Yigdal - English Translation

English Translation

  1. Exalted be the Living God and praised, He exists - unbounded by time is His existence;
  2. He is One - and there is no unity like His Oneness - Inscrutable and infinite is His Oneness;
  3. He has no semblance of a body nor is He corporeal - nor has His holiness any comparison;
  4. He preceded every being that was created - the First, and nothing precedes His precedence;
  5. Behold! He is Master of the universe - Every creature demonstrates His greatness and His sovereignty;
  6. He granted His flow of prophecy - to His treasured, splendid people;
  7. In Israel, none like Moses arose again - a prophet who perceived His vision clearly;
  8. God gave His people a Torah of truth - by means of His prophet, the most trusted of His household;
  9. God will never amend nor exchange His law - for any other one, for all eternity;
  10. He scrutinizes and knows our hiddenmost secrets - He perceives a matter's outcome at its inception;
  11. He recompenses man with kindness according to his deed - He places evil on the wicked according to his wickedness;
  12. By the End of Days He will send our Messiah - to redeem those longing for His final salvation;
  13. God will revive the dead in His abundant kindness - Blessed forever is His praised Name.

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