Lord, where shall I find You? High and hidden is Your place. And where shall I not find You? The world is full of Your glory. I have sought Your nearness, with all my heart I called You and going out to meet You I found You coming to meet me.
Judah Halevi Blessed are You Lord, my God , spirit of the universe, who brought me across the ( Yabok ) bridge of life. When the dim light of my own self will sink and merge within the light which illumines the world and eternity, I shall conclude the order of my days. In this twilight glow of my life, I stand before the dawn of my new sun with tense consciousness, a man about to die and to live, who feels at one with the universe and eternity, as in the ancient words. ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.’Blessed is the God of life and death, of light and love. Nachman Syrkin Lord of the universe, You are doing much to make me desert my faith, but I assure You that, even against the will of the dwellers in heaven, a Jew I am and a Jew I shall remain, and neither the sufferings that You have brought upon me nor that which You will yet bring upon me will be of any avail. Solomon Ibn Verga God on high, divine Sovereign, enlighten my soul at all times. Give me, God, true faith, and perfect humility against the world’s vanities. Do not give me riches, God, that may make me proud; nor poverty, that may deject me. Give me, God, some help that I may serve You, and life that I may praise You and death that I may find salvation. Marrano When all within is dark, and former friends misprise; from them I turn to You, and find love in Your eyes.
When all within is dark, and I my soul despise; from me I turn to You, and find love in Your eyes. When all Your face is dark, and Your just angers rise; from You I turn to You, and find love in Your eyes.
Israel Abrahams based on Ibn Gabirol
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