{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/sig/sig13.htm","path":"jud/sig/sig13.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/sig/sig13.htm","text":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol, tr. by Israel Zangwill, [1923]\n\u2019Tis joy to me to dwell in Thee,\n \u00a0\u00a0At thought of Thee all grief retreats,\n Thy mercies call for thanks, but all\n \u00a0\u00a0I have to pay are tongue\u2019s conceits.\nNot heaven\u2019s height can bound Thy might,\n \u00a0\u00a0How then shall thought due praise assign?\n Teach me, and bless with righteousness,\n \u00a0\u00a0And let my will but further Thine.\nThe praise I bring as offering\n \u00a0\u00a0Accept in lieu of sacrifice,\n My service call memorial,\n \u00a0\u00a0Pleased with Thy worshipper\u2019s device.\nLet Thy clear eye, O Lord, descry\n \u00a0\u00a0How wretched are my fears and hopes,\n And send Thy light to chase the night\n \u00a0\u00a0In which my blinded spirit gropes.\nIn kindness great, compassionate,\n \u00a0\u00a0O guard for me Thy tenderness,\n Within its wideness let me hide\n \u00a0\u00a0The vastness of my trespasses.\nAnd as Thy name to me became\n \u00a0\u00a0A treasure in my heart to stand,\n So let to Thee my spirit be\n \u00a0\u00a0A treasure held within Thy hand.","title":"Selected Religious Poems of Solomon ibn Gabirol: 10. ...","type":"page"}