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For it is not like a withered crown which buddeth not: but thou livest upon my head, and thou hast blossomed upon my head.

And because I shall love Him that, is the Son, I shall become a son;

A cloud of darkness shall fall on their eyes; and an air of thick gloom shall darken them:

For they have devised a counsel, and it did not succeed:

And He is as a garland on my head and I shall not be moved; even if everything should be shaken, I stand firm;

For there went forth a stream and became a river great and broad;

For there went forth a stream and became a river great and broad;

For I have a helper, the Lord.

For He hath given a mouth to His creation, to open the voice of the mouth towards Him, to praise Him:

A stone of great price is it; and there have been wars on account of the crown.

To convert the souls of them who are willing to come to Him; and to lead captive a good captivity for freedom.

And I worshipped the Lord on account of His glory; and I said, Blessed, O Lord, are they who are planted in thy land! and those who have a place in thy Paradise;

And everything became like a relic of thyself, and memorial for ever of thy faithful works.

As the eyes of a son to his father, so are my eyes, O Lord, at all times towards thee.

The choking bonds were cut off by her hands: I received the face and the fashion of a new person: and I walked in it and was saved;

And all that have seen me were amazed: and I was regarded by them as a strange person:

And ignorance appeared like a blind man; and like the foam of the sea,

A cup of milk was offered to me: and I drank it in the sweetness of the delight of the Lord.

The Spirit opened the womb of the Virgin and she received conception and brought forth; and the Virgin became a Mother with many mercies;

And she travailed and brought forth a Son, without incurring pain;

And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;

And because she was not sufficiently prepared, and she had not sought a midwife (for He brought her to bear) she brought forth, as if she were a man, of her own will;

I am a priest of the Lord, and to Him I do priestly service: and to Him I offer the sacrifice of His thought.

Thou shalt not acquire a stranger by the price of thy silver, neither shalt thou seek to devour thy neighbour,

But put on the grace of the Lord without stint; and come into His Paradise and make thee a garland from its tree,

And my soul acquired a body free from sorrow or affliction or pains.

Thou wast there and didst help me, and in every place thy name was a rampart me

And His thought was like a letter; His will descended from on high, and it was sent like an arrow which is violently shot from the bow:

But a wheel received it and came over it:

And there was with it a sign of the Kingdom and of the Government:

And it gathered the multitude of adversaries, and bridged the rivers and crossed over and rooted up many forests and made a broad path.

The head went down to the feet, for down to the feet ran the wheel, and that which was a sign upon it.

And the letter was a great volume, which was wholly written by the. finger of God:

And every one of them that was imperfect perished: for it was not possible to give them a word that they might remain:

Thou didst set me a lamp at my right hand and at my left: and in me there shall be nothing that is not bright:

Like a river which has an abundant fountain, and flows to the help of them that seek it. Hallelujah.

He opened His mouth and spake grace and joy: and He spake a new song of praise to His name:

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

And they made me a debtor when I rose up, me who had been a debtor: and they divided my spoil, though nothing was due to them.

But I stood unshaken like a firm rock which is beaten by the waves and endures.

And He stood on a lofty summit and uttered His voice from one end of the earth to the other:

But there stood a perfect virgin who was proclaiming and calling and saying,

No way is hard where there is a simple heart.

And there came forth from them a smoke and a judgment; and I was keeping quiet in the order of the Lord:

And there came forth from them a smoke and a judgment; and I was keeping quiet in the order of the Lord:

And I was carried like a child by his mother: and He gave me milk, the dew of the Lord:

The Spirit brought me forth before the face of the Lord: and, although a son of man, I was named the Illuminate, the Son of God:

And I became one of His Neighbours; and my mouth was opened, like a cloud of dew,

And my heart poured out as it were a gushing stream of righteousness,

I went up to the light of truth as if into a chariot:

And it became to me a haven of Salvation: and set me on the arms of immortal life:

And His footsteps stand firm on the water, and are not injured; they are as firm as a tree that is truly set up.

And a way has been appointed for those who cross after Him and for those who adhere to the course of faith in Him and worship His name. Hallelujah.

For a great day has shined upon us: and marvellous is He who has given us of His glory.

That He might save souls for ever by the truth of His name: a new song arises from those who love Him. Hallelujah.

And I made a congregation of living men amongst his dead men, and I spake with them by living lips:

For this reason, behold I bring evil upon this city, and upon its inhabitants, and it shall be removed from before Me for a time, and I will scatter this people among the Gentiles that they may do good to the Gentiles. And My people shall be chastened, and the time shall come when they will seek for the prosperity of their times.

For your works are to this city as a firm pillar, And your prayers as a strong wall.'

For your works are to this city as a firm pillar, And your prayers as a strong wall.'

And the Lord said unto me: 'This city shall be delivered up for a time, And the people shall be chastened during a time, And the world will not be given over to oblivion.

