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The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]MaschilH4905[H8688] of AsaphH623. Give earH238[H8685], O my peopleH5971, to my lawH8451: inclineH5186[H8685] your earsH241 to the wordsH561 of my mouthH6310. [No book]
[2]I will openH6605[H8799] my mouthH6310 in a parableH4912: I will utterH5042[H8686] dark sayingsH2420 of oldH6924: [No book]
[3]Which we have heardH8085[H8804] and knownH3045[H8799], and our fathersH1 have toldH5608 usH8765. [No book]
[4]We will not hideH3582[H8762] them from their childrenH1121, shewingH5608[H8764] to the generationH1755 to comeH314 the praisesH8416 of the LORDH3068, and his strengthH5807, and his wonderful worksH6381[H8737] that he hath doneH6213.[H8804] [No book]
[5]For he establishedH6965[H8686] a testimonyH5715 in JacobH3290, and appointedH7760[H8804] a lawH8451 in IsraelH3478, which he commandedH6680[H8765] our fathersH1, that they should make them knownH3045[H8687] to their childrenH1121: [No book]
[6]That the generationH1755 to comeH314 might knowH3045[H8799] them, even the childrenH1121 which should be bornH3205[H8735]; who should ariseH6965[H8799] and declareH5608[H8762] them to their childrenH1121: [No book]
[7]That they might setH7760[H8799] their hopeH3689 in GodH430, and not forgetH7911[H8799] the worksH4611 of GodH410, but keepH5341[H8799] his commandmentsH4687: [No book]
[8]And might not be as their fathersH1, a stubbornH5637[H8802] and rebelliousH4784[H8802] generationH1755; a generationH1755 that setH3559 not their heartH3820 arightH3559[H8689], and whose spiritH7307 was not stedfastH539[H8738] with GodH410. [No book]
[9]The childrenH1121 of EphraimH669, being armedH5401[H8802], and carryingH7411[H8802] bowsH7198, turned backH2015[H8804] in the dayH3117 of battleH7128. [No book]
[10]They keptH8104[H8804] not the covenantH1285 of GodH430, and refusedH3985[H8765] to walkH3212[H8800] in his lawH8451; [No book]
[11]And forgatH7911[H8799] his worksH5949, and his wondersH6381[H8737] that he had shewedH7200 themH8689. [No book]
[12]Marvellous thingsH6382 didH6213[H8804] he in the sightH5048 of their fathersH1, in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, in the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814. [No book]
[13]He dividedH1234[H8804] the seaH3220, and caused them to pass throughH5674[H8686]; and he made the watersH4325 to standH5324[H8686] as an heapH5067. [No book]
[14]In the daytimeH3119 also he ledH5148[H8686] them with a cloudH6051, and all the nightH3915 with a lightH216 of fireH784. [No book]
[15]He claveH1234[H8762] the rocksH6697 in the wildernessH4057, and gave them drinkH8248[H8686] as out of the greatH7227 depthsH8415. [No book]
[16]He broughtH3318[H8686] streamsH5140[H8802] also out of the rockH5553, and caused watersH4325 to run downH3381[H8686] like riversH5104. [No book]
[17]And they sinnedH2398[H8800] yet moreH3254[H8686] against him by provokingH4784[H8687] the most HighH5945 in the wildernessH6723. [No book]
[18]And they temptedH5254[H8762] GodH410 in their heartH3824 by askingH7592[H8800] meatH400 for their lustH5315. [No book]
[19]Yea, they spakeH1696[H8762] against GodH430; they saidH559[H8804], CanH3201[H8799] GodH410 furnishH6186[H8800] a tableH7979 in the wildernessH4057? [No book]
[20]Behold, he smoteH5221[H8689] the rockH6697, that the watersH4325 gushed outH2100[H8799], and the streamsH5158 overflowedH7857[H8799]; canH3201[H8799] he giveH5414[H8800] breadH3899 also? canH3201[H8799] he provideH3559[H8686] fleshH7607 for his peopleH5971? [No book]
[21]Therefore the LORDH3068 heardH8085[H8804] this, and was wrothH5674[H8691]: so a fireH784 was kindledH5400[H8738] against JacobH3290, and angerH639 also came upH5927[H8804] against IsraelH3478; [No book]
