Humble

The following poem was written about 1000 years ago by a lonely aching man ,who suffered many health problems . Nevertheless ,he was a genious ,and he knew it. In his short life ( He died at the age of 37 ) he wrote hundreds of poems in Hebrew . In his many poems and a few essays , Hebrew was alive and Kicking , full of turmoil , sadness, hope , love and other beautiful things

Here is a link to the poem as it is performmed by the "Madregot" band (Madregot =stairs)

Below, is the original poem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITYWAp2WP6c

שְׁפַל רוּחַ שְׁפַל בֶּרֶךְ וְקוֹמָה
אֲקַדֶּמְךָ בְּרֹב פַּחַד וְאֵימָה
לְפָנֶיךָ אֲנִי נֶחְשָׁב בְּעֵינַי
כְּתוֹלַעַת קְטַנָּה בָּאֲדָמָה

מְלֹא עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר אֵין קֵץ לְגָדְלוֹ
הֲכָמֹנִי יְהַלֶּלְךָ וּבַמָּה
הֲדָרְךָ לֹא יְכִילוּן מַלְאֲכֵי רוּם
וְעַל אַחַת אֲנִי כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה

הֱטִיבוֹתָ וְהִגְדַּלְתָּ חֲסָדִים
לְךָ תַּגְדִּיל לְהוֹדוֹת כֹּל נְשָׁמָה
[אֲשַׁחֵר אֵל בְּרֵאשִׁית רַעֲיוֹנַי
אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁמוֹ תְּהַלֵל כֹּל נְשָׁמָה]

The poem is an open letter to God ,and whenever I read it , it reminds me that I live in a huge vast wonderous world ,and that I am very very small.