| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Adon Olam | | By Jessie E. Sampter |
| | | THE EVERLASTING Lord who reigned | |
| Ere yet was formed or shape or thing, | |
| When all was made as he decreed | |
| Was even then acknowledged King. | |
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| And after all that is shall end, | 5 |
| Alone shall reign the feared one—He | |
| In his resplendence glorious | |
| Who was, who is, and who will be. | |
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| And He is one and there is none, | |
| No second to compare or share— | 10 |
| Without beginning, without end— | |
| In his dominion everywhere. | |
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| He is my God—my helper lives— | |
| My rock when grievous times befall, | |
| My banner He, my refuge He, | 15 |
| And my cup’s portion, when I call. | |
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| Within His hand I trust my soul | |
| In sleep and waking—He is near— | |
| And with my soul, my body, too: | |
| The Lord’s with me; I have no fear. | 20 | | | |
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