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That they may go forth to meet Him, and may sing to Him with joy and with the harp of many tones:
And hatred shall be taken from the earth, and along with jealousy it shall be drowned:
To bring forth fruit to the Lord [fruit], holy [fruit], and to talk with watchfulness in His light.
For the right hand of the Lord is with you: and He is your helper:
Love me with affection, ye who love:
And my righteousness goeth before them and they shall not be deprived of my name, for it is with them.
For the Most High clave my heart by His Holy Spirit and searched my affection towards Him: and filled me with His love.
And I drank and was inebriated with the living water that doth not die;
But everything is filled with fruit; glory be to thee, O God, the delight of Paradise for ever. Hallelujah.
He hath filled me with words of truth; that I may speak the same;
For with thee are my consolations and my delight.
Let me be preserved from evil, and let thy meekness, O Lord, abide with me, and the fruits of thy love.
And open to me the harp of thy Holy Spirit, that with all its notes I may praise thee, O 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 brought Him forth openly, and acquired Him with great dignity,
And I put off darkness and clothed myself with light,
He that overthrew by my hands the dragon with seven heads: and thou hast set me over his roots that I might destroy his seed.
Thou didst take dead bones and didst cover them with bodies.
And there was with it a sign of the Kingdom and of the Government:
And they sealed up the abysses with the seal of the Lord. And they perished, in the thought, those that had existed from ancient times;
And the Lord destroyed the imaginations of all them that had not the truth with them.
For they who in their hearts were lifted up were deficient in wisdom, and so they were rejected, because the truth was not with them.
And I shall see him no more: because thy face was with me, which saved me by thy grace.
And I was clothed with the covering of thy Spirit, and thou didst remove from me my raiment of skin;
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.
Or who can rest on the Most High, so that with His mouth he may speak?
He has richly blessed me and my head is with Him: and the sword shall not divide me from Him, nor the scimitar;
And the honeycomb of bees is not to be compared with it.
And He lifted up His voice to the Most High, and offered to Him the sons that were with Him.
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 spake with the lips of my heart; and He heard me, when my voice reached I Him:
And it went with me and made me rest, and suffered me not to wander, because it was the Truth;
And I ran no risk, because I walked with Him;
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 my face exults with His gladness, and my spirit exults in His love, and my soul shines in Him:
Let us exult with the joy of the Lord.
And His Word is with us in all our way;
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 rose up and am with them; and I will speak by their mouths.
Death cast me up, and many along with me.
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 those who had died ran towards me: and they cried and said, Son of God, have pity on us, and do with us according to thy kindness,
Let us also be redeemed with thee: for thou art our Redeemer.
This building now built in your midst is not that which is revealed with Me, that which prepared beforehand here from the time when I took counsel to make Paradise, and showed Adam before he sinned, but when he transgressed the commandment it was removed from him, as also Paradise.
And now, behold, it is preserved with Me, as Paradise.
And you shall see with your eyes That the enemy will not overthrow Zion, Nor shall they burn Jerusalem, But be the ministers of the Judge for the time.
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.
And he, indeed, departed with the people, but I, Baruch, returned and sat before the gates of the temple, and I lamented with the following lamentation over Zion and said:
And he, indeed, departed with the people, but I, Baruch, returned and sat before the gates of the temple, and I lamented with the following lamentation over Zion and said:
I will call the Sirens from the sea, And you Lilin, come you from the desert, And you Shedim and dragons from the forests: Awake and gird up your loins unto mourning, And take up with me the dirges, And make lamentation with me.
I will call the Sirens from the sea, And you Lilin, come you from the desert, And you Shedim and dragons from the forests: Awake and gird up your loins unto mourning, And take up with me the dirges, And make lamentation with me.
And you, you bridegrooms, enter not in, And let not the brides adorn themselves with garlands; And, you women, pray not that you may bear.
And you, you virgins; who weave fine linen And silk with gold of Ophir, Take with haste all (these) things And cast (them) into the fire, That it may bear them to Him who made them, And the flame send them to Him who created them, Lest the enemy get possession of them.
And you, you virgins; who weave fine linen And silk with gold of Ophir, Take with haste all (these) things And cast (them) into the fire, That it may bear them to Him who made them, And the flame send them to Him who created them, Lest the enemy get possession of them.
