Blessed Are You Because You Have Made Me Glad

Blessed are you because you have had compassion on two only children. Show them mercy, o lord, and bring their lives to fulfilment in health and happiness and mercy. Let all your angels and your chosen people bless you forever. The book of proverbs, chapter ten, verses five through eight, a son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame. Blessings are on the head the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a pratting fool will come to ruin. We ask