This sheet on Leviticus 3 was written by Yakov Azriel for 929 and can also be found here
"And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offerings . . ." (Leviticus 3:1)
How far away You are, O Lord, how far
Away I've strayed from You, how far away
From paths I knew, for when I disobey
Your word, I find how far away You are.
How far away I've wandered from Your star
Whose light is gone, extinguished on the day
I turned my back on You; no words convey
How lost I feel, remote and insular.
Beyond, beyond, beyond all time and space
You live; how can a laggard leap to where
You dwell? But I have heard that contrite prayer
Constructs a sturdy bridge, a meeting-place
Where God and man may meet, for You declare
How near You are, my distant Lord, how near.
Yakov Azriel is an English language poet who lives in Israel
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