ead thee in
To Paradise.

SOLOMON IBN GEBIROL.

Sanctification

The sixfold winged angels cry
To Him, Who hates iniquity:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

The mighty ones of earth do call
To Him, Who has created all:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Blessed art Thou!

They, who in radiance shine, proclaim
Of Him, Who wrought them out of flame:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

Those doubly tried by flood and fire
United chant in frequent choir:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Holy and blest!

Pure spheres celestial echoing round,
With voice of sweetest song resound:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

All those redeemed not by gold,
Repeat in faith and joy untold:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Blessed art Thou!

They who pass swiftly to and fro
Make answer, as they come and go:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

Who seek His law, and testify
That there is none beside Him, cry:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Holy and blest!

The hosts of radiant seraphs call
To Him, most glorious of them all:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

The sons of mighty men declare
His majesty beyond compare:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Blessed art Thou!

All they who glorify His name,
With every morn anew proclaim:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

Israel, His people, ceaselessly
Cry as they bend and bow the knee:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Holy and blest.

Those shining as a crystal spring,
Chant in the presence of their King:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

The stranger's children evermore
The mighty Lord of lords adore.
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Blessed art Thou!

Those who of fire are fashioned, crowd
On crowd unnumbered, chant aloud:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

They cry, whom He has freed from thrall,
And His inheritance does call:
Blessed art Thou, O Lord!
Holy and blest.

Pure visions, bathed in endless light,
Declare 'midst radiance infinite:
Holy art Thou, O Lord!
Holy art Thou!

Who to the covenant adhere,
The remnant saved, cry lou