Sermon on the Mountain XI

His

After

(aftr)prep. 1.   Behind in place or order: Z comes after Y. Next to or lower than in order or importance. .. .3. Concerning: asked after you. 4. Subsequent in time to; at a later time than: come after dinner. . .  6. Following continually: year after year. . . .. 1. Behind; in the rear. 2. At a later or subsequent time; afterward: three hours after; departed shortly after.

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit -  after - his kind,

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Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

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Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I - made to possess months of vanity, and wear-i- so-me - nights are appointed - to me.

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And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took  - one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh - instead - thereof;

For God, said she, hath appointed - me an-other seed - instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, - for that - he also - is flesh: - yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Behold, - all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as no-thing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.

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And God saw - that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: - they that war against thee shall be as no-thing, and as a thing of nought.

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And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou?

Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

mischief

(mischif)n. 1. Behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another. 2. An inclination or a tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment. 3. One that causes minor trouble or disturbance: The child was a mischief in school. 4. Damage, destruction, or injury caused by a specific person or thing: The broken window was the mischief of vandals. 5. The state or quality of being mischievous.

There-fore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

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And God made the firmament,

wickedness of man was great

And in - that day - thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:

Thou know-est -that I am - not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. - Thine hands have made me and fashioned me - together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

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None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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made he a work-man, and brought her unto the man.

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Woe unto you, when all men shall speak - well of you! - for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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This is - my covenant, which ye shall keep, - between - me and you and thy seed - after thee; Every man - child among you shall be circumcised.

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If men strive, and - hurt a work-man with child, - so - that her - fruit depart - from her, and - no mischief - follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

And if - any mischief follow, - then thou shalt give life - for life, Eye - for eye, - tooth - for tooth, - hand - for hand, - foot - for foot,  Burning - for burning, wound - for wound, stripe - for stripe.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye - for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

ISamuelyeaon-Am Allah