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OT Pseudepigrapha
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?'
For of what profit is strength that turns to sickness, Or fullness of food that turns to famine, Or beauty that turns to ugliness.
For what we were formerly now we no longer are and what we now are we shall not afterwards remain.
For what we were formerly now we no longer are and what we now are we shall not afterwards remain.
How long will that which is corruptible remain, and how long will the time of mortals be prospered, and until what time will those who transgress in the world be polluted with much wickedness?
And now quickly show Your glory, and do not defer what has been promised by you.'
And again it is given to you to hear what things are to come after these times.
For I know indeed that which has befallen us, but what will happen to our enemies I know not, and when you will visit Your works.'
What therefore will be to them? or how will the last time receive them?
As for what you did say-"To whom will these things be, and how many (will they be)? "-to those who have believed there shall be the good which was spoken of aforetime, and to those who despise there shall be the contrary of these things.
And as for what you did say regarding those who have drawn near and those who have withdrawn this in the word.
And see you what hath befallen Zion, And what hath happened to Jerusalem.
And see you what hath befallen Zion, And what hath happened to Jerusalem.
And take not account of our works; For what are we? For lo! by Your gift do we come into the world, And we depart not of our own will.
What therefore is our strength that we should bear Your wrath, Or what are we that we should endure Your judgment?
What therefore is our strength that we should bear Your wrath, Or what are we that we should endure Your judgment?
And I answered and said: 'O Adam, what have you done to all those who are born from you? And what will be said to the first Eve who hearkened to the serpent?
And I answered and said: 'O Adam, what have you done to all those who are born from you? And what will be said to the first Eve who hearkened to the serpent?
You, O LORD, my Lord, know what is in Your creature.
"In what shape will those live who live in Your day? Or how will the splendor of those who (are) after that time continue?
For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul?
For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul?
And as for the righteous, what will they do now?
(You) who reveal to those who fear you what is prepared for them, That thenceforth they may be comforted.
You show great acts to those who know not; You break up the enclosure of those who are ignorant, And lightest up what is dark, And reveal what is hidden to the pure, [Who in faith have submitted themselves to you and Your law.]
You show great acts to those who know not; You break up the enclosure of those who are ignorant, And lightest up what is dark, And reveal what is hidden to the pure, [Who in faith have submitted themselves to you and Your law.]
For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.
For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.
For I know that as regards those things wherein I besought you, I have received a response, And as regards what I besought, you did reveal to me with what voice I should praise you, And from what members I should cause praises and hallelujahs to ascend to you.
For what am I amongst men, Or why am I reckoned amongst those who are more excellent than I, That I have heard all these marvelous things from the Most High, And numberless promises from Him who created me?
For if owing to the report which you have only heard of judgment you are so moved, What (wilt you be) when you shall see it manifestly with your eyes?
And if with the expectation wherewith you do expect the day of the Mighty One you are so overcome, What (wilt you be) when you shall come to its advent?
And if you have heard tidings of the good and evil things which are then coming and are grieved, What (wilt you be) when you shall behold what the majesty will reveal, Which shall convict these and cause those to rejoice.'
And if you have heard tidings of the good and evil things which are then coming and are grieved, What (wilt you be) when you shall behold what the majesty will reveal, Which shall convict these and cause those to rejoice.'
What therefore can be blacker or darker than these things?
For the Most High made division from the beginning, because He alone knows what will befall.
And He answered and said unto me: ['Inasmuch as the revelation of this vision has been interpreted to you as you requested], hear the word of the Most High that you may know what is to befall you after these things.
Go up therefore to the top of that mountain, and there shall pass before you all the regions of that land, and the figure of the inhabited world, and the top(s) of the mountains, and the depth(s) of the valleys, and the depths of the seas, and the number of the rivers, that you may see what you are leaving, and whither you are going.
Have you not seen here what has befallen Zion?
He has decreed against you that you should be carried away captive-for what you have suffered is disproportioned to what you have done-in order that, at the last times, you may be found worthy of your fathers.
He has decreed against you that you should be carried away captive-for what you have suffered is disproportioned to what you have done-in order that, at the last times, you may be found worthy of your fathers.
Now, my brethren, learn first what befell Zion: how that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against us.
For what befell you we also suffer in a preeminent degree, for it befell us also.
And let us not now look unto the delights of the Gentiles in the present, but let us remember what has been promised to us in the end.
And after his death you cast them away from you: on this account there came upon you what had been predicted.
For no man upon it had done what they did,
And have mercy on the righteous, (delivering him) from the affliction of the sinner, And recompensing the sinner for what he hath done to the righteous.
The righteous stumbleth and holdeth the Lord righteous: He falleth and looketh out for what God will do to him;
For man and his portion (lie) before Thee in the balance; He cannot add to, so as to enlarge, what has been prescribed by Thee. O God,
At what he sees in his bad dreams, his soul shall not be troubled;
My loins were broken at what I heard, my knees tottered:
Let the Lord do what He hath spoken concerning Israel and Jerusalem; Let the Lord raise up Israel by His glorious name. The mercy of the Lord be upon Israel for ever and ever.
But with goodwill and cheerfulness support my soul; When Thou strengthenest my soul, what is given (to me) will be sufficient for me.
But, for our sins, sinners rose up against us; They assailed us and thrust us out; What Thou hadst not promised to them, they took away (from us) with violence.
I'll prophesy each thing: what erst has been,
And what is now, and what shall yet befall
And what is now, and what shall yet befall
At what he heard. And then, within his mind
And many a year rule, rendering what is just
From what is righteous go at all astray--
With what thou hast and keep thyself from that
Which is another's. Speak not what is false,
To the poor thy hand. Of what God gave to thee
A different thought from what thou speakest forth;
With evils that are past; for what is done
Together, and shall pick out what is pure.
What shall I be in that day? for I sinned--
I, who have uttered what is all too true,
What is pure. No more laughing spheres of light,
This also in my mind to tell: what first,
And what next, and what evil last shall be
And what next, and what evil last shall be
What pouring out of blood shalt thou receive,
Or woman; what a home unspeakable
What troubles in the rolling years shall come.
And what as whole burnt-offering Hellas brought
What time they reach the land, polluted kings
But what God gave for faithful men to honor;
For he showed me what happened formerly
To my ancestors; what things were the first
Truly to men what things have now befallen
Shall come to pass; and now what things shall be
What time the Nile, corn-nourisher, shall hide
What God can do, and what he doth devise?
What God can do, and what he doth devise?
And what things Egypt taught to magnify
Having a sign, shall know for what they toiled.
With riches mixed, what thou hast longed to have
And to hold fast what God put in their charge.
What god shall save thee, whether wrought of gold
Where then thy power? What allied land shall be
And made to suffer what thou didst exact,
[And punishing what any mortal did
I shall fuse and shall pick out what is pure,
What an outpouring of the blood of men
And what spoils of the old man weeping much
For what thou didst unlawfully of old,
Structures and ornament and what may seem
And what is much more excellent for men
And a just minister of what is right;