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In this life we are reckoned as sheep — 'we are reckoned as sheep of slaughter' — who know the secrets of the heart. If we spread our hands to a strange god, God who searches hearts shall find it out. But stretching hands to him in confession, we are sent as sheep in wolves' midst, and the wolves cannot devour whom the Shepherd keeps. 'Son, honor the Lord, and thou shalt be strong' — honoring him by confession unto death.
Greek (GCS)
προφήτου ἐπιφερομένην αὐτοῖς φωνὴν εἰπεῖν τῷ ϑεῷ τήν" «ταῦτα πάντα ἦλϑεν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς. καὶ οὐκ ἐπελαϑόμεϑά σου, καὶ 00x | ἠδικήσαμεν ἐν τῇ διαϑήχῃ σου, 25 καὶ 00x ἀπέστη εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν." XX. Monuovevousev ὅτι ἐν τῷ βίῳ τούτῳ τυγχάνοντες καὶ Anm, b) | 15 ἡμῖν] Wettstein (p. 181 am Rand) vermutet unrichtig ὑμῖν | 17 γέλωτα νοοῦντες “τὰς ἔξω τοῦ βίου ὁδοὺς τῷ ϑεῷ φαμεν To‘ ,ἐξέχλινας τὰς τρίβους ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοῦ σου“ νῦν καιρὸς ἀναμιμνήσκεσϑαι τοῦ, ὅτι τόπος καχώσεώς ἐστι τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ χωρίον τοῦτο, ἐν ᾧ τετα- πεινώμεϑα᾽ iva εὐχόμενοι λέγωμεν τό" „ori ἐταπείνωσας ἡμᾶς ἐν τόπῳ κακώσεως, καὶ ἐπεχάλυψεν ἡμᾶς σχιὰ Havarov.“ ϑαῤῥοῦντες δὲ λέ- yousv καὶ 10‘ „el ἐπελαϑόμεϑα τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ εἰ διεπετάσαμεν χεῖρας ἡμῶν πρὸς ϑεὸν ἀλλότριον, οὐχὶ ὃ ϑεὸς ἐχζη- τήσει ταῦτα;"