| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Immortality of Israel | | By Judah Ha-Levi (Trans. Israel Cohen) |
| | | THE SUN and moon unchanging do obey | |
| The laws that never cease or night or day. | |
| Appointed signs are they to Jacob’s seed | |
| That life eternal hath been them decreed. | |
| And though, O Lord, thy left hand dealeth pain, | 5 |
| Thy right shall lead them back to joy again. | |
| Let not despair oppress their quailing heart, | |
| Though radiant Fortune from their midst depart. | |
| But let this constant faith their soul uphold, | |
| That in the Book of Life their name’s enrolled | 10 |
| For all eternity: nor shall they cease | |
| While night and day do alternate in peace. | | | | |
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