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But again I will speak in Your presence, O LORD, my Lord.

-On this account hear, and I will speak to you, and hearken, and I will cause you to hear My words.

Man would not rightly have understood My judgment, unless he had accepted the law, and I had instructed him in understanding.

And I answered and said: 'O LORD, my Lord, lo! the years of this time are few and evil, and who is able in his little time to acquire that which is measureless?'

And then I will show you the judgment of My might, And My ways which are unsearchable.

And then I will show you the judgment of My might, And My ways which are unsearchable.

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 it came to pass at sunset that my soul took much thought, and I began to speak in the presence of the Mighty One, and said:

Who causes the drops of rain to rain by number upon the earth, and alone knows the consummation of the times before they come; have respect unto my prayer.

And I answered and said: 'Not so, O LORD, my Lord.'

Before therefore the number aforesaid is fulfilled, the creature will not live again [for My spirit is the creator of life], and Sheol will receive the dead.

For truly My redemption has drawn nigh, and is not far distant as aforetime.

And it came to pass when I had spoken to them all these words, that I, Baruch, went my way, and when the people saw me setting out, they lifted up their voice and lamented and said:

And I prayed and said: 'O LORD, my Lord, you do always enlighten those who are led by understanding.

For you know that my soul hath always walked in Your law, and from my (earliest) days I departed not from Your wisdom.'

For you know that my soul hath always walked in Your law, and from my (earliest) days I departed not from Your wisdom.'

And it will come to pass when the time of its consummation that it should fall has approached, then the principate of My Messiah will be revealed, which is like the fountain and the vine, and when it is revealed it will root out the multitude of its host.

The last leader of that time will be left alive, when the multitude of his hosts will be put to the sword, and he will be bound, and they will take him up to Mount Zion, and My Messiah will convict him of all his impieties, and will gather and set before him all the works of his hosts.

And afterwards he will put him to death, and protect the rest of My people which shall be found in the place which I have chosen.

And I, Baruch, went from thence, and came to my people, and I called my first-born son and [the Gedaliahs] my friends, and seven of the elders of the people, and I said unto them:

And I, Baruch, went from thence, and came to my people, and I called my first-born son and [the Gedaliahs] my friends, and seven of the elders of the people, and I said unto them:

And I, Baruch, went from thence, and came to my people, and I called my first-born son and [the Gedaliahs] my friends, and seven of the elders of the people, and I said unto them:

Behold, I go unto my fathers According to the way of all the earth.

And my son and the elders of the people answered and said unto me: 'Has the Mighty One humiliated us to such a degree As to take you from us quickly?

But with regard to the word that I was to be taken I did not make (it) known to them or to my son.]

'O my Lord, you summon the advent of the times, And they stand before you; You cause the power of the ages to pass away, And they do not resist you; You arrange the method of the seasons, And they obey you.

Hear Your servant And give ear to my petition.

But I will speak now before you, And I will say as my heart thinks.

But My judgment exacts its own And My law exacts its rights.

But My judgment exacts its own And My law exacts its rights.

For this is as follows: he that is corrupted is not at all; he has both wrought iniquity so far as lie could do anything, and has not remembered My goodness, nor accepted My long-suffering.

For this is as follows: he that is corrupted is not at all; he has both wrought iniquity so far as lie could do anything, and has not remembered My goodness, nor accepted My long-suffering.

And it shall come to pass in those days that all the inhabitants of the earth shall be moved one against another, because they know not that My judgment has drawn nigh.

Because each of the inhabitants of the earth knew when he was transgressing. But My Law they knew not by reason of their pride.

You, O LORD, my Lord, know what is in Your creature.

Also (as for) the glory of those who have now been justified in My law, who have had understanding in their life, and who have planted in their heart the root of wisdom, then their splendor shall be glorified in changes, and the form of their face shall be turned into the light of their beauty, that they may be able to acquire and receive the world which does not die, which is then promised to them.

For over this above all shall those who come then lament, that they rejected My law, and stopped their ears that they might not hear wisdom or receive understanding.

For there shall be spread before them the extents of Paradise, and there shall be shown to them the beauty of the majesty of the living creatures which are beneath the throne, and all the armies of the angels, who are now held fast by My word, lest they should appear, and are held fast by a command, that they may stand in their places till their advent comes.

