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YOM KIPPUR by GUSTAV GOTTHEIL

First Line: TO THEE WE GIVE OURSELVES TODAY
Last Line: THY LIGHT AT OUR LIFE'S EVENTIDE.
Subject(s): FAITH; FASTS & FEASTS; JEWS; YOM KIPPUR; BELIEF; CREED; JUDAISM;

TO Thee we give ourselves today,
Forgetful of the world outside;
We tarry in Thy House, O Lord,
From eventide to eventide.

From Thy all-seeing, righteous eye
Our deepest heart can nothing hide;
It crieth up to Thee for peace
From eventide to eventide.

Who could endure, should'st Thou, O Lord,
As we deserve, forever chide?
We therefore seek Thy pardoning grace
From eventide to eventide.

O may we lay to heart how swift
The years of life do onward glide;
So learn to live that we may see
Thy light at our life's eventide.



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