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The traditional psalmic devices – strong rhythms, incantatory repetition – underlie the force of this hymn against hymns.

From The Guardian • Apr. 29, 2013

To Raphael, who had never heard the psalmic wails of "The Sons of the Covenant" or the Polish ditties of Fanny Belcovitch, it seemed also full of originality.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

To Raphael, who had never heard the psalmic wails of the Sons of the Covenant or the Polish ditties of Fanny Belcovitch, it seemed also full of originality.

From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel