Song for Mishpatim

Exodus 23:9

The stranger

Do not spurn, do not shun

For you know well

How it feels to be him.

 

You must remember

You were a stranger in Egypt.

Oh take care, for you were a stranger there.

V’ger

Lo tilchatz, lo tilchatz

V’atem y’datem

Et nefesh ha’ger.

 

Ki gerim h

He’yitem b’eretz Mitzrayim.

Ki gerim he’yitem. Ki gerim he’yitem.

וגר לא תלחץ ואתם ידעתם את נפש הגר

כי גרים הייתם בארץ מצרים