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Thread #9502   Message #4146017
Posted By: GerryM
30-Jun-22 - 09:51 PM
Thread Name: Discussion: America the Beautiful
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: America the Beautiful
The Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah, does not mention God. In English, it gies,

As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart,
With eyes turned toward the East, looking toward Zion,
Then our hope - the two-thousand-year-old hope - will not be lost:
To be a free people in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.

I was sure the Marseillaise wouldn't mention God, but there He is, in stanza 3:

Good Lord! By chained hands
Our brows would bend beneath the yoke!