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Excerpt from Form of Prayers for the Day of the Atonement: With English Translation Sacrifice, and as at aforetime, shall our meat-offerings be pleasant unto thee. Bless also thy people with the light of thy countenance, for they are desirous to perform thy will, and may it be thy will to do what we desire; look down, we pray thee, we are all thy people. Thou hast chosen us to be unto thee a peculiar nation, and may thy blessing be on this thy people, Selah. And for ever will we rehearse thy praise, and we will extol thy glorious name. And through thy blessing shall thy people be blessed, for whomsoever thou blessest is blessed. And whilst I live will I praise thee, my Creator; and I will bless thee all the days of my limited existence. Yea, let the name of the Lord be blessed for ever, from eternity to eternity. As it is written, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and ever and all the people said, Amen, and Praise unto the Lord. Daniel began and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever, because wisdom and might are his. And it is said, Then said the Levites Joshua, and Kadmiel, Boni, Hashabniah, She rebiah, Hodiah, and Petrachiah, Rise ye, blessed be the Lord your God, for ever and ever, and let them bless thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. And it is said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for ever and ever, and all the people said, Amen, Hallelujah. Sweet hymns will I sing, and songs will I indite, for unto thee my soul panteth. My soul longeth to dwell in the shadow of thy power, to learn all the secrets of thy mysteries. Whilst I speak of thy glory, my heart yearneth for thy love. Therefore will I speak of thy glorious things, and thy Name will I honour with songs of love. Shall I relate thy lory, when I have not seen thee shall I compare, shall liken thee, when I know thee not? Through the means of thy prophets, thy trusty servants, thou hast given, a similitude of the glorious honour of thy majesty. Thy greatness and thy might they surnamed after the powerful things of thy creation. They com pared thee, but not according to thy actual being, and they likened thee according to thy works. They repre sented thee in a multitude of visions, yet thou wert but one in all the comparisons. And they saw in thee age and youth, and the hair of thy head in whiteness and00. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
