[Here’s another Sabbath liturgy in song. For those familiar with the original Christian lyrics, the rewrites might sound awkward, even forced, but it’s always a matter of getting used to something different, if not a variation of the familiar.
We worship the Originator of Diversity, just look at His Creation! Remember, our revised hymns are intended not only for worship but for teaching as well as for enjoyment; even little children can learn and commit to memory biblical lessons from our revised lyrics. For hymns compatible with Torah teaching, we left the text as originally written.
Consider this as the Sinaite’s way of paying tribute to Christian hymn writers for their beautiful inspiring music; we apologize for revising their lyrics to reflect Torah teaching instead of New Testament theology. To YHWH be the glory!–-Admin1.]
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KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS
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[Original Tune: ‘Be Thou my Vision’ – Original Lyrics]
1. Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art;
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy Presence my Light.
2. Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee and Thou with me Lord;
Thou my great Father and I Thy true child;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
3. Be Thou my battle shield, sword for the fight;
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight;
Thou my soul’s shelter, Thou my high tower,
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
4. Riches I need not, nor man’s empty praise;
Thou mine inheritance, now and always;
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
5. High King of Heaven, my victory won,
May I reach Heaven’s joys, O bright Heaven’s Sun!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my Vision, O Ruler of all.
PRAISE[Original tune: “Give to our God Immortal Praise”/Revised Lyrics ]
1. Give to YAHUWAH immortal praise,
kindness and mercy grace His ways,
honor and glory, fear and awe,
to Him belong,
sing of His wonders in this song.
2. Give to the LORD of lords renown,
the KING of kings — with glory crown!
His GREAT-ness ever-ever-ever shall endure,
When lords and kings are known no more.
3. He made the earth, it’s surrounded with sky,
He fixed the star-filled dome on high;
bird, beast and fish and all inhabitants on earth,
know their Creator from their birth.
4. He fires the sun, red hot, blazing and bright!
He bids the moon —“shine bright at night!”
Twinkling gazillion stars in galaxies above,
signs of our dear Creator’s love.
5. Israelites freed from that ‘bad’ Pharoah’s hand,
He led them to the promised land;
manna for food, they drank fresh water from a rock,
more quail for meat, they had no lack.
6. Land that He promised to Patriarchs before,
Abraham, Isaac, and one more,
Jacob whose name He later changed to ‘Israel’,
on whom 12 sons and 12 tribes fell.
7. He saw the Gentiles oblivious to sin,
needing His Torah light within,
chose He a people who would lead them to His Way,
Torah for nations to this day.
8. If we would still heed His Words, choose His Life,
this world would end all war and strife,
Torah, the Tree of Life is meant for one and all,
So that not one need ever fall.
BLESSINGS [Original tune: In His Time/Revised Lyrics]
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Bless this bread, bless this wine,
Bless our fellowship today
it’s Your Time,
Sabbath keepers—now are we,
Torah teaching—now we see,
Oh how truly blessed to be,
in Your Time.
Bless the men, bless the wives,
bless the children,
they’re Your gifts to our lives,
Lord we bless You everyday,
Lord of Sabbath, that we may
be so full of joy today,
in Your Time.
How could we not meet this day,
it’s Your Time.
SABBATH MEAL
TORAH STUDY
[Original tune: God Has Spoken By His Prophets/Revised Lyrics]
1. Give to YAHUWAH immortal praise,
