2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 117
8 : E Z R A ’ S
Cf. Job 10:8.
Ps.139:14.
Messianic
Prophecy.
A P P E A L S
great labor was fashioned, it is
an easy thing to be ordained
by your Commandment, that
the thing which was made
might be preserved.
15 Now therefore, Yahuah,
I will speak (touching man
in general, you know best)
but touching your people, for
whose sake I am sorry,
16 And for your inheritance,
for whose cause I mourn,
and for Israel, for whom I
am heavy, and for Yacob, for
whose sake I am troubled:
17 Therefore will I begin to
pray before you, for myself,
and for them: for I see the falls
of us that dwell in the land.
18 But I have heard the
swiftness of the Judge which is
to come.
19 Therefore hear my voice,
and understand my words,
and I shall speak before you:
this is the beginning of the
words of Ezra, before he was
taken up: and I said;
Ezra’s Prayer
20 O Yahuah, You that dwell
in everlastingness, which
beholds from above, things in
the heaven, and in the air,
21
Whose
Throne
is
inestimable, whose glory may
not be comprehended, before
whom the hosts of Angels
F O R
M E R C Y
stand with trembling,
22
(Whose
service
is
conversant in wind and
fire,) whose word is true,
and sayings constant, whose
Commandment is strong, and
ordinance fearful,
23 Whose look dries up the
depths, and indignation makes
the mountains to melt away,
which the truth witnesses:
24 O hear the prayer of your
servant, and give ear to the
petition of your creature.
25 For while I live, I will
speak, and so long as I have
understanding, I will answer.
26 O look not upon the sins
of your people: but on them
which serve you in truth.
27 Regard not the wicked
inventions of the heathen: but
the desire of those that keep
your Testimonies in afflictions.
28 Think not upon those that
have walked fainedly before
you: but remember them,
which according to your will
have known your fear.
29 Let it not be your will to
destroy them, which have
lived like beasts: but to look
upon them that have clearly
taught your Law.
30 Take you no indignation at
them which are deemed worse
than beasts: but love them that
always put their trust in your
righteousness, and glory.
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