me

Murmuring, and impatience in affliction, remove far from me, When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return (unto Thee).

Murmuring, and impatience in affliction, remove far from me, When, if I sin, Thou chastenest me that I may return (unto Thee).

But with goodwill and cheerfulness support my soul; When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is given (to me) will be sufficient for me.

But with goodwill and cheerfulness support my soul; When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is given (to me) will be sufficient for me.

First now God urges on me to relate

But if, with shameless soul, they heed me not

Do thou discern. I clothe me with the heaven,

And cast the sea around me, and for me

And cast the sea around me, and for me

Around me runs the chorus of the stars.

I am; discern me. The first three have each

Who bade me warn you, that ye perish not.

But God impels me to proclaim each thing.

Do thou from my tormentors rescue me,

Make me to rest a little from my song,

Entreat thee, let me have a little rest;

Which God commands me to proclaim to men.

A fiery cataract. Ah, wretched me!

Was set within my breast, and it bade me

And he bade me proclaim through all the earth

Commanded me to prophesy on earth.

Himself bade me proclaim. And that shall not

Ye shall remember me, and no one more

Shall call me mad, the great God's prophetess,

For he showed me what happened formerly

Those God made known to me; and in my mind

Struck through my heart within to make me tell

But if, ill-disposed, ye obey me not,

BUT come, now, hear of me the mournful time

Now these things unto Egypt God bade me

Which things it is not right for me to mention,

Why dost thou move me to declare these things,

But thou saidst, "I'm alone, and me no one

And "If in any thing thou blame me, speak?"

But why does the wise mind grant me these things?

Take me not, willing, to the neighboring land

Do not afflict me, holy fear of God

And he shall teach them as he has taught me,

Therefore did fire consume me and shall gnaw;

Of evil shall destroy me, when for me

Of evil shall destroy me, when for me

Construct a tomb, and shall slay me with stones;

Did I present him. Smite me, smite me all;

Did I present him. Smite me, smite me all;

Ah me, I the thrice wretched, shall I see

Let me not live when the gay woman reigns,

To demons, and they kindle lights to me

And help the weary, and provide for me

Not proved before me, then shall all withdraw.

BUT come now, hear of me the mournful time

My heart laments, my heart within me mourns;

What things I say; for thou art in me he

That speaketh all these things. Now let me rest

GREAT word divine he bids me sing again--

And these the heavenly God enjoins on me

For he said, 'Surely he shall be a son to me'. Before his words Ahikar had become great and had been counsellor of all Assyria

'I am old and who shall be to me a son after me to . . . ? and who shall be

'I am old and who shall be to me a son after me to . . . ? and who shall be

and taught him and showed great kindness (to him), and set him in the gate of the palace with me before the king among

king of Assyria and said to me, 'So indeed it shall be. Your son shall be scribe and seal-bearer to me

king of Assyria and said to me, 'So indeed it shall be. Your son shall be scribe and seal-bearer to me

in your stead. He shall do your service for me.' Then I, Ahikar, when I heard

the son of my sister whom I had brought up, imagined against me evil and said in his heart,

Then when my son who was not my son, had devised this falsehood against me

'Let there come to me Nabusumiskun one of the officers of my father, who ate the bread of my father.'

he, with other men who were with him, saw me while I was walking among the vineyards.

And when this Nabusumiskun the officer saw me then he rent his clothes, lamenting,

Moreover king Senacherib was well pleased with me that I had kept you alive and had not killed you. Now

according as I did to you, so do also to me. Do not kill me. Take me to your house until other days.

according as I did to you, so do also to me. Do not kill me. Take me to your house until other days.

according as I did to you, so do also to me. Do not kill me. Take me to your house until other days.

