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But I was despised and rejected in the eye of many: and I was in their eyes like lead,

But I was despised and rejected in the eye of many: and I was in their eyes like lead,

And I was clothed with the covering of thy Spirit, and thou didst remove from me my raiment of skin;

And I became mighty in: the truth, and holy by thy righteousness; and all my adversaries were afraid of me;

And I became admirable by the name of the Lord, and was justified by His gentleness, and His rest is for ever and ever. Hallelujah.

I poured out praise to the Lord, for I am His:

I poured out praise to the Lord, for I am His:

And I will speak His holy song, for my heart is with Him.

I will cry unto him from my whole heart: I will praise and exalt Him with all my members.

I will cry unto him from my whole heart: I will praise and exalt Him with all my members.

I stretched out my hands and sanctified my Lord:

I believed; therefore I was at rest; for faithful is He in whom I have believed:

I believed; therefore I was at rest; for faithful is He in whom I have believed:

I believed; therefore I was at rest; for faithful is He in whom I have believed:

For I am ready before destruction comes; and I have been set on His immortal pinions:

For I am ready before destruction comes; and I have been set on His immortal pinions:

They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost;

They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost;

They who saw me marvelled at me, because I was persecuted, and they supposed that I was swallowed up: for I seemed to them as one of the lost;

And my oppression became my salvation; and I was their reprobation because there was no zeal in me;

Because I did good to every man I was hated,

Because I did good to every man I was hated,

But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness;

But I was carrying water in my right hand, and their bitterness I endured by my sweetness;

And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs.

And I did not perish, for I was not their brother nor was my birth like theirs.

And they sought for my death and did not find it: for I was older than the memorial of them;

The Lord is my hope: in Him I shall not be confounded.

For I believed in the Lord's Messiah: and it appeared to me that He is the Lord;

That I might subdue the imaginations of the peoples; and the power of the men of might to bring them low:

And I gave praise to the Most High because He exalted me His servant and the son of His handmaid. Hallelujah.

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 endured and held my peace and was silent, as if not, moved by them.

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

And I bore their bitterness for humility's sake:

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

In order, that I might redeem my people, and inherit it and that I might not make void my promises to the fathers, to whom I promised the salvation of their seed. Hallelujah.

And forsake the ways of that corruption and draw near unto me, and I will enter into you, and will bring you forth from perdition,

Hear ye me and be redeemed. For the grace of God I am telling among you: and by my means you shall be redeemed and become blessed.

I am your judge; and they who have put me on shall not be injured: but they shall possess the new world that is incorrupt:

My chosen ones walk in me, and my ways I will make known to them that seek me, and I will make them trust in my name. Hallelujah.

My chosen ones walk in me, and my ways I will make known to them that seek me, and I will make them trust in my name. Hallelujah.

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:

And I grew great by His bounty, and rested in His perfection,

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

And I spread out my hands in the lifting up of my soul: and I was made right with the Most High, and I was redeemed with Him. Hallelujah.

I rested in the Spirit of the Lord: and the Spirit raised me on high:

And made me stand on my feet in the height of the Lord, before His perfection and His glory, while I was praising Him by the composition of His songs.

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:

While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones.

While I praised amongst the praising ones, and great was I amongst the mighty ones.

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

And my access to Him was in peace; and I was established by the Spirit of His government. Hallelujah.

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

I stretched out my hands to my Lord: and to the Most I High I raised my voice:

And I spake with the lips of my heart; and He heard me, when my voice reached I Him:

And I spake with the lips of my heart; and He heard me, when my voice reached I Him:

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

And I ran no risk, because I walked with Him;

And I ran no risk, because I walked with Him;

And I did not make an error in anything because I obeyed the Truth.

And I did not make an error in anything because I obeyed the Truth.

Whatever I did not know, it made clear to me, all the poisons of error, and the plagues of death which they think to be sweetness:

And I saw the destroyer of destruction, when the bride who is corrupted is adorned: and the who corrupts and is corrupted;

And I asked the Truth 'Who are these?'; and He said to me, 'This is the deceiver and the error:

And I was made wise so as not to fall into the hands of the deceiver; and I congratulated myself because the Truth went with me,

And I was made wise so as not to fall into the hands of the deceiver; and I congratulated myself because the Truth went with me,

And I was established and lived and was redeemed,

All those will be astonished that see me. For from another race am I:

I stretched out my hands and approached my Lord:

And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me.

And I became of no account to those who did not take hold of me; and I shall be with those who love me.

All my persecutors are dead; and they sought after me who hoped in me, because I was alive:

And I rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths.

And I rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths.

And I lifted up over them the yoke of my love;

And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so.

And I was not rejected though I was reckoned to be so.

I did not perish, though they devised it against me.

I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth:

I had gall and bitterness, and I went down with him to the utmost of his depth:

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

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

And I heard their voice; and my name I sealed upon their heads:

And I heard their voice; and my name I sealed upon their heads:

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 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 I have said these things to you that you may bid Jeremiah, and all those that are like you, to retire from this city.

And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.

And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.

And I said: 'O LORD, my Lord, have I come into the world for this purpose that I might see the evils of my mother? Not (so) my Lord.

If I have found grace in Your sight, first take my spirit that I may go to my fathers and not behold the destruction of my mother.

If I have found grace in Your sight, first take my spirit that I may go to my fathers and not behold the destruction of my mother.

For two things vehemently constrain me: for I cannot resist you, and my soul, moreover, cannot behold the evils of my mother.

But one thing I will say in Your presence, O Lord.

[Dost you think that this is that city of which I said: "On the palms of My hands have I graven you"?