| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Good Tidings to Zion | | By Thomas Kelly |
| | (Isa. lii. 7.)
ON the mountain’s top appearing, | |
| Lo, the sacred herald stands, | |
| Welcome news to Zion bearing, | |
| Zion long in hostile lands: | |
| Mourning captive, | 5 |
| God himself will loose thy bands. | |
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| Has thy night been long and mournful? | |
| Have thy friends unfaithful proved? | |
| Have thy foes been proud and scornful, | |
| By thy sighs and tears unmoved? | 10 |
| Cease thy mourning; | |
| Zion still is well beloved. | |
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| God, thy God, will now restore thee; | |
| He himself appears thy Friend; | |
| All thy foes shall flee before thee; | 15 |
| Here their boasts and triumphs end: | |
| Great deliverance | |
| Zion’s King vouchsafes to send. | |
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| Enemies no more shall trouble; | |
| All thy wrongs shall be redressed; | 20 |
| For thy shame thou shalt have double, | |
| In thy Maker’s favor blest; | |
| All thy conflicts | |
| End in everlasting rest. | | | | |
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