| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Adon Olam | | By Israel Zangwill |
| | | LORD of the world, He reigned alone | |
| While yet the universe was naught, | |
| When by His will all things were wrought, | |
| Then first His sovran name was known. | |
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| And when the All shall cease to be, | 5 |
| In dread lone splendor He shall reign. | |
| He was, He is, He shall remain | |
| In glorious eternity. | |
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| For He is one, no second shares | |
| His nature or His loneliness; | 10 |
| Unending and beginningless, | |
| All strength is His, all sway He bears. | |
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| He is the living God to save, | |
| My Rock while sorrow’s toils endure, | |
| My banner and my stronghold sure, | 15 |
| The cup of life whene’er I crave. | |
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| I place my soul within His palm | |
| Before I sleep as when I wake, | |
| And though my body I forsake, | |
| Rest in the Lord in fearless calm. | 20 | | | |
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