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Chapter IX.—Wisdom and the
Beginning.
11. In this Beginning, O God, hast Thou made
heaven and earth,—in Thy Word, in Thy Son, in Thy Power, in Thy
Wisdom, in Thy Truth, wondrously speaking and wondrously making.
Who shall comprehend? who shall relate it? What is that which
shines through me, and strikes my heart without injury, and I both
shudder and burn? I shudder inasmuch as I am unlike it; and I burn
inasmuch as I am like it. It is Wisdom itself that shines through
me, clearing my cloudiness, which again overwhelms me, fainting
from it, in the darkness and amount of my punishment. For my
strength is brought down in need,1035 so that I cannot endure my
blessings, until Thou, O Lord, who hast
been gracious to all mine
iniquities, heal also all mine infirmities; because Thou shalt also
redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with Thy
loving-kindness and mercy, and shalt satisfy my desire with good
things, because my youth shall be renewed like the eagle’s.1036 For by
hope we are saved; and through patience we await Thy promises.1037 Let him
that is able hear Thee discoursing within. I will with confidence
cry out from Thy oracle, How wonderful are Thy works, O Lord, in
Wisdom hast Thou made them all.1038 And this Wisdom is the Beginning,
and in that Beginning hast Thou made heaven and earth.
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