Baruch 3
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1O Lord almightie, ô God of Israel, the soule that is in trouble, and the spirit that is vexed, cryeth vnto thee. 2Heare, ô Lord, and haue mercie: for thou art merciful, and haue pitie vpon vs, because we haue sinned before thee. 3For thou endurest for euer, and we vtterly perish. 4O Lord almightie, the God of Israel, heare now the praier of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which haue sinned before thee, and not hearkened vnto the voyce of thee their God, wherefore these plagues hang vpon vs. 5Remember not the wickednes of our fathers, but thinke vpon thy power, and thy Name at this time. 6For thou art the Lord our God, & thee, ô Lord, wil we praise. 7And for this cause hast thou put thy feare in our hearts, that we shulde call vpon thy Name, and praise thee in our captiuitie: for we haue considered in our mindes all the wickednes of our fathers, that sinned before thee. 8Beholde, we are yet this day in our captiuitie, where thou hast scatered vs, to be a reproche, and a curse, and subiect to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which are departed from the Lord their God. 9O Israel, heare the commandements of life: hearken vnto them, that thou maiest learne wisdome. 10What is the cause, ô Israel, that thou art in thine enemies land, and art waxen olde in a strange countrey? 11And art defiled with the dead? and art counted with them, that go downe to the graues? 12Thou hast forsaken the fountaine of wisdome. 13For if thou hadest walked in the way of God, thou shuldest haue remained safe for euer. 14Learne where is wisdome, where is strength, where is vnderstanding, that thou maist knowe also from whence cometh long continuance, and life, and where the light of the eyes, and peace is. 15Who hathe found out her place? or who hathe come into her treasures? 16Where are the princes of the heathen, & suche as ruled the beasts vpon the earth? 17They that had their pastime with the foules of the heauen, that hoorded vp siluer, and golde, wherein men trust, & made none end of their gathering? 18For they that coyned siluer, and were so careful of their worke, and whose inuention had none end, 19Are come to naught, and gone downe to hel, and other men are come vp in their steades. 20When thei were yong, they sawe the light, and dwelt vpon the earth: but they vnderstode not the way of knowledge, 21Nether perceiued the paths thereof, nether haue their children receiued it: but they were farre of from that way. 22It hathe not bene heard of in the land of Chanaan, nether hathe it bene sene in Theman, 24O Israel, how great is the House of God! and how large is the place of his possession! 25It is great, and hathe none end:it is hie, and vnmeasurable. 26There were the gyants,famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in warre. 27Those did not the Lord chose, nether gaue he the way of knowledge vnto them. 28But thei were destroied,because thei had no wisdome, and perished through their owne foolishnes. 29Who hathe gone vp into heauen,to take her,and broght her downe from the cloudes? 30Who hathe gone ouer the sea,to finde her,and hathe broght her, rather then fine golde? 31No man knoweth her waies,nether considereth her paths. 32But he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and he hathe founde her out with his vnderstanding: this same is he which hathe prepared the earth for euermore, and hathe filled it with foure footed beastes. 33When he sendeth out the light, it goeth: and when he calleth it againe, it obeieth him with feare. 34And the starres shine in their watch, and reioyce. When he calleth them, they say, Here we be: and so with cherefulnes they shewe light vnto him that made them. 35This is our God, and there shal none other be compared vnto him. 36He hathe founde out all the way of knowledge, and hathe giuen it vnto Iacob his seruant,and to Israel his beloued. 37Afterwarde he was sene vpon earth, and dwelt among men.