But the righteous live forever, And in the Lord is their reward, And the care for them with the Most High.
Therefore will they receive the crown of royal dignity And the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand; Because with his right hand will he cover them, And with his arm will he shield them.
For the Sovereign Lord of all will not refrain himself for any man’s person, Neither will he reverence greatness; Because it is he that made both small and great, And alike he takes thought for all;
But a multitude of wise men is salvation to the world, And an understanding king is tranquillity to his people.
And it was thus that the ways of them which are on earth were corrected, And men were taught the things that are pleasing to you; And through wisdom were they saved.
Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, And delivered him out of his own transgression,
And when for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood, Wisdom again saved it, Guiding the righteous man’s course by a poor piece of wood.
While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom delivered a righteous man, When he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on Pentapolis.
When a righteous man was sold, wisdom forsook him not, But from sin she delivered him; She went down with him into a dungeon,
And in bonds she left him not, Till she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom, And authority over those that dealt tyrannously with him; She showed them also to be false that had mockingly accused him, And gave him eternal glory.
Wisdom delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors.
She brought them over the Red sea, And led them through much water;
But their enemies she drowned, And out of the bottom of the deep she cast them up.
Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly; And they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord, And extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them:
For by what things their foes were punished, By these they in their need were benefited.
For in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing, The hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft, Left to the race of men a seed of generations to come, Your hand guiding the helm.
For blessed has been wood through which comes righteousness:
For even if we sin, we are your, knowing your dominion; But we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted your:
But for admonition were they troubled for a short space, Having a token of salvation, To put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law:
For he that turned toward it was not saved because of that which was seen, But because of you, the Saviour of all.
For they were bitten, to put them in remembrance of your oracles; And were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness, They should become unable to be roused by your beneficence:
But for your holy ones there was great light; And the Egyptians, hearing their voice but seeing not their form, Counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered,
So by your people was expected salvation of the righteous and destruction of the enemies;
For as you did take vengeance on the adversaries, By the same means, calling us to yourself, you did glorify us.
For while they were disbelieving all things by reason of the enchantments, Upon the destruction of the firstborn they confessed the people to be God’s son.
For the whole creation, each part in its several kind, was fashioned again anew, Ministering to your several commandments, That your servants might be guarded free from hurt.
Then the cloud that shadowed the camp was seen, And dry land rising up out of what before was water, Out of the Red sea an unhindered highway, And a grassy plain out of the violent surge;
For like horses they roamed at large, And they skipped about like lambs, Praising you, O Lord, who was their deliverer.
For in all things, O Lord, you did magnify your people, And you did glorify them and not lightly regard them; Standing by their side in every time and place.
Whoso fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last, And in the day of his death he will be blessed.
For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy; And he forgives sins, and saves in time of affliction.
Hear me your father, O my children, And do thereafter, that you⌃ may be saved.
Water will quench a flaming fire; And almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord; And put not off from day to day: For suddenly will the wrath of the Lord come forth; And you will perish in the time of vengeance.
Return to the Lord, and forsake sins: Make your prayer before his face, and lessen the offence.
Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity; And greatly hate the abominable thing.
How great is the mercy of the Lord, And his forgiveness to those who turn to him!
Before judgement examine yourself; And in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.
Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time; And wait not until death to be justified.
If you follow righteousness, you will obtain her, And put her on, as a long robe of glory.
Shut up alms in your store-chambers; And it shall deliver you out of all affliction:
The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live; For their hope is upon him that saves them.
To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord; And to depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.
And let them know you, as we also have known you, That there is no God but only you, O God.
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together, And take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name, And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.
Fill Sion; exalt your oracles, And fill your people with your glory.
At his command is all his good pleasure done; And there is none that shall hinder his salvation.
Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, Being an example of repentance to all generations.
Noah was found perfect and righteous; In the season of wrath he was taken in exchange for the world; Therefore was there left a remnant to the earth, When the flood came.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, In that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord, And stood fast in the good forwardness of his soul when the people turned away, And he made reconciliation for Israel.
Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war, And was the successor of Moses in prophecies: Who according to his name was made great For the saving of God’s elect, To take vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them, That he might give Israel their inheritance.
And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved To bring them into the heritage, Even into a land flowing with milk and honey.
The Lord took away his sins, And exalted his horn forever; And gave him a covenant of kings, And a throne of glory in Israel.
But the Lord will never forsake his mercy; And he will not destroy any of his works, Nor blot out the posterity of his elect; And the seed of him that loved him he will not take away; And he gave a remnant to Jacob, And to David a root out of him.
Blessed are those who saw you, And those who have been beautified with love; For we also shall surely live.
Also of the twelve prophets May the bones flourish again out of their place. And he comforted Jacob, And delivered them by confidence of hope.
To intrust his mercy with us; And let him deliver us in his time!
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King, And will praise you, O God my Saviour: I do give thanks to your name:
And did deliver me, according to the abundance of your mercy, and greatness of your name, From the gnashings of teeth ready to devour, Out of the hand of such as sought my life, Out of the manifold afflictions which I had;
From the choking of a fire on every side, And out of the midst of fire which I kindled not;
Out of the depth of the belly of the grave, And from an unclean tongue, And from lying words,
And I remembered your mercy, O Lord, And your working which has been from everlasting, How you deliver those who wait for you, And save them out of the hand of the enemies.
And I lifted up my supplication from the earth, And prayed for deliverance from death.
I will praise your name continually, And will sing praise with thanksgiving; And my supplication was heard:
For you saved me from destruction, And delivered me from the evil time: Therefore will I give thanks and praise to you, And bless the name of the Lord.
since the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to this present day, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have dealt unadvisedly in not hearkening to his voice.
And now, O Lord, you God of Israel, that have brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and with a high arm, and have gotten yourself a name, as at this day:
Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake, and give us favor in the sight of them which have led us away captive:
that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by your name.
and shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and ears to hear:
and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
and shall return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.
Turn you, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk towards her shining in the presence of the light thereof.
Let those who dwell about Sion come, and remember you⌃ the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
For I have trusted in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you from the Everlasting your Saviour.
For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness forever.
For like as now those who dwell about Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God, which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
For he that brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation.
O Jerusalem, look about you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God.
Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away, they come gathered together from the east to the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that comes from God forever.
Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which comes from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.
For God will show your brightness to every region under heaven.
Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height, and look about you toward the east, and behold your children gathered from the going down of the sun to the rising thereof at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
For they went from you on foot, being led away of their enemies: but God brings them in to you borne on high with glory, as on a royal throne.
For God has appointed that every high mountain, and the everlasting hills, should be made low, and the valleys filled up, to make plain the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.
How then can’t men understand that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?
Deliver us not up utterly, for your name’s sake, neither disannul you your covenant:
like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs; so let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed that put their trust in you.
and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless you⌃ the Lord: praise and exalt him above all forever: for he has rescued us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death: he has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame, even out of the midst of the fire has he delivered us.
Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel:
and he cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.
and according to the law of Moses they did to them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor: and they put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.
And they rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of the kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.












