if only you follow these laws,
my am segulah,
my kingdom of priests
my holy nation,
I will dwell amongst you--
the land will sing growth
and the food will sit full
in your soft & swelling stomachs,
will I love you?
I will not loathe you.
vehechezakta bo,
it is so much easier to
prevent disaster than to
reverse it.
until you rid this land of vicious beasts,
I cannot promise that you
may lie down.
this land is yours when you are holy,
holy nation.
hashiva shofteinu k’varishonah,
there is no perfect past to which
I can restore you, just this,
the sacred future you shape.