King Esarhaddon is kind as any man. Hereafter he will remember me and desire my counsel. Then you

shall bring me to him and he shall let me live.' Then answered Nabusumiskun the officer and said to me, 'Fear not. Surely

shall bring me to him and he shall let me live.' Then answered Nabusumiskun the officer and said to me, 'Fear not. Surely

shall bring me to him and he shall let me live.' Then answered Nabusumiskun the officer and said to me, 'Fear not. Surely

'Hearken, indeed, and listen to me, and I will tell you my counsel, and it is a good counsel

what you think, and we will listen to you.' Then answered Nabusumiskun the officer and said to them, 'Hear me,

over him, and the heart of Esarhaddon the king shall turn to me and he shall say to his officers and courtiers,

the king is killed.' Then Nabusumiskun, that officer, took me to his house and hid me, also

the king is killed.' Then Nabusumiskun, that officer, took me to his house and hid me, also

he sustained me there as a man (deals) with his brother, and said to me . . . 'Bread and water

he sustained me there as a man (deals) with his brother, and said to me . . . 'Bread and water

went to Esarhaddon the king and said to him, 'According as you commanded me, so have I done.

The goat answered and said to the leopard, 'What hast thou to do with me, my lord? Take not my skin from me.' For he does not

The goat answered and said to the leopard, 'What hast thou to do with me, my lord? Take not my skin from me.' For he does not

There was a cruel witness against me, and who then has justified me? From my own house went forth wrath, with whom shall I strive and toil?

There was a cruel witness against me, and who then has justified me? From my own house went forth wrath, with whom shall I strive and toil?

God set me up as a righteous man with thee, why . . .

. . . come near to me, and let him not say, 'Be far from me'.

. . . come near to me, and let him not say, 'Be far from me'.

. . . one to the wild ass, 'Let me ride upon thee and I will feed thee.'

And lo! a ladder was set up on the earth, whose top reached unto heaven. And the top of the ladder was a face as of a man, hewn out of fire. Now it had twelve steps up to the top of the ladder, and upon each step up to the top were two human faces on the right and on the left—twenty-four faces seen to their breast, on the ladder. But the middle face was higher than them all, which I saw made of fire, to the shoulder and the arm, very terribly, more than the twenty-four faces. And as I looked, behold, the Angels of God ascending and descending thereon: but the Lord was set above it, and he called me, saying: Jacob, Jacob. And I said: Here am I, Lord; And he said to me: The land whereon thou sleepest I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee: and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand of the sea; through thy seed shall all the earth be blessed, and they that dwell thereon, unto the last times, the years of the end. My blessing wherewith I have blessed thee shall pour out from thee unto the last generation. All in the east and the west shall be full of thy seed.

And lo! a ladder was set up on the earth, whose top reached unto heaven. And the top of the ladder was a face as of a man, hewn out of fire. Now it had twelve steps up to the top of the ladder, and upon each step up to the top were two human faces on the right and on the left—twenty-four faces seen to their breast, on the ladder. But the middle face was higher than them all, which I saw made of fire, to the shoulder and the arm, very terribly, more than the twenty-four faces. And as I looked, behold, the Angels of God ascending and descending thereon: but the Lord was set above it, and he called me, saying: Jacob, Jacob. And I said: Here am I, Lord; And he said to me: The land whereon thou sleepest I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee: and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand of the sea; through thy seed shall all the earth be blessed, and they that dwell thereon, unto the last times, the years of the end. My blessing wherewith I have blessed thee shall pour out from thee unto the last generation. All in the east and the west shall be full of thy seed.

