(א) מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶֽיךָ מֶֽלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם שֶׁהֶחֱזַֽרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה, רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ:
(1) I give thanks to You living and eternal God, for You have restored my soul to me with compassion. Great is Your faithfulness.
(א) מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ. שָׁאַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. צוּר חַיֵּינוּ. מָגֵן יִשְׁעֵנוּ אַתָּה הוּא לְדוֹר וָדוֹר: נוֹדֶה לְּךָ וּנְסַפֵּר תְּהִלָּתֶךָ. עַל חַיֵּינוּ הַמְּסוּרִים בְּיָדֶךָ. וְעַל נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ הַפְּקוּדוֹת לָךְ. וְעַל נִסֶּיךָ שֶׁבְּכָל יוֹם עִמָּנוּ. וְעַל נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ וְטוֹבוֹתֶיךָ שֶׁבְּכָל עֵת. עֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר וְצָהֳרָיִם: הַטּוֹב כִּי לֹא כָלוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ. וְהַמְרַחֵם כִּי לֹא תַמּוּ חֲסָדֶיךָ. מֵעוֹלָם קִוִּינוּ לָךְ:
We give thanks to You that you are Adonai our God, and God of our ancestors forever and ever, Rock of our lives and Shield of our salvation from generation to generation.
We give thanks to you and recount your praises, for our lives that are given into your hand, and for our souls that are in your keeping, and for the signs of your presence we encounter every day, and for your wonders and good deeds that are with us at all times: evening, morning, and midday.
Good One, your mercies never fail us, Compassionate One, your loving kindness never ceases.
We always hope in you.
(1) Praise Adonai, for God is good, God's steadfast love is eternal.
WHEN WE THINK that our good fortune is owed to us because of our hard work, we are less likely to give thanks for what we have. Such thinking is harmful to our souls and detrimental to our impulse toward generosity. Research has found that being grateful makes us happier and more resilient and improves our self-esteem. Physical benefits include better sleep, lower blood pressure, pain reduction, and a greater desire to engage in physical exercise. Interpersonally, gratitude makes us more compassionate, helpful, and kind. Yet because we live in a society in which many of us are blessed with plenty, we often take for granted what we have or take too much credit for acquiring it. It’s often easier to notice what we lack instead of what we have.... Parashat Ki Tavo teaches us how to cultivate the middah of hakarat hatov—“acknowledging the good”—so that we might increase our capacity to be grateful.
Thus, all the blessings can be divided into three categories:
a) blessings over benefit;
b) blessings over mitzvot;
c) blessings recited as expressions of praise and thanks to God and as a means of petition, so that we will always remember the Creator and fear God.
For all this, Adonai our God, we thank and bless you, blessed be your name by the mouth of all living continually and for ever, even as it is written, And you should eat and be satisfied, and you should bless Adonai our God for the good land which God has given us. Blessed are you, O God, for the land and for the food.