13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18¶ To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted: yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. 25 To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, hid from the LORD, and my judgand speakest, O Israel, My way is ment is passed over from my God? thou not heard, that the everlast28¶ Hast thou not known, hast the ends of the earth, fainteth not, ing God, the LORD, the Creator of neither is weary? there is searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. IS. LXIII:7-14-B. C. 698 13 That led them through the deep as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. EZEK. XLVII:13-23—B. C. 574 7¶I will mention the loving།[ kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he 13 Thus saith the Lord God; hath bestowed on them according This shall be the border, whereby to his mercies, and according to ye shall inherit the land accordthe multitude of his loving-kind- ing to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. nesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. was 9 In all their affliction he afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, ¶ rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his Holy Spirit within him? 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. 17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north north And this is the north side. ward, and the border of Hamath. 18 And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel, by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. 19 And the south side south-ens, and the earth was full of his ward, from Tamar even to the praise. waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. 20 The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. 21 So shall ye divide this land. unto you according to the tribes of Israel. 22 And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord God. HAB. III:1-16-B. C. 626 1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 20 LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. 3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heav 4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. 5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. 6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. 7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. 8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst chariots to salvation? ride upon thine horses and thy 9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. 13 Thou wentest forth for the 15 Thou didst walk through the salvation of thy people, even for sea with thine horses, through the salvation with thine anointed; | heap of great waters. thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. 16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my 14 Thou didst strike through bones, and I trembled in myself, with his staves the head of his vil- that I might rest in the day of lages: they came out as a whirl- trouble: when he cometh up unto wind to scatter me: their rejoicing the people, he will invade them was as to devour the poor secretly. with his troops. |