| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Adonai Melech | | (Trans. Solomon Solis Cohen) |
| | A Yom Kippur Hymn (Sephardic Liturgy)
ERE space exists, or earth or sky, | |
| The Lord is King! | |
| Ere sun or star shone forth on high, | |
| The Lord was King! | |
| When earth shall be a robe outworn, | 5 |
| And sky shall fade like mists of morn, | |
| Still shall the Lord fore’er be King! | |
| The Lord is King! The Lord was King! Forever shall the Lord be King! | |
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| When earth He flings mid star-filled space, | |
| The Lord is King! | 10 |
| When living creatures there found place, | |
| The Lord was King! | |
| When homeward from earth’s corners four, | |
| He calls the scattered folk once more, | |
| Then shall the Lord fore’er be King! | 15 |
| The Lord is King! The Lord was King! Forever shall the Lord be King! | | | | |
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