Bless My Soul the Lord

4Q434-7, Dead Sea Scrolls

Bless, my soul, the Lord
for all His marvels for ever,
and may His name be blessed.
For He has delivered the soul of the poor,
and has not despised the humble,
and has not forgotten the misery of the deprived.

He has opened His eyes to the distressed,
and heard the cry of the fatherless,
and has turned His ears towards their crying.

He has been gracious to the humble by His great kindness,
and has opened their eyes to see His ways,
and their ears to hear His teaching.

He has circumcised the foreskin of their heart,
and has delivered them because of his kindness,
and has directed their feet towards the way.

He has not forsaken them amid the multitude
of their misery.

Neither has He handed them over to the violent,
nor has He judged them together with the wicked.
He has not directed His anger against them,
neither did he annihilate them in his wrath.

While all His furious wrath was not growing weary,
He has not judged them in the fire of his ardour,
but he has judged them in the greatness of his mercy.

The judgement of His eyes were to try them,
and He has brought His many mercies among the nations,
and from the hand of men He has delivered them.

He has not judged them amid the mass of nations,
and in the midst of peoples He has not judged them.
But He hid them in his....
He has turned darkness into light before them,
and crooked places into level ground,
He has revealed to them abundance of peace and truth.

He has made their spirit by measure,
and has established their words by weight,
and has caused them to sing like flutes.
He has given them a perfect heart,
and they have walked in the way of his heart.

He has caused them to draw near to the way of his heart.
For they have pledged their spirit.
And he has surrounded them with a hedge
and has commanded that no blow should smite them.
He has placed His angels around them to protect them
lest he destroy them by the hand of their enemies.



Lotus Feet

This is post 3 in December and 2010 is a 3 year of CREATIVITY, it feels like there will be a lot more about the Lord of the soul in 2010.