[22]Because they believedH539[H8689] not in GodH430, and trustedH982[H8804] not in his salvationH3444: [No book]
[23]Though he had commandedH6680[H8762] the cloudsH7834 from aboveH4605, and openedH6605[H8804] the doorsH1817 of heavenH8064, [No book]
[24]And had rained downH4305[H8686] mannaH4478 upon them to eatH398[H8800], and had givenH5414[H8804] them of the cornH1715 of heavenH8064. [No book]
[25]ManH376 did eatH398[H8804] angels'H47 foodH3899: he sentH7971[H8804] them meatH6720 to the fullH7648. [No book]
[26]He caused an east windH6921 to blowH5265[H8686] in the heavenH8064: and by his powerH5797 he brought inH5090[H8762] the south windH8486. [No book]
[27]He rainedH4305[H8686] fleshH7607 also upon them as dustH6083, and featheredH3671 fowlsH5775 like as the sandH2344 of the seaH3220: [No book]
[28]And he let it fallH5307[H8686] in the midstH7130 of their campH4264, round aboutH5439 their habitationsH4908. [No book]
[29]So they did eatH398[H8799], and were wellH3966 filledH7646[H8799]: for he gaveH935[H8686] them their own desireH8378; [No book]
[30]They were not estrangedH2114[H8804] from their lustH8378. But while their meatH400 was yet in their mouthsH6310, [No book]
[31]The wrathH639 of GodH430 cameH5927[H8804] upon them, and slewH2026[H8799] the fattestH4924 of them, and smote downH3766[H8689] the chosenH970 men of IsraelH3478. [No book]
[32]For all this they sinnedH2398[H8804] still, and believedH539[H8689] not for his wondrous worksH6381.[H8737] [No book]
[33]Therefore their daysH3117 did he consumeH3615[H8762] in vanityH1892, and their yearsH8141 in troubleH928. [No book]
[34]When he slewH2026[H8804] them, then they soughtH1875[H8804] him: and they returnedH7725[H8804] and enquired earlyH7836[H8765] after GodH410. [No book]
[35]And they rememberedH2142[H8799] that GodH430 was their rockH6697, and the highH5945 GodH410 their redeemerH1350.[H8802] [No book]
[36]Nevertheless they did flatterH6601[H8762] him with their mouthH6310, and they liedH3576[H8762] unto him with their tonguesH3956. [No book]
[37]For their heartH3820 was not rightH3559[H8737] with him, neither were they stedfastH539[H8738] in his covenantH1285. [No book]
[38]But he, being full of compassionH7349, forgaveH3722[H8762] their iniquityH5771, and destroyedH7843[H8686] them not: yea, many a timeH7235[H8689] turnedH7725 he his angerH639 awayH7725[H8687], and did not stir upH5782[H8686] all his wrathH2534. [No book]
[39]For he rememberedH2142[H8799] that they were but fleshH1320; a windH7307 that passeth awayH1980[H8802], and cometh not againH7725.[H8799] [No book]
[40]HowH4100 oft did they provokeH4784[H8686] him in the wildernessH4057, and grieveH6087[H8686] him in the desertH3452! [No book]
[41]Yea, they turned backH7725[H8799] and temptedH5254[H8762] GodH410, and limitedH8428[H8689] the Holy OneH6918 of IsraelH3478. [No book]
[42]They rememberedH2142[H8804] not his handH3027, nor the dayH3117 when he deliveredH6299[H8804] them from the enemyH6862. [No book]
[43]How he had wroughtH7760[H8804] his signsH226 in EgyptH4714, and his wondersH4159 in the fieldH7704 of ZoanH6814: [No book]
[44]And had turnedH2015[H8799] their riversH2975 into bloodH1818; and their floodsH5140[H8802], that they could not drinkH8354.[H8799] [No book]
[45]He sentH7971[H8762] divers sorts of fliesH6157 among them, which devouredH398[H8799] them; and frogsH6854, which destroyedH7843 themH8686. [No book]
[46]He gaveH5414[H8799] also their increaseH2981 unto the caterpillerH2625, and their labourH3018 unto the locustH697. [No book]
[47]He destroyedH2026[H8799] their vinesH1612 with hailH1259, and their sycomore treesH8256 with frostH2602. [No book]
[48]He gave upH5462[H8686] their cattleH1165 also to the hailH1259, and their flocksH4735 to hot thunderboltsH7565. [No book]