And when I heard it from above, fear and trembling fell upon me, and I rose up from my dream. And while the Voice of God was yet in mine ears, I said: How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And I set up the stone that was under my head for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it, and I called the name of that place the house of God . . . Lord God of Adam, of thy creature, and Lord God of Abraham and Isaac my father, and of all whose ways are right before thee, thou that sittest mighty upon the Cherubim and upon the throne of the majesty, of fire and full of eyes, as I saw in my dream; that holds the Cherubim with four faces, that bears the Seraphim full of eyes, that bears the whole world under his arm, and is borne of none. Thou hast established the heaven for the glory of thy name. Thou hast spread out upon the clouds of the heaven the heaven that flieth under thee, that under it thou mayest move the sun and hide it in the night lest it be held for God: thou hast ordained the way for the moon and the stars, and her thou makest to wax and wane, but for the stars, thou hast commanded them to pass over, lest these also should be supposed gods. Before the face of thy majesty the six-winged Seraphim fear, and hide their feet and their face with their wings, and with the others they fly, and sing . . . Highest, with twelve faces, many-named, fiery, lightning-formed, holy one! Holy, Holy, Holy, Jao Jaova, Jaoel, Sabakdos, Chabod, Sabaoth, Omlelech, Elaber, Ame S'me Barech, eternal king, strong, mighty, very great, long-suffering. Blessed One, that fillest heaven and earth and the sea and the abyss and all æons with thy glory. Hear my song wherewith I have praised thee, and grant me my petition for which I pray to thee, and show me the interpretation of my dream. For thou art strong and mighty and glorious, a holy God, the Lord of me and of my fathers.

And when I heard it from above, fear and trembling fell upon me, and I rose up from my dream. And while the Voice of God was yet in mine ears, I said: How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And I set up the stone that was under my head for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it, and I called the name of that place the house of God . . . Lord God of Adam, of thy creature, and Lord God of Abraham and Isaac my father, and of all whose ways are right before thee, thou that sittest mighty upon the Cherubim and upon the throne of the majesty, of fire and full of eyes, as I saw in my dream; that holds the Cherubim with four faces, that bears the Seraphim full of eyes, that bears the whole world under his arm, and is borne of none. Thou hast established the heaven for the glory of thy name. Thou hast spread out upon the clouds of the heaven the heaven that flieth under thee, that under it thou mayest move the sun and hide it in the night lest it be held for God: thou hast ordained the way for the moon and the stars, and her thou makest to wax and wane, but for the stars, thou hast commanded them to pass over, lest these also should be supposed gods. Before the face of thy majesty the six-winged Seraphim fear, and hide their feet and their face with their wings, and with the others they fly, and sing . . . Highest, with twelve faces, many-named, fiery, lightning-formed, holy one! Holy, Holy, Holy, Jao Jaova, Jaoel, Sabakdos, Chabod, Sabaoth, Omlelech, Elaber, Ame S'me Barech, eternal king, strong, mighty, very great, long-suffering. Blessed One, that fillest heaven and earth and the sea and the abyss and all æons with thy glory. Hear my song wherewith I have praised thee, and grant me my petition for which I pray to thee, and show me the interpretation of my dream. For thou art strong and mighty and glorious, a holy God, the Lord of me and of my fathers.

And when I heard it from above, fear and trembling fell upon me, and I rose up from my dream. And while the Voice of God was yet in mine ears, I said: How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And I set up the stone that was under my head for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it, and I called the name of that place the house of God . . . Lord God of Adam, of thy creature, and Lord God of Abraham and Isaac my father, and of all whose ways are right before thee, thou that sittest mighty upon the Cherubim and upon the throne of the majesty, of fire and full of eyes, as I saw in my dream; that holds the Cherubim with four faces, that bears the Seraphim full of eyes, that bears the whole world under his arm, and is borne of none. Thou hast established the heaven for the glory of thy name. Thou hast spread out upon the clouds of the heaven the heaven that flieth under thee, that under it thou mayest move the sun and hide it in the night lest it be held for God: thou hast ordained the way for the moon and the stars, and her thou makest to wax and wane, but for the stars, thou hast commanded them to pass over, lest these also should be supposed gods. Before the face of thy majesty the six-winged Seraphim fear, and hide their feet and their face with their wings, and with the others they fly, and sing . . . Highest, with twelve faces, many-named, fiery, lightning-formed, holy one! Holy, Holy, Holy, Jao Jaova, Jaoel, Sabakdos, Chabod, Sabaoth, Omlelech, Elaber, Ame S'me Barech, eternal king, strong, mighty, very great, long-suffering. Blessed One, that fillest heaven and earth and the sea and the abyss and all æons with thy glory. Hear my song wherewith I have praised thee, and grant me my petition for which I pray to thee, and show me the interpretation of my dream. For thou art strong and mighty and glorious, a holy God, the Lord of me and of my fathers.

