הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer for King George Ⅲ (1766)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=36717

Date: 2021-04-14

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

Categories: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Tags: 18th century C.E., 56th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, British Empire, British Monarchy, Ḳ.Ḳ. Shearith Israel, reconstructed text, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah

Excerpt: The prayer for King George III in the English colonies before the Revolutionary War. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה לַמְּלָכִים וּמֶמְשָׁלָה לַנְּסִיכִים מַלְכוּתוֹ מַלְכוּת כׇּל־עוֹלָמִים הַפּוֹצֶה אֶת דָּוִד עַבְדּוֹ מֵחֶרֶב רָעָה הַנּוֹתֵן בַּיַם דֶרֶךְ וּבְמַיִם עַזִּים נְתִיבָה	May he that dispenseth Salvation unto Kings, and Dominion unto Princes; whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom; that delivered his Servant David from the destructive Sword;[1] Find 1 Chronicles 21:15.   that maketh a Way in the Sea,[2] i.e., for the Israelites through the Sea of Reeds.   and a Path through the mighty Waters:[3] again, for the Israelites, through the River Jordan.
הוּא יְבָרֵךְ וְיִשְׁמוֹר וְיִנְצוֹר וְיַעֲזוֹר לַאֲדוֹנֵנוּ	Bless, preserve, guard, and assist, our most gracious Sovereign Lord, King George [III], our gracious Queen Charlotte, their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Princess Dowager of Wales, and all the Royal Family.[4] In the Colonies, after the King and Royal Family, the Governor and Magistrates, are added.
מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים בְּרַחֲמָיו יְחַיֵֽהוּ וְיִשְׁמְרֵֽהוּ וּמִכׇּל צָרָה וְיָגוֹן וָנֶֽזֶק יַצִּילֵה	May the supreme King of Kings, through his infinite Mercies preserve them, and grant them Life and deliver them from all Manner of Trouble and Danger.
מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְלָכִים יָרוּם וְיַגְבִּיהַ לַאֲדוֹנֵנוּ וְיַאֲרִיךְ יָמִים עַל מַמְלָכְתּוֹ׃	May the supreme King of Kings aggrandize and highly exalt our Sovereign Lord the King, and grant him long and prosperously to reign.
מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים בְּרַחֲמָיו יִתֵּן בְּלִבּוֹ וּבְלֵב כׇּל יוֹעֲצָיו וְשָׂרָיו רַחֲמָנוֹת לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה עִמָּֽנוּ וְעִם כׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל	May the supreme King of Kings inspire him, and his Council, and the States of his Kingdoms, with Benevolence towards us, and all Israel, our Brethren.
בְּיָמָיו וּבְיָמֵֽינוּ תִּוָּשַׁע יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁכּוֹן לָבֶטַח וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן גּוֹאֵל וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וָנֺאמַר אָמֵן׃	In his, and our Days, may Jehudah be saved, and Israel dwell in Safety: And may the Redeemer come unto Tzion:[5] Heb. And so may it be acceptable.  Which God of his infinite Mercies grant; and let us say. Amen.

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This adaptation of the text of the prayer “haNotén Teshuah” for King George III appears in English translation on page 20 of Isaac Pinto’s Prayers for Shabbath, Rosh-Hashanah, and [Yom] Kippur (1766). Hebrew reconstructed from the English translation by Aharon Varady.

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Notes

Notes

1	Find 1 Chronicles 21:15.
2	i.e., for the Israelites through the Sea of Reeds.
3	again, for the Israelites, through the River Jordan.
4	In the Colonies, after the King and Royal Family, the Governor and Magistrates, are added.
5	Heb. And so may it be acceptable.

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  Name: Isaac Pinto (translation)
  Bio: Isaac Pinto (1720–1791) was an American Jew in Colonial America who, near the end of his life, served the nascent government of the United States. Pinto prepared the first Jewish prayer-book published in America, which was also the first English translation of the Siddur (1766). A member of Congregation Shearith Israel, he served as one of the first official translators hired by the United States government in 1781 under authorization of the Continental Congress working in the Department of Foreign Affairs, the predecessor to the modern Department of State.
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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Featured Image:

Title: George_III_(by_Allan_Ramsay)
Caption: Portrait of George III of the United Kingdom by Allan Ramsay (1762)