Chapter 8
(24).
And the Lord stretched out His hand, and
said: Come to me, all my saints, who have my image and
likeness. Do you, who have been condemned through the tree and
the devil and death, now see the devil and death condemned through the
tree. Immediately all the saints were brought together under the
hand of the Lord. And the Lord, holding Adam by the right hand,
said to him: Peace be to thee, with all thy children, my
righteous ones! And Adam fell down at the knees of the Lord, and
with tearful entreaty praying, said with a loud voice: I will
extol Thee, O Lord; for Thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my
foes to rejoice over me. O Lord God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou
hast healed me. O Lord, Thou hast brought out my soul from the
powers below; Thou hast saved me from them that go down into the
pit. Sing praises to the Lord, all His saints, and confess to the
memory of His holiness; since there is anger in His indignation, and
life in His goodwill.1987
In like
manner also all the
saints of
God, falling on their
knees at the
feet
of the
Lord, said with one voice: Thou hast come, O Redeemer of
the
world: as Thou hast foretold by the
law and Thy
prophets, so
hast Thou fulfilled by Thy
deeds. Thou hast
redeemed the living
by Thy
cross; and by the
death of the
cross Thou hast come down to us,
to
rescue us from the powers below, and from
death, by Thy
majesty. O
Lord, as Thou hast set the title of Thy
glory in
heaven, and hast erected as the title of redemption Thy
cross upon
earth, so, O
Lord, set in
Hades the sign of the
victory of Thy
cross,
that
death may no more have
dominion.
And the Lord, stretching forth His hand, made the
sign of the cross upon Adam and upon all His saints; and holding Adam
by the right hand, went up from the powers below: and all the
saints followed Him. Then holy David cried out aloud,
saying: Sing unto the Lord a new song, for He hath done wonderful
things; His right hand and His holy arm have brought salvation to
Himself. The Lord hath made known His salvation; His
righteousness hath He revealed in the sight of the heathen.1988
And all the multitude of the
saints answered, saying: This is
glory to all His
saints.
Amen, alleluia.
And after this the prophet Habacuc cried out,
saying: Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people, to
deliver Thine elect.1989
And all
the
saints answered, saying:
Blessed is He who
cometh in the name of the
Lord;
God is the
Lord, and He hath shone upon us.
1990
Amen, alleluia. In like manner
after this the
prophet Michæas as also
cried out, saying:
Who is a
God like unto thee, O
Lord, taking away
iniquities and passing
by
sins? And now Thou dost withhold Thine
anger for a
testimony
against us, because Thou delightest in
mercy. And Thou
turnest again, and hast
compassion upon us, and pardonest all our
iniquities; and all our
sins hast Thou sunk in the multitude of
death,
1991
| 1991 So the text,
multitudine mortis; but the mss. must
have had altitudine maris, in the depth of the sea, with the
LXX. and the Hebrew. |
as Thou hast
sworn unto our fathers in the days of old.
1992
And all the
saints answered,
saying: This is our
God to
eternity, and for ever and ever; and
He will direct us for evermore.
1993
Amen, alleluia. So also all the
prophets, quoting the
sacred
writings concerning His
praises,
1994
| 1994 Or, bringing sacred
words from their praises. |
and all the saints crying, Amen, alleluia, followed the
Lord.
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