Thy Brother

 

And the Lord said unto Cain,

Where is Abel thy brother?

 

And he said,

I

know not:

*

                         Therefore     

I

said,

Hearken

to

me;

 

I

also

will shew mine opinion.

Behold,

I

waited for your words;

 

I

gave ear to your reasons,

whilst

ye

searched

out

what to say.

 

Yea,

I

attended unto you,

and,

behold,

there

was none

of

you that

convinced

Job,

 

or that

answered his words:

 

Lest

ye

should say,

We

have

found out wisdom:

**

And Jacob sent

 

and called Rachel

 

and Leah to the field unto his flock,

And said unto them,

I

see your father's countenance,

that it is

not toward me as before;

 

but the God

of

my father hath been with me.

 

***

God

thrusteth

him down,

not man.

 

Now

he

hath not

directed

his

words against

me:

 

neither will

I

answer

him

with

your speeches.

 

They

were amazed,

 

they

answered no more:

 

they

left off speaking.

 

When

I

had waited,

 

(for they

spake not,

*******

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

*

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

*

But of the fruit of the tree which

is in

the midst of the garden,

 

 

God hath said,

Ye

shall not eat of it,

neither shall ye touch it,

lest ye die.

 

*

And Jacob said

to

Simeon and Levi,

Ye

have troubled

me

to

make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land,

among the Canaanites and the Perizzites:

and

I

being few in number,

 

they shall gather themselves together against me,

and slay me;

**

For

thus saith the Lord,

Ye

have sold yourselves

for nought;

and ye shall

be

redeemed without money.

 

*

And he said unto him,

My lord knoweth

that the children are tender,

and the flocks

and herds with young

are with me:

and if men should overdrive

them

one day,

all the flock will die.

 

****

Hearken unto me,

ye

stouthearted,

that are

far from

 

righteousness:

I

bring near my righteousness;

it

shall not be far off,

and my salvation shall not tarry:

 

and

I

will place salvation

in Zion

for Israel

my glory.

 

Come down,

and sit in the dust,

O

virgin daughter of Babylon,

sit on the ground:

 

there is no throne,

O

daughter of the Chaldeans:

for thou

shalt

no more be called tender

and delicate.

**

O

Lord God,

thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness,

and thy mighty hand:

for

what God is there in heaven

or

in earth,

that can do according

to

thy works,

and according

to

thy might?

 

I

pray thee,

let me go over,

and see the good land that is beyond Jordan,

that goodly mountain,

and Lebanon.

 

But the Lord was wroth with me

for your sakes,

and would not hear me:

and the Lord said unto me,

Let it suffice thee;

speak no more unto me

of

this matter.

 

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah,

and lift up

thine eyes westward,

and northward,

and southward,

and eastward,

and behold

it

with thine eyes:

 

for thou

shalt not go over this Jordan.

**

And

I

commanded

Joshua

at

that time,

saying,

Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings:

so

shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.

Ye

shall not fear them:

for

the Lord your

God

he

shall fight for you.

 

 

*

Take the millstones,

and grind meal:

uncover thy locks,

 make bare the leg,

uncover the thigh,

pass over the rivers.

 

Thy

nakedness shall be uncovered,

yea,

 thy

shame shall be seen:

*

To me belongeth

vengeance,

and recompence;

their foot shall slide in due time:

for

the day

of

their calamity

is

at hand,

and the things

that shall come upon them make haste.

 

*

I

will take vengeance,

and

I

will not meet thee as a man.

As for our redeemer,

the Lord of hosts is his name,

the

Holy One of Israel.

 

Sit thou silent,

and get thee into darkness,

O

daughter

of the

Chaldeans:

for thou shalt no more be called,

The lady of kingdoms.

I

was wroth with my people,

I

have polluted mine inheritance,

and given them into thine hand:

thou didst

shew them

no mercy;

upon

the

ancient

 hast thou

very heavily laid thy yoke.

 

And thou

saidst,

I shall be a lady for ever:

so

that thou

didst not lay these things

to

thy heart,

neither didst remember

the

latter end

of

it.

 

****

He

Heweth

him down cedars,

and taketh the cypress

and the oak,

which he strengtheneth

for himself

among

the trees

of

the forest:

he planteth an ash,

*

and were not ashamed.

 

*

and the rain doth nourish it.

Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof,

and warm himself;

yea,

he kindleth it,

and baketh bread;

yea,

he maketh a god,

and worshippeth it;

he maketh it a graven image,

and falleth down thereto.

 

 

******

but

stood still,

and

answered no more;)

******

And the Lord said unto Satan,

Behold,

all that he hath is in thy power;

*

The Lord

is on

my side;

 

I

will not fear:

 

what can man do unto me?

 

The Lord

taketh

my part

with

them that help me:

*

If thou doest well,

shalt thou not be accepted?

and if thou doest not well,

Apil sin

lieth at the door.

 

And unto

thee

shall be his desire,

 and thou shalt rule over

him.

 

SamuelO