| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | By the Red Sea | | By Judah Ha-Levi (Trans. Alice Lucas) |
| | (Hymn for the Seventh Day of Passover) |
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WHEN as a wall the sea | |
| In heaps uplifted lay, | |
| A new song unto Thee | |
| Sang the redeemed that day. | |
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| Thou didst in his deceit, | 5 |
| Overwhelm the Egyptian’s feet, | |
| While Israel’s footsteps fleet | |
| How beautiful were they. | |
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| Jeshurun! All who see | |
| Thy glory cry to Thee: | 10 |
| “Who like thy God can be?” | |
| Thus even our foes did say. | |
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| O let Thy banner soar | |
| The scattered remnants o’er, | |
| And gather them once more, | 15 |
| Like ours on harvest-day. | |
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| Who bear through all their line | |
| Thy covenant’s holy sign, | |
| And in Thy name divine | |
| Are sanctified alway. | 20 |
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| Let all the world behold | |
| Their token prized of old, | |
| Who on their garment’s fold | |
| The thread of blue display. | |
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| Be then the truth made known | 25 |
| From whom, and whom alone, | |
| The twisted fringe is shown, | |
| The covenant kept this day. | |
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| O let them, sanctified, | |
| Once more with Thee abide, | 30 |
| Their sunshine far and wide | |
| And chase the clouds away. | |
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| The well-beloved declare | |
| Thy praise in song and prayer; | |
| “Who can with Thee compare, | 35 |
| O Lord of Hosts?” they say. | |
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| When as a wall the sea | |
| In heaps uplifted lay, | |
| A new song unto Thee, | |
| Sang the redeemed that day. | 40 | | |
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