Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.
By David Nunes CarvalhoParaphrase of Adon Olam
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Had shed one blissful ray,
In awful power, the Lord of might
Reign’d in eternal day.
The voice of nature spoke,
Unnumber’d worlds with one accord,
To living joys awoke.
In majesty on high!
Then did the holy creatures sing
His praises through the sky.
Immutable! supreme!
His hand the universe sustains,
He only can redeem.
His presence fills the world;
He will forever reign the one,
Eternal, only Lord!
Thou art my God, my friend,
My rock, my refuge and my trust,
On Thee my hopes depend.
For Thou didst lend me breath:
And when I wake, my spirit keep,
And save my soul in death.