And when I heard it from above, fear and trembling fell upon me, and I rose up from my dream. And while the Voice of God was yet in mine ears, I said: How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And I set up the stone that was under my head for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it, and I called the name of that place the house of God . . . Lord God of Adam, of thy creature, and Lord God of Abraham and Isaac my father, and of all whose ways are right before thee, thou that sittest mighty upon the Cherubim and upon the throne of the majesty, of fire and full of eyes, as I saw in my dream; that holds the Cherubim with four faces, that bears the Seraphim full of eyes, that bears the whole world under his arm, and is borne of none. Thou hast established the heaven for the glory of thy name. Thou hast spread out upon the clouds of the heaven the heaven that flieth under thee, that under it thou mayest move the sun and hide it in the night lest it be held for God: thou hast ordained the way for the moon and the stars, and her thou makest to wax and wane, but for the stars, thou hast commanded them to pass over, lest these also should be supposed gods. Before the face of thy majesty the six-winged Seraphim fear, and hide their feet and their face with their wings, and with the others they fly, and sing . . . Highest, with twelve faces, many-named, fiery, lightning-formed, holy one! Holy, Holy, Holy, Jao Jaova, Jaoel, Sabakdos, Chabod, Sabaoth, Omlelech, Elaber, Ame S'me Barech, eternal king, strong, mighty, very great, long-suffering. Blessed One, that fillest heaven and earth and the sea and the abyss and all æons with thy glory. Hear my song wherewith I have praised thee, and grant me my petition for which I pray to thee, and show me the interpretation of my dream. For thou art strong and mighty and glorious, a holy God, the Lord of me and of my fathers.

And while I yet spake my prayer, there appeared a voice before my face saying: Sarekl, prince of them that rejoice, thou that art over visions, go make Jacob to understand the interpretation of the dream which he saw, and show him all things whatsoever he saw: but first bless him. And he archangel Sarekl came to me, and I saw: it was a face . . . terrible. But I did not fear before his look, for the face which I had seen in my dream . . . was more than this, and I feared not the face of an angel. And the angel said to me: What is thy name? and I said: Jacob. But he said to me: Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but thy name shall be like my name, Israel. And when I came from Fandana in Syria to meet my brother Esau, he came to me and blessed me, and called my name Israel, and told me not his name until I adjured him, and then he told me: Because thou wast . . .

And while I yet spake my prayer, there appeared a voice before my face saying: Sarekl, prince of them that rejoice, thou that art over visions, go make Jacob to understand the interpretation of the dream which he saw, and show him all things whatsoever he saw: but first bless him. And he archangel Sarekl came to me, and I saw: it was a face . . . terrible. But I did not fear before his look, for the face which I had seen in my dream . . . was more than this, and I feared not the face of an angel. And the angel said to me: What is thy name? and I said: Jacob. But he said to me: Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but thy name shall be like my name, Israel. And when I came from Fandana in Syria to meet my brother Esau, he came to me and blessed me, and called my name Israel, and told me not his name until I adjured him, and then he told me: Because thou wast . . .

And while I yet spake my prayer, there appeared a voice before my face saying: Sarekl, prince of them that rejoice, thou that art over visions, go make Jacob to understand the interpretation of the dream which he saw, and show him all things whatsoever he saw: but first bless him. And he archangel Sarekl came to me, and I saw: it was a face . . . terrible. But I did not fear before his look, for the face which I had seen in my dream . . . was more than this, and I feared not the face of an angel. And the angel said to me: What is thy name? and I said: Jacob. But he said to me: Thy name shall not henceforth be called Jacob, but thy name shall be like my name, Israel. And when I came from Fandana in Syria to meet my brother Esau, he came to me and blessed me, and called my name Israel, and told me not his name until I adjured him, and then he told me: Because thou wast . . .