In the interest of national teshuvah we first asked that we, as members of the nation, be healthy, we then prayed that the land of Israel yield its produce and prepare for our nation’s return home, and now we express our longing for the re-establishment of the Jewish state where God’s supreme reign is obvious and where the leaders are guided by His values and ideals. Restore our judges as before and our advisors as in the beginning, when the state of Israel was governed by leaders and guided by advisors who humbly acknowledged God as the supreme sovereign and who embodied Torah ideals and values. And remove from us sorrow and sighing, the grief we endured in exile under the reign of tyrannical rulers, as well as the anguish we have suffered from corrupt leadership in Israel. And You, YHVH, alone, reign over us. Bless the state of Israel to be a holy kingdom under Your reign and guided by Your Torah. Protect us from becoming just another secular state governed by irreverent rulers and man-made laws. And You, God, alone, govern us in the unique way that only You can—with both kindness and compassion. And yet ultimately may we be justified through judgment. We are not asking for freebees. We want to get what we deserve and merit what You give us. However, when we are unworthy, please be kind. And when we fall low and deserve just the opposite of what we ask, then please, God, be compassionate—overrule Your justice and respond to us anyway. However, in the end, we want to be justified through Your judgment and retroactively earn what we previously received in kindness or compassion. Let us make up for our debts over time, so that we can restore our national self-worth, stand before You with integrity and fully enjoy a relationship with You. Blessed are You … O how bountiful and abundantly present You are in our lives. O what an ever-flowing wellspring of blessings You are to us, YHVH, Timeless Ultimate Reality, the King who loves justice and judgment. The more we acknowledge God as our sovereign leader and a lover of justice, the more His loving presence and guidance will become manifest in the daily affairs of our national life.