Section 54
Saluted Tsiyon And King [Daviyd] came and stood up before Tsiyon, and he saluted it, and made obeisance thereto, and said, “ O Yahuah Elohim of Yisra'el, to you be praise, because you doest your Will and not the will of men. you makest the wise man to forget his wisdom, and you destroyest the counsel of the counsellor, and you raisest the poor man from the depth, and you settest the sole of his foot upon a strong rock. For a full cup of glory is in your hand for those who love you, and a full cup of shame for those who hate you. As for us, our salvation shall go forth out of Tsiyon, and He shall remove sin from His people, and goodness and mercy shall be poured out in all the world. For we are the work of His hands, and who shall rebuke us if He loveth us as Yisra'el His people? And who shall reprove Him if He raiseth us up to heaven His throne? For death and life are from Him, and glory and dishonour are in His hand, He has the power to punish and to multiply His compassion, and He can be wroth and multiply His mercy, for it is He who trieth the heart and the reins. The old man Simeon carrying Mashiach in his arms He gives and He takes away, He planteth and He uprooteth. He buildeth up and He throweth down. He beautifieth and He deformeth; for everything be-longeth to Him, and everything is from Him, and everything existeth in Him. And as for you, Tabot of the Torah of Elohim, salvation be whither you goest, and from the place from where you goest forth; salvation be in the house and in the field, salvation be here and be. there, salvation be in the palace and in the lowly place, salvation be on the sea and on the dry land, salvation be in the mountains and in the hills, salvation be in the heavens and on the earth, salvation be in the firm grounds and in the abysses, salvation be in death and in life, salvation be in your coming and in your going forth, salvation be to our children and to the tribe of your people, salvation be in your countries and in your cities, salvation be to the kings and to the nobles, salvation be to the plants and to the fruits, salvation be to men and to beasts, salvation be to the birds and to the creeping things of the earth; be salvation, be an intercessor, and a merciful one, and have regard for your people. Be to us a wall, and we will be to you a fence; be you a king to us and we will be your people; be you a guide to us and we will follow after you. And be not impatient, and mark not closely, and be not angry at the multitude of our sins, for we are a people who have not the Torah, and who have not learned your praise. And from this time forward guide us, and teach us, and make us to have understanding, and make us to have wisdom that we may learn your praise. And your name shall be praised by us at all times, and all the day, and every day, and every night, and every hour, and all the length of time. Give us power that we may serve you. Rise up, Tsiyon, and put on your strength, and conquer your enemies, and give us strength, our queen, and put you to shame those who hate you, and make to rejoice those who love you.” And then he made a circuit and said, “ Behold Tsiyon, behold salvation, behold the one who rejoiceth, behold the splendour like the sun, behold the one adorned with praise, behold the one who is decorated like a bride, not with the apparel of fleeting glory, but the one who is decorated with the glory and praise which are from Elohim, whom it is meet that [men] shall look upon with desire and shall not forsake; whom [men] shall desire above all things and shall not reject; whom [men] shall love willingly and shall not hate; whom [men] shall approach willingly and shall not keep afar off. We will draw nigh to you, and do not you withdraw far from us; we will support ourselves upon you, and do not you let us slip away; we will supplicate you, and do not you be deaf to us; we will cry out to you; hear you our cry in all that we ask of you, and desire not to withdraw thyself from us, until your Yahuah comes and reigns over you; for you are the habitation of the Elohim of heaven.” Thus spoke Daviyd the King, the son of Shəlomah, King of Yisra'el. For the spirit of prophecy descended upon him because of his joy, and he knew not what he said and he was like Kepha and Yochanan on the top of Mount Tabor. And they all marvelled and said, “ This, the son of a Navi, is he to be numbered among the Nevi'im? ”