And the Lord said unto me: 'This city shall be delivered up for a time, And the people shall be chastened during a time, And the world will not be given over to oblivion.

And lo! suddenly a strong spirit raised me, and bore me aloft overthe wall of Jerusalem.

And I beheld, and lo! four angels standing at the four corners of the city, each of them holding a torch of fire in his hands.

For I am first sent to speak a word to the earth, and to place in it what the Lord the Most High has commanded me.'

And he spoke to the earth with a loud voice: 'Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the mighty God, And receive what I commit to you, And guard them until the last times, So that, when you are ordered, you may restore them, So that strangers may not get possession of them.

For the time comes when Jerusalem also will be delivered for a time, Until it is said, that it is again restored for ever.'

Now the angels did as he had commanded them, and when they had broken up the corners of the walls, a voice was heard from the interior of the temple, after the wall had fall saying:

Would that you had ears, O earth, And that you had a heart, O dust: That you might go and announce in Sheol, And say to the dead:

And it came to pass after these things, that I, Baruch, was standing upon Mount Zion, and lo! a voice came from the height and said unto me:

Because you have been astonished at what has befallen Zion, you shall therefore be assuredly preserved to the consummation of the times, that you may be for a testimony.

For we have all been made like a breath.

For the righteous justly hope for the end, and without fear depart from this habitation, because they have with you a store of works preserved in treasuries.

When of old there was no world with its inhabitants, you did devise and speak with a word, and forthwith the works of creation stood before you.

For this world is to them a strife and a labor with much trouble; and that accordingly which is to come, a crown with great glory.'

For this world is to them a strife and a labor with much trouble; and that accordingly which is to come, a crown with great glory.'

For this world is to them a strife and a labor with much trouble; and that accordingly which is to come, a crown with great glory.'

And the Lord answered and said unto me: 'With the Most High account is not taken of time nor of a few years.

For what did it profit Adam that he lived nine hundred and thirty years and transgressed that which he was commanded? Therefore the multitude of time that he lived did not profit him, but brought death and cut off the years of those who were born from him. wherein did Moses suffer loss in that he lived only one hundred and twenty years, and, inasmuch he was subject to Him who formed him, brought the law to the seed of Jacob, and lighted a lamp for the nation of Israel?'

And He answered and said unto me: 'Wherefore at that time he appointed for them a covenant and said: "Behold I have placed before you life and death," And he called heaven and earth to witness against them.

Because if a man be prospered in his beginnings and shamefully entreated in his old age, he forgets all the prosperity that he had.

And again, if a man is shamefully entreated in his beginnings, and at his end is prospered, he remembers not again his evil entreatment.

And I went there and sat in the valley of Kidron in a cave of the earth, and I sanctified my soul there, and I ate no bread, yet I was not hungry, and I drank no water, yet I thirsted not, and I was there till the seventh day, as He had commanded me.

And if in time many have sinned, yet others not a few have been righteous.

For if a consummation had not been prepared for all, in vain would have been their beginning.

And show to those who know not, that everything that has befallen us and our city until now has been according to the long-suffering of Your power, because on account of Your name you have called us a beloved people.

And it came to pass after these things that lo! the heavens were opened, and I saw, and power was given to me, and a voice was beard from on high, and it said unto me:

He who travels by a road but does not complete it, or who departs by sea but does not arrive at the port, can he be comforted?

Or he who promises to give a present to another, but does not fulfill it, is it not robbery?

Or he who plants a plant unless it grows till the time suitable to it, does he who planted it expect to receive fruit from it?

Or a woman who has conceived, if she bring forth untimely, does she not assuredly slay her infant?

Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell Me that first.'

Or he who builds a house, if he does not roof it and complete it, can it be called a house? Tell Me that first.'

Because when Adam sinned and death was decreed against those who should be born, then the multitude of those who should be born was numbered, and for that number a place was prepared where the living might dwell and the dead might be guarded.

When a stupor shall seize the inhabitants of the earth, and they shall fall into many tribulations, and again when they shall fall into great torments.

And I answered and said: 'Will that tribulation which is to be continue a long time, and will that necessity embrace many years?'

And in the eighth part a multitude of specters and attacks of the Shedim.

For the measure and reckoning of that time are two parts a week of seven weeks.'

And I answered and said: 'It is good for a man to come and behold, but it is better that he should not come lest he fall.

The earth also shall yield its fruit ten-thousandfold and on each (?) vine there shall be a thousand branches, and each branch shall produce a thousand clusters, and each cluster produce a thousand grapes, and each grape produce a cor of wine.

The earth also shall yield its fruit ten-thousandfold and on each (?) vine there shall be a thousand branches, and each branch shall produce a thousand clusters, and each cluster produce a thousand grapes, and each grape produce a cor of wine.