Prayer for a Righteous Government, the Reinstitution of the Sanhedrin and our Anointed King

Parashat Shoftim

Prayer for a Righteous Government,
the Reinstitution of the Sanhedrin and our Anointed King
 
Hashem, please grant Israel a government according to Your directions!
How many more times will we need to keep being called to elections? 
 
When the coalitions are so full of imperfections,
how can we be capable to make the right selections?
 
How long can we bear the lack of lasting connections
between our leaders in charge of our corrections?
 
Please bestow upon Israel Your Divine protections!
May our leaders to be united without objections!
 
Guide us to appoint righteous judges in our Holy Land,
in all our cities according to the Divine command!
 
Let it be officials who are not afraid to take a stand,
of acting against those whom it is required to disband!
 
Empower our leaders to reconquer our villages buried in the sand!
Rid our Promised Land of terrorists and refute their one-sided demand!
 
Hashem upon all our enemies show Your mighty hand,
So, we can live and possess the land that You will expand!
 
The Sanhedrin of wise Rabbis please renew!
According to their just judgment we shall do!
 
May they be a pure channel receiving straight from You
Let us trust that everything they tell us is completely true!
 
May we never turn away from their word, left or right!
Allowing them to guide us to overcome every plight!
 
This way we will avoid many a fight
never losing sight of Your boundless might,
 
When the light of our soul will shine bright,
may we walk on the Holy Land upright!
 
From the seed of David may we anoint a righteous king,
who will elevate us all and bring us a new song to sing! 

Based on Devarim Chapter 16 and 17

 

ספר דברים פרק טז

(יח) שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט צֶדֶק:

(יט) לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפָּט לֹא תַכִּיר פָּנִים וְלֹא תִקַּח שֹׁחַד כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִם:

(כ) צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ:

“You shall set up judges and law enforcement officials for yourself in all your cities that Hashem, your G-d, is giving you, for your tribes, and they shall judge the people [with] righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show favoritism, and you shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and possess the land Hashem, your G-d, is giving you” (Devarim 16:18-20).

 

ספר דברים פרק יז פסוק ח כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין דָּם לְדָם בֵּין דִּין לְדִין וּבֵין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְקַמְתָּ וְעָלִיתָ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ:

(ט) וּבָאתָ אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְאֶל הַשֹּׁפֵט אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְהִגִּידוּ לְךָ אֵת דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט:

(י) וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל פִּי הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יַגִּידוּ לְךָ מִן הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְדֹוָד וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ:

(יא) עַל פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ וְעַל הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה לֹא תָסוּר מִן הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר יַגִּידוּ לְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל:

“If a matter eludes you in judgment, between blood and blood, between judgment and judgment, or between lesion and lesion, words of dispute in your cities, then you shall rise and go up to the place Hashem, your G-d, chooses. Then you shall come to the Levitic kohanim and to the judge who will be in those days, and you shall inquire, and they will tell you the words of judgment. You shall do according to the word they tell you, from the place, Hashem will choose, and you shall observe to do according to all they instruct you. According to the law, they instruct you and according to the judgment they say to you, you shall do; you shall not divert from the word they tell you, either right or left” (Devarim 17:8-11).

 

ספר דברים פרק יז פסוק טו שׂוֹם תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ מִקֶּרֶב אַחֶיךָ תָּשִׂים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ לֹא תוּכַל לָתֵת עָלֶיךָ אִישׁ נָכְרִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא אָחִיךָ הוּא:

“You shall set a king over you, one whom Hashem, your G-d, chooses; from among your brothers, you shall set a king over yourself; you shall not appoint a foreigner over yourself, one who is not your brother” (Devarim 17:15).