earth with blessing
please shine for us the sun
to enlighten, to bless
to delight, to fertilize
to beautify, to meet
to illuminate, to strengthen
to purify, to rescue
to provide, to sustain
to enliven and to comfort.
Amen.

El, king.