Songbook: Gather Round

Ruth and Naomi As a Lily

Song: 5. Ki Hém Khayéinu

Music by Linda Hirschhorn © 1989

Lyrics: Liturgy

כִּי הֵם חַיֵֽינוּ
וְאֹרֶךְ יָמֵינוּ
וּבָהֶם נֶהֱגֶה
יוֹמָם וַלָֽיְלָה

Ki hém khayéinu,
ve’orèch yàméinu,
uvàhèm nèhgèh
yomàm valàilàh.

[For they are our lives
and the length of our days.
And upon them will we ponder
day and night.]