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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, 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. For by hope we are saved; and through
patience we await Thy promises. 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. And this Wisdom is the Beginning, and in that Beginning
hast Thou made heaven and earth.
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