Selected Poems (Engelse vertaling)

168 JEHUDAH HALEVI

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GOD IN ALL

O Lord, where shall I find Thee?

All-hidden and exalted is Thy place;
And where shall I not find Thee?

Full of Thy glory is the infinite space.

Found near-abiding ever,
He made the earth's ends, set their utmost bar;

Unto the nigh a refuge,
Yea, and a trust to those who wait afar.

Thou sittest throned between the Cherubim,
Thou dwellest high above the cloud-rack dim.
Praised by Thine hosts and yet beyond their
praises
Forever far exalt;
The endless whirl of worlds may not contain
Xhee,

How, then, one temple's vault?

And Thou, withal uplifted
O'er man, upon a mighty throne apart,

Art yet forever near him,
Breath of his spirit, life-blood of his heart!
His own mouth speaketh testimony true
That Thou his Maker art alone; and who
Shall fear Thee not, for 10! upon their shoulders

Thy yoke divinely dread!
Who shall forbear to cry to Thee, That givest
To all their daily bread?