[49]He castH7971[H8762] upon them the fiercenessH2740 of his angerH639, wrathH5678, and indignationH2195, and troubleH6869, by sendingH4917 evilH7451 angels among themH4397. [No book]
[50]He madeH6424[H8762] a wayH5410 to his angerH639; he sparedH2820[H8804] not their soulH5315 from deathH4194, but gaveH5462 their lifeH2416 overH5462[H8689] to the pestilenceH1698; [No book]
[51]And smoteH5221[H8686] all the firstbornH1060 in EgyptH4714; the chiefH7225 of their strengthH202 in the tabernaclesH168 of HamH2526: [No book]
[52]But made his own peopleH5971 to go forthH5265[H8686] like sheepH6629, and guidedH5090[H8762] them in the wildernessH4057 like a flockH5739. [No book]
[53]And he ledH5148[H8686] them on safelyH983, so that they fearedH6342[H8804] not: but the seaH3220 overwhelmedH3680[H8765] their enemiesH341.[H8802] [No book]
[54]And he broughtH935[H8686] them to the borderH1366 of his sanctuaryH6944, even to this mountainH2022, which his right handH3225 had purchasedH7069.[H8804] [No book]
[55]He cast outH1644[H8762] the heathenH1471 also beforeH6440 them, and dividedH5307[H8686] them an inheritanceH5159 by lineH2256, and made the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to dwellH7931[H8686] in their tentsH168. [No book]
[56]Yet they temptedH5254[H8762] and provokedH4784[H8686] the most highH5945 GodH430, and keptH8104[H8804] not his testimoniesH5713: [No book]
[57]But turned backH5472[H8735], and dealt unfaithfullyH898[H8799] like their fathersH1: they were turned asideH2015[H8738] like a deceitfulH7423 bowH7198. [No book]
[58]For they provoked him to angerH3707[H8686] with their high placesH1116, and moved him to jealousyH7065[H8686] with their graven imagesH6456. [No book]
[59]When GodH430 heardH8085[H8804] this, he was wrothH5674[H8691], and greatlyH3966 abhorredH3988[H8799] IsraelH3478: [No book]
[60]So that he forsookH5203[H8799] the tabernacleH4908 of ShilohH7887, the tentH168 which he placedH7931[H8765] among menH120; [No book]
[61]And deliveredH5414[H8799] his strengthH5797 into captivityH7628, and his gloryH8597 into the enemy'sH6862 handH3027. [No book]
[62]He gaveH5462 his peopleH5971 overH5462[H8686] also unto the swordH2719; and was wrothH5674[H8694] with his inheritanceH5159. [No book]
[63]The fireH784 consumedH398[H8804] their young menH970; and their maidensH1330 were not given to marriageH1984.[H8795] [No book]
[64]Their priestsH3548 fellH5307[H8804] by the swordH2719; and their widowsH490 made no lamentationH1058.[H8799] [No book]
[65]Then the LordH136 awakedH3364[H8799] as one out of sleepH3463, and like a mighty manH1368 that shoutethH7442[H8711] by reason of wineH3196. [No book]
[66]And he smoteH5221[H8686] his enemiesH6862 in the hinder partsH268: he putH5414[H8804] them to a perpetualH5769 reproachH2781. [No book]
[67]Moreover he refusedH3988[H8799] the tabernacleH168 of JosephH3130, and choseH977[H8804] not the tribeH7626 of EphraimH669: [No book]
[68]But choseH977[H8799] the tribeH7626 of JudahH3063, the mountH2022 ZionH6726 which he lovedH157.[H8804] [No book]
[69]And he builtH1129[H8799] his sanctuaryH4720 like highH7311[H8802] palaces, like the earthH776 which he hath establishedH3245[H8804] for everH5769. [No book]
[70]He choseH977[H8799] DavidH1732 also his servantH5650, and tookH3947[H8799] him from the sheepfoldsH4356:[H6629] [No book]
[71]From followingH310 the ewes great with youngH5763[H8802] he broughtH935[H8689] him to feedH7462[H8800] JacobH3290 his peopleH5971, and IsraelH3478 his inheritanceH5159. [No book]
[72]So he fedH7462[H8686] them according to the integrityH8537 of his heartH3824; and guidedH5148[H8686] them by the skilfulnessH8394 of his handsH3709. [No book]
Source: studybible.info
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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