Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

106 JEHUDAH HALEVI

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GOD IN ALL

(For rhymed version see page 168)

Lord, where shall I find Thee?
High and hidden is Thy place;
And where shall I not find Thee?
The world is full of Thy glory.

Found in the innermost being,

He set up the ends of the earth:

The refuge for the near,

The trust for those far off.

Thou dwellest amid the Cherubim,

Thou abidest in the clouds;

Thou art praised by Thine hosts

Yet art raised above their praise.

The whirling worlds cannot contain Thee;

How then the chambers of a temple?

And though Thou be uplifted over them

Upon a throne high and exalted,

Yet art Thou near to them,

Of their very spirit and their flesh.

Their own mouth testifieth for them

That Thou alone art their Creator.

Who shall not fear Thee

Since the yoke of Thy kingdom is their yoke?

Or who shall not call to Thee

Since Thou givest them their food?

I have sought Thy nearness,

With all my heart have I called Thee,