The eye that sees all, the ear that hears all
Travels with everyone, everywhere they go—
Travels with everyone, everywhere they go—
Without changing place, present in every place.
Where virtue is being kneaded, God is the yeast in the dough;
Where virtue is being kneaded, God is the yeast in the dough;
Where light is sought, He gives of Himself;
Where help is cried for, He is not absent.
Where help is cried for, He is not absent.
Quietly and silently, but always on time,
He is in time to reap and to sow the seeds,
He is in time to reap and to sow the seeds,
He is in time to reproach, He is in time to reward,
To make the young old and to make the old young,
To make the young old and to make the old young,
To weed, to trim and to caress fruit—
He comes wherever He wants and whenever He wants.
He comes wherever He wants and whenever He wants.
Whenever a solitary person thinks, behold,
He listens; Where two people speak, as a third party He hears;
He listens; Where two people speak, as a third party He hears;
Where the weaver weaves the cloth, He counts her threads;
He weaves the universal fabric in His mind.
He weaves the universal fabric in His mind.
Oh, who knows His footsteps and paces?
Who could enumerate His paths and places?
Who could enumerate His paths and places?
Eternal and Immortal, Triune and One,
In the trackless net of the universal fabric,
In the trackless net of the universal fabric,
Unseen and seen, regardless of whence He is viewed,
He cuts out the paths and reveals the direction.
He cuts out the paths and reveals the direction.
In the trackless net, He looks at all the paths,
And does not allow even an ant to stray.
And does not allow even an ant to stray.
Velimirovich, Saint Nikolai. The Prologue of Ohrid (p. 114). Sebastian Press. Kindle Edition.