וַיַּעֲבֹ֨ר יְהוָ֥ה ׀ עַל־פָּנָיו֮ וַיִּקְרָא֒ יְהוָ֣ה ׀ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֥ל רַח֖וּם וְחַנּ֑וּן אֶ֥רֶךְ אַפַּ֖יִם וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת ׀
און ה׳ איז פֿאַרבײַגעגאַנגען פֿאַר זײַן פּנים, און האָט אױסגערופֿן: ה׳, ה׳ איז אַ דערבאַרימדיקער און לײַטזעליקער גאָט, אײַנגעהאַלטן אין צאָרן, און רײַך אין גענאָד און טרײַשאַפֿט;
Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Compassionate, and Gracious, Slow to anger and Abounding in kindness and truth. He preserves kindness for thousands of generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and He cleanses [the penitent].6Shemos 34:6, 7.
Siddur Sefard
Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Compassionate, and Gracious, Slow to anger and Abounding in kindness and truth. He preserves kindness for thousands of generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression and sin, and He cleanses [the penitent].7Exodus 34:6, 7.
Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear
and does not arouse all His rage.1Psalms 78:38. This verse consists of thirteen Hebrew words. It recalls the “thirteen attributes of Divine mercy” (Exodus 34:6-7). In the evening when man pauses from the rush of his daily activities, he is conscious of having sinned during the day, and thus begins his prayer with this appeal for Divine mercy.—Machzor Vitry Midrash Tanchuma (Pinchos 13) notes that the morning sacrifice (תָּמִיד שֶׁל שַׁחַר) atoned for sins committed during the night, while the afternoon sacrifice (תָּמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם) atoned for sins committed during the day. Since the evening service does not represent Temple sacrifice, it became customary to recite this verse because it mentions that God “atones iniquity.”— Avudraham