Modeh Ani - Chosen series

I was rewatching the chosen series, and I saw everyone praying the same prayer each morning

I thank You, living and enduring King, for You have graciously returned my soul within me. Great is Your faithfulness.

I thought it was odd - “returned my soul within me“ and decided to google it.

This prayer is called the Modeh Ani. first appears in the work Seder haYom by the 16th century rabbi Moshe ben Machir. So most probably this prayer is not one that people did at the time of Jesus.

However, the main message of this prayer is to posture the entire day around being grateful.

Grammatically, it would be correct to say Ani modeh — “I thank You.” Yet, the words are in the reverse order, which translates literally as “Thank You, I.” The point is that the very first word that comes out of our mouths should be one of gratitude. We often spend the rest of our waking day focused on ourselves, our needs, our work. So we want to ensure that we never forget to have the foundation of our day be “Thank You.” Only after that has been said, do we mention ourselves.

Source - myjewishlearning.com