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1. ACCEPT the sacrifice of my confessions by the agency of my
tongue, which Thou hast formed and quickened, that it may confess to
Thy name; and heal Thou all my bones, and let them say, "Lord,
who is like unto Thee?" For neither does he who confesses to Thee
teach Thee what may be passing within him, because: a dosed heart
doth not exclude Thine eye, nor does man's hardness of heart repulse
Thine hand, but Thou dissolvest it when Thou wiliest, either in
pity or in vengeance, "and there is no One who can hide himself from
Thy heat." But let my soul praise Thee, that it may love Thee;
and let it confess Thine own mercies to Thee, at it may praise
Thee. Thy whole creation ceaseth not, nor is it silent in Thy
praises - neither the spirit of man, by the voice directed unto
Thee, nor animal nor corporeal things, by the voice of those
meditating thereon; so that our souls may from their weariness arise
towards Thee, leaning on those things which Thou hast made, and
passing on to Thee, who hast made them Wonderfully and there is there
refreshment and true strength.
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