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.
שָׁבֻעוֹת
THE FEAST OF WEEKS
FOR ever, O Lord,