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chapter 12
1
O how
good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!
2 And therefore thou chastisest them that err, by
little and little: and admonishest them, and speakest to them, concerning the
things wherein they offend: that leaving their wickedness, they may believe in
thee, O Lord.
3 For those ancient inhabitants of thy holy land, whom
thou didst abhor,
4 Because they did works hateful to thee by their
sorceries, and wicked sacrifices,
5 And those merciless murderers of their own children,
and eaters of men's bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy
consecration,
6 And those parents sacrificing with their own hands
helpless souls, it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our parents,
7 That the land which of all is most dear to thee might
receive a worthy colony of the children of God.
8 Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send
wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little.
9 Not that thou wast unable to bring the wicked under
the just by war, or by cruel beasts, or with one rough word to destroy them at
once:
10 But executing thy judgments by degrees thou gavest
them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a wicked
generation, and their malice natural, and that their thought could never be
changed.
11 For it was a cursed seed from the beginning: neither
didst thou for fear of any one give pardon to their sins.
12 For who shall say to thee: What hast thou done? or
who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall come before thee to be a
revenger of wicked men? or who shall accuse thee, if the nations perish, which
thou hast made?
13 For there is no other God but thou, who hast care of
all, that thou shouldst shew that thou dost not give judgment unjustly.
14 Neither shall king, nor tyrant in thy sight inquire
about them whom thou hast destroyed.
15 For so much then as thou art just, thou orderest all
things justly: thinking it not agreeable to thy power, to condemn him who
deserveth not to be punished.
16 For thy power is the beginning of justice: and
because thou art Lord of all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
17 For thou shewest thy power, when men will not
believe thee to be absolute in power, and thou convincest the boldness of them
that know thee not.
18 But thou being master of power, judgest with
tranquillity; and with great favour disposest of us: for thy power is at hand
when thou wilt.
19 But thou hast taught thy people by such works, that
they must be just and humane, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope:
because in judging thou givest place for repentance for sins.
20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy
servants, and that deserved to die, with so great deliberation, giving them
time and place whereby they might be changed from their wickedness:
21 With what circumspection hast thou judged thy own
children, to whose parents thou hast sworn and made covenants of good promises?
22 Therefore whereas thou chastisest us, thou scourgest
our enemies very many ways, to the end that when we judge we may think on thy
goodness: and when we are judged, we may hope for thy mercy.
23 Wherefore thou hast also greatly tormented them who
in their life have lived foolishly and unjustly, by the same things which they
worshipped.
24 For they went astray for a long time in the ways of
error, holding those things for gods which are the most worthless among beasts,
living after the manner of children without understanding.
25 Therefore thou hast sent a judgment upon them as
senseless children to mock them.
26 But they that were not amended by mockeries and
reprehensions, experienced the worthy judgment of God.
27 For seeing with indignation that they suffered by
those very things which they took for gods, when they were destroyed by the
same, they acknowledged him the true God, whom in time past they denied that
they knew: for which cause the end also of their condemnation came upon them.
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