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For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men.
There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.
And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
