| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | Lord, I Remember | | By Mordecai ben Shabbethai (Trans. Nina Davis) |
| | | LORD, I remember, and am sore amazed | |
| To see each city standing in her state, | |
| And God’s own city to the low grave razed: | |
| Yet in all time we look to Thee and wait. | |
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| Send us Thy mercy, O Redeemer! Make, | 5 |
| O Thou my soul, to Him thy mournful plaint; | |
| And crave compassion for my people’s sake: | |
| Each head is weary and each heart is faint. | |
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| I rest on pillars, on God’s holy parts, | |
| On tears that flow with never-ceasing might; | 10 |
| I pour out prayer to Him who searcheth hearts: | |
| Herein I trust, and in the Father’s right. | |
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| O Thou who hearest weeping, healest woe, | |
| Our tears within Thy vase of crystal store; | |
| Save us, and all Thy dread decrees forego, | 15 |
| For unto Thee our eyes turn evermore. | | | | |
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