‘Addir Hu’
God of Might,
God of Right,
Thee we give all glory.
Thine the praise
In our days
As in ages hoary.
When we hear,
Year by year,
Our redemption’s story,
Now as erst,
When Thou first
Mad’st the proclamation,
Warning loud
Ev’ry proud,
Ev’ry tyrant nation,
We Thy fame
Still proclaim,
God of our salvation.
G. GOTTHEIL.
When the Egyptian hosts were drowning in the Red Sea, the angels in heaven were about to break forth in songs of jubilation. But the Holy One, blessed be He, silenced them with the words: ‘My creatures are perishing, and ye are ready to sing!’
TALMUD.