Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

143 JEHUDAH HALEVI

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A CAMPING PLACE

Fair and good it is to hold a camping place
within Thine house,

For the people in whose midst Thy name doth
rest;

That Name whose dwelling is the infinite space—
though He

isa. 57.15:53,7. Is found within the contrite heart and with
the humble man.

And heaven's heights cannot contain Him,
even though

He came down upon Sinai and abode in a bush.

His way is very near and it is very far,

For all that He doeth is for the sake of all
that is, and for His own sake.

Lo, upon my heart is a thought from my God;

Yea, also upon my tongue is an answer from
the Lord.