May it be God's will that.../ May it be Your will…!/ Would that/ I wish that

It will be pleasing to God that... , an opening expression for prayer and for expressing a question before God. In the question: the Levite and... (The original source of the expression is in Psalm 19:12: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my helper and my redeemer").

"When the High Priest wanted to offer the incense, he would ascend the ramp, and the deputy would be at his right ... this is the order of the daily service of the House of our God; may it be God's will that it be rebuilt speedily in our days, amen" (Tamid 7:6). Likewise: "I thank You, Lord my God, that You brought me out in peace; may it then be Your will, Lord my God, that You bring me to my place in peace" (Tosefta, Berakhot [Lieberman], ch. 6). Likewise: he would pray in his heart, "May the good hour come and may I merit to ascend to my desired destination" (Mendele Mocher Sforim, The Third Benjamin's Travels, 3:21). Likewise: "Come, let us at least talk about dairy delicacies, and may it be God's will, I say, that the conversation of our lips be important, accepted, and pleasing, as though we had eaten dairy..." (Shalom Aleichem, Dairy Delicacies). Likewise: he would immediately say to himself, "True Judge. His judgments are justice and truth. Measure for measure ... may it be God's will that the sufferings of the altar be an atonement" (Haim Sabato, Like the Eyelids of Dawn, 45).

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