Chapter 35

Observation of the commandments, ℣.4 and sacrifice of the just please God, ℣.12 not the sacrifice of the wicked. ℣.14 God protecteth the poor and desolate, ℣.19 heareth the prayer of the humble, and rendereth to all as they deserve.

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   He that keepeth the law, multiplieth oblation. attend to the commandments, and to

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   It is an wholesome sacrifice to depart from all iniquity.

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   And to offer propitiation by sacrifice for injustices, and to retire from injustice is prayer for sins.

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   He who offereth the flour of wheat, shall give thanks: and he that is merciful offereth sacrifice.

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   To depart from iniquity is a thing that pleaseth our Lord well, and to depart from injustice is an entreating for sins.

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   Thou shalt not appear before the sight of our Lord empty.

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   For all these things are done because of the commandment of God.

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   The oblation of the just maketh a fat altar, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the Highest.

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   The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and our Lord will not forget the memory thereof.

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    Render glory to God with a good mind: and diminish not the first fruits of thine hands.

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    In every gift make thy countenance cheerful, and in joyfulness sanctify thy tithes.

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    Give to the Highest according to his gift, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thine hands:

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    because our Lord is a rewarder, and will repay thee seven times so much.

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    Offer not wicked gifts, for he will not receive them.

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    And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, because our Lord is judge, and there is not with him the glory of person.

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    Our Lord will not accept person against the poor, and he will hear the prayer of him that is hurt.

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    He will not despise the prayers of the pupil: nor the widow, if she pour out speech of mourning.

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    Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, & her exclamation upon him that causeth them to run?

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    For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and our Lord the hearer will not be delighted in them.

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    He that adoreth God in delectation, shall be received, & his petition shall approach even to the clouds.

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    The prayer of him that humbleth himself, shall penetrate the clouds: and till it approach he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the Highest behold.

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    And our Lord will not be long, but will judge the just, and will do judgement: and the strongest will not have patience in them, that he may crush their back:

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    and he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he take away the multitude of the proud: & break the sceptres of the unjust,

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    till he reward men according to their doings: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption.

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    till he judge the judgement of his people, and shall delight the just with his mercy:

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    The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of tribulation, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.