| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | How Long? | | By Israel Cohen |
| | | HOW long, O Lord, shall sobs and sighs | |
| Re-echo in our ears? | |
| How long, O Lord, shall groans and cries | |
| Compel our flowing tears? | |
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| How long, O Lord, shall blood be shed | 5 |
| Of innocent and pure? | |
| How long, O Lord, shall deathly dread | |
| O’er Israel endure? | |
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| How long, O Lord, shall darkness reign, | |
| And murder rage unchecked? | 10 |
| How long, O Lord, by crimson stain | |
| Our fateful page be flecked? | |
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| How long, O Lord, shall justice sleep | |
| And Truth her head abase? | |
| How long, O Lord, into the deep | 15 |
| Shall sink thy chosen race? | |
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| How long, O Lord, in exile yet, | |
| Thy people, must they pine? | |
| How long, O Lord, wilt Thou forget | |
| The mercy that is Thine? | 20 |
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| How long, O Lord, until the morn | |
| Of peace and bliss supreme, | |
| When Thy own glory shall adorn | |
| The Zion of our dream? | | | | |
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