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The Second Book of Clement
2Clem
[1]Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. [No book]
[2]Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. [No book]
[3]God is known in her palaces for a refuge. [No book]
[4]For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. [No book]
[5]They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. [No book]
[6]Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. [No book]
[7]Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. [No book]
[8]As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. [No book]
[9]We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. [No book]
[10]According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. [No book]
[11]Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. [No book]
[12]Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. [No book]
[13]Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. [No book]
[14]For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. [No book]
Source: sacred-texts.com
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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