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"HEAR, O ISRAEL!: 2", by                    
First Line: "hear, o israel! My people - to thy godly tents do I return with unstained hands"
Last Line: "deem thee from slavery, o my nation! And lead thee back to god"
Subject(s): Freedom;israel; Liberty


Hear, O Israel! my people -- to thy goodly tents do I return with unstained hands.
Like as the harts for the water-brooks, in thirst, do pant and bray, so pants and cries my longing
soul for the house of Jacob.
My tears have unto me been meat, both in night and day:
And the crimson and fine linen moulders in the dark tents of the enemy.
With bare feet and covered head do I return to thee, O Israel!
With sackcloth have I bound the hem of my garments.
With olive leaves have I trimmed the border of my bosom.
The breaking waves did pass o'er me; yea, were mighty in their strength --
Strength of the foe's oppression.
My soul was cast out upon the waters of Sin: but it has come back to me.
My transgressions have vanished like a cloud.
The curse of Balaam hath turned to a blessing;
And the doors of Jacob turn not on their hinges against me.
Rise up, O Israel! for it is I who passed through the fiery furnace seven times, and come forth
unscathed, to redeem thee from slavery, O my nation! and lead thee back to God.





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