| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | O Lord, I Call on Thee | | By Abraham Ibn Ezra |
| | | O LORD, I call on Thee when sore dismayed, | |
| Thou wilt hear my voice and lend me aid, | |
| Nor shall I be of myriads afraid, | |
| For Thou wilt ever be | |
| The portion of my lot—Thou savest me. | 5 |
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| In troubled times Thy mercy’s plenteous store | |
| Is full to overflowing evermore, | |
| And when in straitness I my plaint outpour | |
| With words entreating Thee, | |
| Then with enlargement Thou dost answer me. | 10 |
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| Make known Thy love to those who trust and pray, | |
| To those who hold Thy name their help and stay, | |
| Waiting for Thy salvation day by day, | |
| Yea, who, O Lord, but Thee | |
| Shall make me glad, who else deliver me? | 15 |
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| Do Thou from heavenly heights my pain behold, | |
| And lead me back unto Thy sheltering fold, | |
| That I may answer scorners as of old; | |
| Yea, though my dwelling be | |
| In darkest night, God is a light to me. | 20 | | | |
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