Knox:
"The whole world, matched against thee, is but a scruple on
the balance, is but a drop of dew, falling to earth at sunrise. Only
thou art all-merciful, as befits the Almighty, and dost overlook our human
slips, in hope of our repentance. All things thou lovest, nor holdest any of thy
creatures in abhorrence; hate and create thou couldst not, nor does aught
abide save at thy will, whose summoning word holds them in being. They
are thine, and thou sparest them; all things that live thou lovest, thou, the
Master of them all. Thy kindly
influence, Lord, thy gracious influence is all about us. Tender, at the
first false step, is thy rebuke; thou dost remind and warn us that we have gone
astray, to make us leave our sinning and have faith in thee."
NAB:
"Before the LORD the
whole universe is as a grain from a balance or a drop of
morning dew come down upon the earth.
But you have mercy on all, because you
can do all things; and you overlook people's sins that they may repent. For you love all
things that are and loathe nothing that you have made; for what you
hated, you would not have fashioned.
And how could a thing remain, unless you
willed it; or be preserved, had it not been called forth by you? But you spare
all things, because they are yours,
O LORD and lover of souls, for your
imperishable spirit is in all things!
Therefore you rebuke offenders little by
little, warn them and remind them of the sins they are
committing, that
they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, O LORD!"
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