Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

83 JEHUDAH HALEVI

Cease, for thou workest sore destruction
When thou takest a sword to slay
jud. 20.2. The chiefs of all the people.

The cloud hath departed from them,
And the manna hath not come down for them,
Num. 21.4. And crushed is the soul of the people.

Inheriting and bequeathing the law of the
Judges

From the seed of the Princes
jud. 5,9. Who gave themselves willingly among the

people,

His words shone like the light,
And his ways were exceeding high
isa. 8,11. So that he could not walk in the way of

the people.

11 Kings 12,13. Standing to repair the breach,

Prov. 20,8. And sitting on a throne of righteousness

Ex. 18,13. To judge the people—

Life was the fruit of his law;
Therefore to bear his departure
Ex. 19,23. Is too hard for the people.

While yet the Chief, Baruch,
Was prepared to battle for me,
Ps. 3,7. I feared not from tens of thousands of

people.

isa. 57,15. Meek, lowly of spirit and humble,

The wisdom of his gentle tongue
Ps. 18,44. Would deliver me from the strivings of

the people.