And by reason of my fear I awoke.

For if my members were mouths, And the hairs of my head voices, Even so I could not give you the reward of praise, Nor laud you as is befitting, Nor could I recount Your praise, Nor tell the glory of Your beauty.

For if my members were mouths, And the hairs of my head voices, Even so I could not give you the reward of praise, Nor laud you as is befitting, Nor could I recount Your praise, Nor tell the glory of Your beauty.

Blessed be my mother among those that bear, And praised among women be she that bare me.

And I wondered and was astonished, and pondered in my thoughts regarding the multitude of goodness which sinners who are upon the earth have rejected, and regarding the great torment which they have despised, though they knew that they should be tormented because of the sin they had committed.

[And it shall come to pass that whoever of the victors and the vanquished gets safe out of and escapes all these things aforesaid will be delivered into the hands of My servant Messiah.]

After the signs have come, of which you were told before, when the nations become turbulent, and the time of My Messiah is come, he shall both summon all the nations, and some of them he shall spare, and some of them he shall slay.

Thus says Baruch the son of Neriah to the brethren carried into captivity: 'Mercy and peace.' I bear in mind, my brethren, the love of Him who created us, who loved us from of old, and never hated us, but above all educated us.

Now, my brethren, learn first what befell Zion: how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against us.

And now, my brethren, I make known unto you that when the enemy had surrounded the city, the angels of the Most High were sent, and they overthrew the fortifications of the strong wall, and they destroyed the firm iron corners, which could not be rooted out.

Therefore, my brethren, I have written to you, that you may comfort yourselves regarding the multitude of your tribulations.

I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well off and had become rich in children.

Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things.

Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things.

Why sleepest thou, O my soul, And blessest not the Lord

Distress and the sound of war hath my ear heard; The sound of a trumpet announcing slaughter and calamity,

And I said in my heart; Surely () God judgeth us;

My loins were broken at what I heard, my knees tottered:

My loins were broken at what I heard, my knees tottered:

My heart was afraid, my bones were dismayed like flax.

My heart was afraid, my bones were dismayed like flax.

O Lord, deliver my soul from (the) lawless and wicked man, From the tongue that is lawless and slanderous, and speaketh lies and deceit.

When my soul slumbered (being afar) from the Lord, I had all but slipped down to the pit, When (I was) far from God,

my soul had been well nigh poured out unto death, (I had been) nigh unto the gates of Sheol with the sinner,

when my soul departed from the Lord God of Israel— Had not the Lord helped me with His ever lasting mercy.

He pricked me, as a horse is pricked, that I might serve Him, My savior and helper at all times saved me.

I will give thanks unto Thee, O God, for Thou hast helped me to (my) salvation; And hast not counted me with sinners to (my) destruction.

I will give thanks unto Thee, O God, for Thou hast helped me to (my) salvation; And hast not counted me with sinners to (my) destruction.

Remove not Thy mercy from me, O God, Nor Thy memorial from my heart until I die.

Establish the works of my hands before Thee, And preserve my goings in the remembrance of Thee.

Establish the works of my hands before Thee, And preserve my goings in the remembrance of Thee.

Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth; Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.

Protect my tongue and my lips with words of truth; Anger and unreasoning wrath put far from me.

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.

Lest ever thou should'st my commands neglect,

Around my body; and on every side

Be thou not uninitiate in my lore."

My wise song, also in my breast again

My wise song, also in my breast again

In my whole body terror-stricken these

But even in my wealthy husband's house

Do thou from my tormentors rescue me,

Make me to rest a little from my song,

For my heart has grown weary from within.

But why again leaps my heart, and my soul

But why again leaps my heart, and my soul

Was set within my breast, and it bade me

Plant things which are to be. And to my mind

This also in my mind to tell: what first,

Now when my soul had rest from inspired song,

From constraint; even in my heart again

And in my mind God put this first to say

But skillfully; for of my verse and meters

He will be master; for he first my books

Now, when my soul had. rest from inspired song.

Even again within my heart was set

Whatever only in my heart he put;

To my ancestors; what things were the first

Those God made known to me; and in my mind

Through a month many-toned, from my great hall

Struck through my heart within to make me tell