| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | A Passover Hymn from the Haggada | | By J. F. |
| | (El Beneh)
O! SPEED’LY build Thy temple shrine, | |
| Thy holy House restore, | |
| And send again Thy light divine, | |
| As in the days of yore. | |
| O Thou! whose special care we are | 5 |
| Where’er our lot be cast | |
| Become again our guiding star | |
| As in the distant past. | |
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| O! build again a firmer throne | |
| For Judah’s royal race, | 10 |
| And give his sceptre rule alone | |
| And pour on him Thy grace, | |
| His sons ingather to their fold, | |
| Far scattered and away, | |
| And in his realm let Justice hold | 15 |
| Her firm triumphant sway! | |
| But more than Temple, shrine, or dome, | |
| Within our hearts build sure | |
| For Thee, O Lord, a dwelling home | |
| Predestined to endure. | 20 |
| And vouchsafe, Lord, the world all o’er, | |
| A brighter day to shine, | |
| And in one bond, forever more | |
| All humankind entwine. | | | | |
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