not to those who exalt themselves above His flock. 2 The
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and I did not find it. Cherish guilelessness and aim at sincerity, for posterity belongs to the peaceable man.
15. Therefore let us associate with those who piously cultivate peace, and not with those whose peaceful intentions are but a mask. 2 For somewhere it is said: °° This people honors me with its lips; but its heart is far away from me.
3 And again: With their lips they blessed, but with their hearts they cursed. 4 And again it is said: ** They loved Him with their lips, and with their tongue they lied to Him; but their heart was not sincere with Him, nor did they prove faithful to His covenant. 5 Therefore struck dumb shall be the treacherous lips that speak evil against the good man.
And again: May the Lord destroy all the deceitful lips, the boastful tongue, the men that say: " Great glory will we win by our tongue, our lips are our own: who is lord over us?"
6 Because of the wretchedness of the needy and the sighs of the poor, I will now rise, says the Lord; I will bring relief,
7 and boldly will I act in bringing it.
16. For it is to the humble-minded that Christ belongs, not to those who exalt themselves above His flock. 2 The Sceptre of the Divine Majesty, the Lord Jesus Christ, did not, for all His power, come clothed in boastful pomp and overweening pride, but in a humble frame of mind, as the Holy
Spirit has told concerning Him; for He says: ** 3 Lord, who has believed our teaching? And the arm of the Lord—to whom has it been revealed? Looking at Him, we announced, as it were, a child, a root, as it were, in thirsty ground; there is no shape, no comeliness in Him; yes, we saw Him, and neither shape nor beauty did He have; but His shape was dishonorable and shrunken beside the shape of men; a man covered with wounds and the marks of hardship; one acquainted with infirmity; because His face is turned away, He
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has been dishonored and held in disrespect. 4 Our sins it is that this Man bears, and for our sake He is in pain; and we regarded Him as one afflicted and bruised and ill-treated.
5 But He was wounded for our sins, and languishes because of our iniquities; to give us peace He is under chastisement; by His bruises we were healed. 6 We all, like sheep, had gone astray; each man had wandered from his path. 7 And the Lord delivered Him up for our sins; yet He does not, because He is abused, open His mouth. As a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb dumb before the shearer
He does not open His mouth. Because of His abasement His condemnation was taken away. 8 As to His generation—who can fathom their minds? From the land of the living is He removed! 9 Because of the iniquities of my people is He come to death!
10 But I will deliver up the wicked for putting Him in the grave, and the rich for putting Him to death; for evil He has not done, nor was guile found on His lips. And the Lord is pleased to free Him from His evil plight. 11 If you make an offering for sin, you will see a longlived posterity.
12 And the Lord is pleased to take away the torment of His soul, to show Him light, and mold Him through understanding, and thus to render justice to a just man who served many well; and He will take wpon Himself the burden of their sins. 13 For this reason He shall count a numerous inheritance and divide the spoils taken from the strong, because He was delivered up to death and classed among the lawless. 14 And He took upon Himself the sins of many, and to atone for their sins He was delivered up.
15 And again He says Himself:
I am a worm and not a man, a disgrace among men and the contempt of the people.
16 All that saw me mocked at me; they hissed at me, they shook their heads: " He trusted in the Lord: let the Lord