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Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917.

By J. Leonard Levy

Our Creed

THERE is one only God

Through nature’s vast domains;

A God of Righteousness,

Whose love fore’er remains,

None can compare to Him,

Eternal is His name,

He was of old, He is,

And will be e’er the same.

He is the First and Last,

And absolutely One,

Without divided parts,

And equal has He none.

Unchanging is His law,

Immutable His will,

And though we often err,

His mercy guards us still.

Our inmost secret thought

Before Him open lies,

Our deeds are all observed

By His all-seeing eyes.

All goodness He rewards,

On sin He sends a blight,

The clean and pure of heart

Are His supreme delight.

This uncreated God,

O man, is Father, Friend;

The heavens, earth and seas

He made from end to end.

He is the King of kings,

Of lords the highest Lord,

By all that has life’s breath

He is to be adored.

To love Him we must do

True service for mankind,

For thus, a paradise

On earth we all shall find.

In His most loving hands

Our souls in faith we place,

In life and death we trust

His justice and His grace.