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[1] Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet. [2] They traveled through a desert without inhabitant,
and they pitched their tents in trackless regions.
[3] They withstood enemies and repelled foes.
[4] They thirsted, and they called upon you,
and water was given to them out of the† flinty rock,
and healing of their thirst out of the hard stone.
[5] For by what things their foes were punished,
by these they in their need were benefited.
[6] When enemies were troubled with clotted blood
instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain,
[7] to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies,
you gave them abundant water beyond all hope,
[8] having shown by the thirst which they had suffered
how you punished the adversaries.
[9] For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy,
they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath.
[10] For you tested these as a father admonishing them;
but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them.
[11] Yes and whether they were far off or near,
they were equally distressed;
[12] for a double grief seized them,
and a groaning at the memory of things past.
[13] For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited,
they recognized the Lord.
[14] For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking.
In the end of what happened, they marveled,
having thirsted in another manner than the righteous. [15] But in return for the senseless imaginings of their unrighteousness,
wherein they were led astray to worship irrational reptiles and wretched vermin,
you sent upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them,
[16] that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
[17] For your all-powerful hand
that created the world out of formless matter
didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions,
[18] or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage,
either breathing out a blast of fiery breath,
or belching out smoke,
or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes;
[19] which had power not only to consume them by their violence,
but to destroy them even by the terror of their sight.
[20] Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath,
being pursued by Justice, and scattered abroad by the breath of your power;
but you arranged all things by measure, number, and weight. [21] For to be greatly strong is yours at all times.
Who could withstand the might of your arm?
[22] Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance,
and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning.
[23] But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things,
and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent.
[24] For you love all things that are,
and abhor none of the things which you made;
For you never would have formed anything if you hated it.
[25] How would anything have endured unless you had willed it?
Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved?
[26] But you spare all things, because they are yours,
O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living.

Footnotes

  1. † 11:4 See ;
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[1] Εὐόδωσεν G2137 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 αὐτῶν G846 ἐν G1722 χειρὶ G5495 προφήτου G4396 ἁγίου. G40 [2] Διώδευσαν G1353 ἔρημον G2048 ἀοίκητον καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 ἀβάτοις ἔπηξαν G4078 σκηνάς· G4633 [3] ἀντέστησαν G436 πολεμίοις καὶ G2532 ἐχθροὺς G2190 ἠμύναντο. G292 [4] Ἐδίψησαν G1372 καὶ G2532 ἐπεκαλέσαντό G1941 σε, G4571 καὶ G2532 ἐδόθη G1325 αὐτοῖς G846 ἐκ G1537 πέτρας G4073 ἀκροτόμου ὕδωρ G5204 καὶ G2532 ἴαμα G2386 δίψης ἐκ G1537 λίθου G3037 σκληροῦ. G4642 [5] Δι’ G1223 ὧν G3739 γὰρ G1063 ἐκολάσθησαν G2849 οἱ G3588 ἐχθροὶ G2190 αὐτῶν, G846 διὰ G1223 