Though our mouths were full of song as the sea,
And our tongues of exultation as the multitude of its waves,
And our lips of praise as the wide-extended firmament;
Though our eyes shone with light like the sun and the moon,
And our hands were spread forth like the eagles of heaven,
And our feet were swift as hinds, we should still be unable
To thank thee and bless Thy name.
O Lord our God and God of our fathers [and mothers], for one thousandth
or one-ten thousandth of the bounties which Thou has bestowed
Upon our fathers [upon our mothers] and upon us.
~ Hebrew Prayer Book*
*McElwain, Sarah (editor). Saying Grace: Blessings for the Family Table. (2003) 15
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