Susskind, thou speakeat well I We will meet death
With dance and song. Embrace him as a bride.
So that the Lord receive us in His tent.
SEVERAL VOICES
Amen! amen! amen! we dance to death !
RABBI JACOB.
SUsskind, go forth and beg this grace of them.
[Exit SUsskind.
Punish us not in wrath, chastise us not
In anger, oh oar God ! Our Bina o'erwhelm
Our Bmitten heada, they are a grievous load ;
We look on our iniquitiea, we tremble,
Knowing our trespaases. Forsake us not.
Be thou not far from us. Haste to our aid,
Oh G!od, who art our Sariour and our Rock !
Reenter Susskind,
SUSSKIND
Brethren, our prayer, being the last, is granted.
The hour approaches. Let our thoughts ascend
From mortal anguish to the ecstasy
Of martyrdom, the blessed death of those
Who perish in the Lord. I see, I see
How lsrael's ever-crescent glory makes
