5. This Too Shall Pass ©2009

גם זה יעבור (Gam zeh ya’avor), this too shall pass
Life’s full of changes, some slow, some fast.
There are good times and bad, of this you can be sure
Nothing lasts forever, גם זה יעבור

History tells us stories of King Solomon the wise. On issues large and small he was asked to advise.
And part of his greatness was his willingness to learn, so listen to this tale of how fortunes turn.
The king’s servant Benaiah was the most loyal in the land, whatever Solomon needed, Benaiah was on hand.
Quiet and faithful, Benaiah loved the king, but one day he boasted that he’d never failed at anything.

גם זה יעבור (Gam zeh ya’avor), this too shall pass
Life’s full of changes, some slow, some fast.
There are good times and bad, of this you can be sure
Nothing lasts forever, גם זה יעבור

(spoken) So the king made up a story, a task for Benaiah to do, about a ring that didn’t exist, to teach a lesson or two.

He said, “I’ve heard of a ring that is special indeed. It makes a happy man sad, and a sad man fill with glee.
It will make a poor man smile, and a rich man frown. Please bring me this ring, I don’t know where it’s found.”
Benaiah was thrilled to take up this cause, he eagerly set off, he didn’t even pause.
Up and down he searched, in every corner of the land, mountains high, valleys low, beaches made of sand.

גם זה יעבור (Gam zeh ya’avor), this too shall pass
Life’s full of changes, some slow, some fast.
There are good times and bad, of this you can be sure
Nothing lasts forever, גם זה יעבור

He didn’t know of course that this was the king’s plan. Solomon expected him to return a humbled man.
But as he entered Jerusalem, the city of peace. He walked slowly through the gates, feeling his defeat
An old man beside him, gave him a knowing look, pulled out a ring, three words wiser than a book.

This was the ring, the king’s little trick, this was the ring, it really did exist.
Both Benaiah and Solomon learned so long ago, You just never know what will happen, or how the wind will blow.
Yes both Benaiah and Solomon learned in their own way, The lesson that is sounding throughout our world today.
Fortunes come and fortunes go, empires fall and rise, It’s not what you have that matters, but who you are inside.

יעבור גם זה(Gam zeh ya’avor), this too shall pass
Life’s full of changes, some slow, some fast.
There are good times and bad, of this you can be sure
Nothing lasts forever, גם זה יעבור