| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Habakkuk’s Prayer | | By William Broome |
| | Habakkuk iii: 17–18.
YET though the fig-tree should no burden bear, | |
| Though vines delude the promise of the year; | |
| Yet though the olive should not yield her oil, | |
| Nor the parch’d glebe reward the peasant’s toil; | |
| Though the tired ox beneath his labors fall, | 5 |
| And herds in millions perish from the stall; | |
| Yet shall my grateful strings | |
| Forever praise Thy name; | |
| Forever Thee proclaim | |
| The everlasting God, the mighty King of kings. | 10 | | | |
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