| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Mo’oz Tsur Yeshu’osi | | By Trans. Solomon Solis Cohen |
| | (A Chanukah Hymn)
MIGHTY, praised beyond compare, | |
| Rock of my salvation, | |
| Build again my house of pray’r | |
| For Thy habitation! | |
| Haste my restoration; let a ransomed nation | 5 |
| Joyful sing | |
| To its King | |
| Psalms of dedication! | |
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| Woe was mine in Egypt-land | |
| (Tyrant kings enslaved me) | 10 |
| Till Thy mighty, outstretched Hand | |
| From oppression saved me. | |
| Pharaoh, rash pursuing, vowed my swift undoing; | |
| Soon, his host | |
| That proud boast | 15 |
| ’Neath the waves was rueing! | |
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| To Thy Holy Hill, the way | |
| Mad’st Thou clear before me; | |
| With false gods I went astray— | |
| Foes to exile bore me. | 20 |
| Torn from all I cherished, almost had I perished; | |
| Babylon fell, | |
| Zerubabel | |
| Bad’st Thou to restore me! | |
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| Then the vengeful Haman wrought | 25 |
| Subtly to betray me; | |
| In his snare himself he caught— | |
| He that plann’d to slay me. | |
| (Haled from Esther’s palace, hanged on his own gallows!) | |
| Seal and ring | 30 |
| Persia’s king | |
| Gave Thy servant zealous. | |
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| When the brave Asmonèans broke | |
| Javan’s chain in sunder, | |
| Through the holy oil, Thy folk | 35 |
| Didst Thou show a wonder. | |
| Ever full remain-ed the vessel unprofan-ed; | |
| These eight days, | |
| Lights and praise | |
| Therefore, were ordain-ed. | 40 |
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| Lord, Thy Holy Arm make bare, | |
| Speed my restoration; | |
| Be my martyr’s blood Thy care— | |
| Judge each guilty nation. | |
| Long is my probation; sore my tribulation; | 45 |
| Bid, from Heaven, | |
| Thy shepherds seven, | |
| Haste to my salvation! | | | | |
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