For as the breath ascends involuntarily, and again dies, so it is with the nature of men, who depart not according to their own will, and know not what will befall them in the end.
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.
On this account also these without fear leave this world, and trusting with joy they hope to receive the world which you have promised them.
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.
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.'
And the Lord answered and said unto me: 'With the Most High account is not taken of time nor of a few years.
And afterwards come to that place and I will reveal Myself to you, and speak true things with you, and I will give you commandment regarding the method of the times; for they are coming and tarry not.'
And afterwards I came to that place where He had spoken with me.
You that rule with great thought the hosts that stand before you: also the countless holy beings, which you did make from the beginning, of flame and fire, which stand around Your throne you rule with indignation.
You that rule with great thought the hosts that stand before you: also the countless holy beings, which you did make from the beginning, of flame and fire, which stand around Your throne you rule with indignation.
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?
For it shall come to pass at that time that you shall see-and the many that are with you-the long-suffering of the Most High, which has been throughout all generations, who has been long-suffering towards all who are born, (alike) those who sin and (those who) are righteous.'
For these parts of that time are reserved, and shall be mingled one with another and minister one to another.
Also when it had cast it down and had destroyed and rooted out the greater part of that forest, so that nothing was left of it, nor could its place be recognized, then that vine began to come with the fountain in peace and great tranquility, and it came to a place which was not far from that cedar, and they brought the cedar which had been cast down to it.
Do you also therefore depart, O cedar, after the forest, which departed before you, and become dust with it, and let your ashes be mingled together.
And by it the truth will be hidden, and all those who are polluted with iniquity will flee to it, as evil beasts flee and creep into the forest.
And as touching that which you have seen, the lofty cedar, which was left of that forest, and the fact, that the vine spoke those words with it which you did hear, this is the word.
As for those who were before subject, and afterwards withdrew and mingled themselves with the seed of mingled peoples, the time of these was the former, and was accounted as something exalted.
And as for those who before knew not but afterwards knew life, and mingled (only) with the seed of the people which had separated itself, the time of these (is) the latter, and is accounted as something exalted.
And time shall succeed to time and season to season, and one shall receive from another, and then with a view to the consummation shall everything be compared according to the measure of the times and the hours of the seasons.
Go therefore and command your people, and come to this place, and afterwards fast seven days, and then I will come to you and speak with you.'
And everything that dies shall depart, And all the present time shall be forgotten, Nor shall there be any remembrance of the present time, which is defiled with evils.
These are they who have acquired for themselves treasures of wisdom, And with them are found stores of understanding, And from mercy have they not withdrawn, And the truth of the law I have they preserved.
But with regard to the word that I was to be taken I did not make (it) known to them or to my son.]
With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames, And they change into spirits, And with a word you quicken that which was not, And with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come.
With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames, And they change into spirits, And with a word you quicken that which was not, And with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come.
With nods of fear and indignation You command the flames, And they change into spirits, And with a word you quicken that which was not, And with mighty power you hold that which has not yet come.
But with you hours are as a time, And days as generations.
Be not therefore wroth with man; for he is nothing
In you do we trust, for lo! Your law is with us, And we know that we shall not fall so long as we keep Your statutes.
[To all time are we blessed at all events in this that we have not mingled with the Gentiles.]
For that time shall arise which brings affliction; for it shall come and pass by with quick vehemence, and it shall be turbulent coming in the heat of indignation.
And whilst they are meditating these things, Then envy shall arise in those who had not thought aught of themselves (?) And passion shall seize him that is peaceful, And many shall be stirred up in anger to injure many, And they shall rouse up armies in order to shed blood, And in the end they shall perish together with them.
And it came to pass at the end of the cloud, that lo! it rained black waters, and they were darker than had been all those waters that were before, and fire was mingled with them, and where those waters descended, they wrought devastation and destruction.
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 will not be silent in praising the Mighty One, And with the voice of praise I will recount His marvelous deeds.
For with Your counsel you do govern all the creatures which Your right hand has created And you have established every fountain of light beside you, And the treasures of wisdom beneath Your throne have you prepared.
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 became he a danger some of them descended, and mingled with the women.
And those who dwelt on the earth perished together (with them) through the waters of the deluge.