Thy poor with judgment. The mountains shall take up peace to the people, and the little
hills righteousness. He shall judge the poor of the people, and shall save the children of the
needy, and shall abase the slanderer: and He shall co-endure with the sun, and before the
moon unto all generations;’ and so on until, ‘His name endureth before the sun, and all
tribes of the earth shalt be blessed in Him. All nations shall call Him blessed. Blessed be the
Lord, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things: and blessed be His glorious name
for ever and ever: and the whole earth shall be filled with His glory. Amen, Amen.’428 And
you remember from other words also spoken by David, and which I have mentioned before,
how it is declared that He would come forth from the highest heavens, and again return to
the same places, in order that you may recognise Him as God coming forth from above,
and man living among men; and [how it is declared] that He will again appear, and they
who pierced Him shall see Him, and shall bewail Him. [The words] are these: ‘The heavens
declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth
speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge: They are not speeches or words whose
voices are heard. Their sound has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the
ends of the world. In the sun has he set his habitation; and he, like a bridegroom going forth
from his chamber, will rejoice as a giant to run his race: from the highest heaven is his going
forth, and he returns to the highest heaven, and there is not one who shall be hidden from
his heat.’ ”429
428 Ps. lxxii. 1, etc.
429 Ps. xix. 1–6.
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