| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Morning Invocation | | By Solomon Ibn Gabirol |
| | | AT morn I ask Thee, lend Thy shelt’ring aid! | |
| My hopes and fears before Thy Throne are laid. | |
| Like one abashed I stand, prostrate before Thy might, | |
| My new-awakened heart hides nothing from Thy sight! | |
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| My heart, my tongue, too, fails | 5 |
| To utter what avails! | |
| My skill, my strength, are naught! | |
| But Thou, of grace, dost take | |
| The prayers which mortals make, | |
| The prayers Thy love has taught. | 10 |
| So shall my voice ascend, | |
| Until my life shall end; | |
| The while, within my body’s shrine, | |
| Dwelleth my soul, Thy gift divine! | | | | |
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