| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Paraphrase of Adon Olam | | By David Nunes Carvalho |
| | | BEFORE the glorious orbs of light, | |
| Had shed one blissful ray, | |
| In awful power, the Lord of might | |
| Reign’d in eternal day. | |
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| At His creative, holy word | 5 |
| The voice of nature spoke, | |
| Unnumber’d worlds with one accord, | |
| To living joys awoke. | |
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| Then was proclaim’d the mighty King, | |
| In majesty on high! | 10 |
| Then did the holy creatures sing | |
| His praises through the sky. | |
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| All merciful in strength he reigns | |
| Immutable! supreme! | |
| His hand the universe sustains, | 15 |
| He only can redeem. | |
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| He is the mighty God alone! | |
| His presence fills the world; | |
| He will forever reign the one, | |
| Eternal, only Lord! | 20 |
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| Almighty, powerful and just! | |
| Thou art my God, my friend, | |
| My rock, my refuge and my trust, | |
| On Thee my hopes depend. | |
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| O! be my guardian whilst I sleep, | 25 |
| For Thou didst lend me breath: | |
| And when I wake, my spirit keep, | |
| And save my soul in death. | | | | |
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