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| HOW shall we spend, O Lord, | |
| Our priceless heritage; | |
| The wealth of Holy Writ (Thy Word), | |
| Bequeathed from age to age. | |
| How shall we use the garnered store | 5 |
| Of Israel’s ancient song and lore? | |
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| Shall we, like misers, hoard | |
| The jewels in our care; | |
| The gems, by Seer and Prophet stored, | |
| That all mankind might share; | 10 |
| The law from Sinai’s summit hurled | |
| To speak in thunder to the world. | |
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| Shall we not spread broadcast | |
| This wealth that shall endure? | |
| These seeds of Faith, that in the past | 15 |
| Burst into blossoms pure: | |
| Whose roots were nourished through the years | |
| By martyred Israel’s blood and tears. | |
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| Heirs or thy Love are we, | |
| The First-born, chosen race; | 20 |
| Holding in trust the legacy | |
| No tyrant can efface! | |
| Life of our life, breath of our breath, | |
| Outliving scorn, and hate and death! | |
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| O let our Fathers preach | 25 |
| Thy glory and Thy fame! | |
| O let our tender mothers teach | |
| Their babes to lisp thy name; | |
| That Israel in each coming age | |
| May claim its precious heritage! | 30 |
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