τούτων G5130 αὐτοὶ G846 ἀποροῦντες G639 εὐεργετήθησαν. G2109 [6] Ἀντὶ G473 μὲν G3303 πηγῆς G4077 ἀενάου ποταμοῦ G4215 αἵματι G129 λυθρώδει ταραχθέντος G5015 [7] εἰς G1519 ἔλεγχον G1650 νηπιοκτόνου διατάγματος G1297 ἔδωκας G1325 αὐτοῖς G846 δαψιλὲς ὕδωρ G5204 ἀνελπίστως [8] δείξας G1166 διὰ G1223 τοῦ G3588 τότε G5119 δίψους G1373 πῶς G4459 τοὺς G3588 ὑπεναντίους G5227 ἐκόλασας. G2849 [9] Ὅτε G3753 γὰρ G1063 ἐπειράσθησαν, G3985 καίπερ G2539 ἐν G1722 ἐλέει G1656 παιδευόμενοι, G3811 ἔγνωσαν G1097 πῶς G4459 μετ’ G3326 ὀργῆς G3709 κρινόμενοι G2919 ἀσεβεῖς G765 ἐβασανίζοντο· G928 [10] τούτους G5128 μὲν G3303 γὰρ G1063 ὡς G5613 πατὴρ G3962 νουθετῶν G3560 ἐδοκίμασας, G1381 ἐκείνους G1565 δὲ G1161 ὡς G5613 ἀπότομος βασιλεὺς G935 καταδικάζων G2613 ἐξήτασας. G1833 [11] Καὶ G2532 ἀπόντες G548 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 παρόντες G3918 ὁμοίως G3668 ἐτρύχοντο· [12] διπλῆ G1362 γὰρ G1063 αὐτοὺς G846 ἔλαβεν G2983 λύπη G3077 καὶ G2532 στεναγμὸς G4726 μνημῶν G3420 τῶν G3588 παρελθόντων· G3928 [13] ὅτε G3753 γὰρ G1063 ἤκουσαν G191 διὰ G1223 τῶν G3588 ἰδίων G2398 κολάσεων G2851 εὐεργετημένους G2109 αὐτούς, G846 ᾔσθοντο G143 τοῦ G3588 κυρίου. G2962 [14] Ὃν G3739 γὰρ G1063 ἐν G1722 ἐκθέσει πάλαι G3819 ῥιφέντα G4496 ἀπεῖπον G550 χλευάζοντες, G5512 ἐπὶ G1909 τέλει G5056 τῶν G3588 ἐκβάσεων G1545 ἐθαύμασαν G2296 οὐχ G3756 ὅμοια G3664 δικαίοις G1342 διψήσαντες. G1372 [15] Ἀντὶ G473 δὲ G1161 λογισμῶν G3053 ἀσυνέτων G801 ἀδικίας G93 αὐτῶν, G846 ἐν G1722 οἷς G3739 πλανηθέντες G4105 ἐθρήσκευον ἄλογα G249 ἑρπετὰ G2062 καὶ G2532 κνώδαλα εὐτελῆ, ἐπαπέστειλας αὐτοῖς G846 πλῆθος G4128 ἀλόγων G249 ζῴων G2226 εἰς G1519 ἐκδίκησιν, G1557 [16] ἵνα G2443 γνῶσιν G1097 ὅτι, G3754 δι’ G1223 ὧν G3739 τις G5100 ἁμαρτάνει, G264 διὰ G1223 τούτων G5130 κολάζεται. G2849 [17] Οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 ἠπόρει G639 ἡ G3588 παντοδύναμός σου G4675 χεὶρ G5495 καὶ G2532 κτίσασα G2936 τὸν G3588 κόσμον G2889 ἐξ G1537 ἀμόρφου ὕλης G5208 ἐπιπέμψαι αὐτοῖς G846 πλῆθος G4128 ἄρκων G715 ἢ G2228 θρασεῖς λέοντας G3023 [18] ἢ G2228 νεοκτίστους θυμοῦ G2372 πλήρεις G4134 θῆρας ἀγνώστους G57 ἤτοι G2273 πυρπνόον φυσῶντας ἄσθμα ἢ G2228 βρόμον λικμωμένους G3039 καπνοῦ G2586 ἢ G2228 δεινοὺς ἀπ’ G575 ὀμμάτων G3659 σπινθῆρας ἀστράπτοντας, G797 [19] ὧν G3739 οὐ G3756 μόνον G3440 ἡ G3588 βλάβη ἠδύνατο G1410 συνεκτρῖψαι αὐτούς, G846 ἀλλὰ G235 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 ὄψις G3799 ἐκφοβήσασα G1629 διολέσαι. [20] Καὶ G2532 χωρὶς G5565 δὲ G1161 τούτων G5130 ἑνὶ G1520 πνεύματι G4151 πεσεῖν G4098 ἐδύναντο G1410 ὑπὸ G5259 τῆς G3588 δίκης G1349 διωχθέντες G1377 καὶ G2532 λικμηθέντες G3039 ὑπὸ G5259 πνεύματος G4151 δυνάμεώς G1411 σου· G4675 ἀλλὰ G235 πάντα G3956 μέτρῳ G3358 καὶ G2532 ἀριθμῷ G706 καὶ G2532 σταθμῷ διέταξας. G1299 [21] Τὸ G3588 γὰρ G1063 μεγάλως G3171 ἰσχύειν G2480 σοι G4671 πάρεστιν G3918 πάντοτε, G3842 καὶ G2532 κράτει G2904 βραχίονός G1023 σου G4675 τίς G5101 ἀντιστήσεται; G436 [22] Ὅτι G3754 ὡς G5613 ῥοπὴ ἐκ G1537 πλαστίγγων ὅλος G3650 ὁ G3588 κόσμος G2889 ἐναντίον G1726 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 ῥανὶς δρόσου ὀρθρινὴ G3720 κατελθοῦσα G2718 ἐπὶ G1909 γῆν. G1093 [23] Ἐλεεῖς G1653 δὲ G1161 πάντας, G3956 ὅτι G3754 πάντα G3956 δύνασαι, G1410 καὶ G2532 παρορᾷς ἁμαρτήματα G265 ἀνθρώπων G444 εἰς G1519 μετάνοιαν. G3341 [24] Ἀγαπᾷς G25 γὰρ G1063 τὰ G3588 ὄντα G5607 πάντα G3956 καὶ G2532 οὐδὲν G3762 βδελύσσῃ G948 ὧν G3739 ἐποίησας· G4160 οὐδὲ G3761 γὰρ G1063 ἂν G302 μισῶν G3404 τι G5100 κατεσκεύασας. G2680 [25] Πῶς G4459 δὲ G1161 διέμεινεν G1265 ἄν G302 τι, G5100 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 σὺ G4771 ἠθέλησας, G2309 ἢ G2228 τὸ G3588 μὴ G3361 κληθὲν G2564 ὑπὸ G5259 σοῦ G4675 διετηρήθη; G1301 [26] Φείδῃ G5339 δὲ G1161 πάντων, G3956 ὅτι G3754 σά G4674 ἐστιν, G2076 δέσποτα G1203 φιλόψυχε·
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament