Prayer for Peace

Lord of Peace, Divine Ruler, to whom peace belongs. Master of Peace, Creator of all things:

May it be Your will, that you erase war and bloodshed from the world and in its place draw down a great and glorious peace so that “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation and neither shall they learn war anymore” (Isaiah 2:4).

Help us and save us all, that we might cling tightly to the virtue of peace. Let there be a truly great peace between every person and their fellow, and between spouses, and let there be no discord between any people even in their hearts.

And may it be that all people love peace and pursue peace, always in truth and with wholeheartedness, without holding on to any disputes ever again that would divide us against each other.

Let us never shame any person on earth, great or small. May we merit to fulfill Your commandment to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18) with all our hearts and souls and bodies and possessions.

And let it come to pass in our time as it is written, “I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down untroubled, and I will give the land respite from vicious beasts and no sword will pass through your land” (Leviticus 26:6).

God of peace, bless us with peace!

Adapted from translations by Rabbi Deborah Silver and Shmuel Gonzales.