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[1] My son, if you come to serve the Lord,
prepare your soul for temptation.
[2] Set your heart aright, constantly endure,
and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
[3] Cling to him, and don’t depart,
that you may be increased at your latter end.
[4] Accept whatever is brought upon you,
and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
[5] For gold is tried in the fire,
and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
[6] Put your trust in him, and he will help you.
Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him. [7] All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy.
Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
[8] All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him,
and your reward will not fail.
[9] All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things,
and for eternal gladness and mercy.
[10] Look at the generations of old, and see:
Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed?
Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken?
Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?
[11] For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. [12] Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands,
and to the sinner who goes two ways!
[13] Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe.
Therefore it won’t be defended.
[14] Woe to you who have lost your patience!
And what will you all do when the Lord visits you? [15] Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words.
Those who love him will keep his ways.
[16] Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure.
Those who love him will be filled with the law.
[17] Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts,
and will humble their souls in his sight.
[18] We will fall into the hands of the Lord,
and not into the hands of men;
for as his majesty is,
so also is his mercy.
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Septuaginta
[1] Τέκνον, G5043 εἰ G1487 προσέρχῃ G4334 δουλεύειν G1398 κυρίῳ, G2962 ἑτοίμασον G2090 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 σου G4675 εἰς G1519 πειρασμόν· G3986 [2] εὔθυνον G2116 τὴν G3588 καρδίαν G2588 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 καρτέρησον G2594 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 σπεύσῃς G4692 ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 ἐπαγωγῆς· [3] κολλήθητι G2853 αὐτῷ G846 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἀποστῇς, G868 ἵνα G2443 αὐξηθῇς G837 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐσχάτων G2078 σου. G4675 [4] Πᾶν, G3956 ὃ G3739 ἐὰν G1437 ἐπαχθῇ G1863 σοι, G4671 δέξαι G1209 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἀλλάγμασιν ταπεινώσεώς G5014 σου G4675 μακροθύμησον· G3114 [5] ὅτι G3754 ἐν G1722 πυρὶ G4442 δοκιμάζεται G1381 χρυσὸς G5557 καὶ G2532 ἄνθρωποι G444 δεκτοὶ G1184 ἐν G1722 καμίνῳ G2575 ταπεινώσεως. G5014 [6] Πίστευσον G4100 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀντιλήμψεταί G482 σου· G4675 εὔθυνον G2116 τὰς G3588 ὁδούς G3598 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ἔλπισον G1679 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτόν. G846 [7] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 τὸν G3588 κύριον, G2962 ἀναμείνατε G362 τὸ G3588 ἔλεος G1656 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 ἐκκλίνητε, G1578 ἵνα G2443 μὴ G3361 πέσητε. G4098 [8] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 κύριον, G2962 πιστεύσατε G4100 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 πταίσῃ G4417 ὁ G3588 μισθὸς G3408 ὑμῶν. G5216 [9] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 κύριον, G2962 ἐλπίσατε G1679 εἰς G1519 ἀγαθὰ G18 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 εὐφροσύνην G2167 αἰῶνος G165 καὶ G2532 ἔλεος. G1656 [10] Ἐμβλέψατε G1689 εἰς G1519 ἀρχαίας G744 γενεὰς G1074 καὶ G2532 ἴδετε· G1492 τίς G5101 ἐνεπίστευσεν κυρίῳ G2962 καὶ G2532 κατῃσχύνθη; G2617 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ἐνέμεινεν G1696 τῷ G3588 φόβῳ G5401 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐγκατελείφθη; G1459 Ἢ G2228 τίς G5101 ἐπεκαλέσατο G1941 αὐτόν, G846 καὶ G2532 ὑπερεῖδεν G5237 αὐτόν; G846 [11] Διότι G1360 οἰκτίρμων G3629 καὶ G2532 ἐλεήμων G1655 ὁ G3588 κύριος G2962 καὶ G2532 ἀφίησιν G863 ἁμαρτίας G266 καὶ G2532 σῴζει G4982 ἐν G1722 καιρῷ G2540 θλίψεως. G2347 [12] Οὐαὶ G3759 καρδίαις G2588 δειλαῖς G1169 καὶ G2532 χερσὶν G5495 παρειμέναις G3935 καὶ G2532 ἁμαρτωλῷ G268 ἐπιβαίνοντι G1910 ἐπὶ G1909 δύο G1417 τρίβους. G5147 [13] Οὐαὶ G3759 καρδίᾳ G2588 παρειμένῃ, G3935 ὅτι G3754 οὐ G3756 πιστεύει· G4100 διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 οὐ G3756 σκεπασθήσεται. [14] Οὐαὶ G3759 ὑμῖν G5213 τοῖς G3588 ἀπολωλεκόσιν G622 τὴν G3588 ὑπομονήν· G5281 καὶ G2532 τί G5101 ποιήσετε G4160 ὅταν G3752 ἐπισκέπτηται G1980 ὁ G3588 κύριος; G2962 [15] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 κύριον G2962 οὐκ G3756 ἀπειθήσουσιν G544 ῥημάτων G4487 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀγαπῶντες G25 αὐτὸν G846 συντηρήσουσιν G4933 τὰς G3588 ὁδοὺς G3598 αὐτοῦ. G846 [16] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 κύριον G2962 ζητήσουσιν G2212 εὐδοκίαν G2107 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 ἀγαπῶντες G25 αὐτὸν G846 ἐμπλησθήσονται G1705 τοῦ G3588 νόμου. G3551 [17] Οἱ G3588 φοβούμενοι G5399 κύριον G2962 ἑτοιμάσουσιν G2090 καρδίας G2588 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτοῦ G846 ταπεινώσουσιν G5013 τὰς G3588 ψυχὰς G5590 αὐτῶν. G846 [18] Ἐμπεσούμεθα G1706 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 κυρίου G2962 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 εἰς G1519 χεῖρας G5495 ἀνθρώπων· G444 ὡς G5613 γὰρ G1063 ἡ G3588 μεγαλωσύνη G3172 αὐτοῦ, G846 οὕτως G3779 καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἔλεος G1656 αὐτοῦ. G846
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