The Psalms of Thanksgiving To YAHWEH

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YAHWEH Hast Given The Insight Of Knowledge

Blessed art You, 0 YAHWEH, 
Who hast given unto man the insight of knowledge, 
to understand Thy wonders, 
discern Thy truth, 
tell forth Thine abundant mercies.

Blessed art You, 0 YAHWEH of compassion and mercy. 
for the greatness of Thy power,
the abundance of Thy truth,
the profusion of Thy mercies
over all Thy works.

Rejoice the soul of Thy servant in Thy truth, 
and in Thy righteousness make me clean,
even as when aforetime I waited on Thy bounty 
and hoped on Thy mercies,
and You, in Thy forgiveness, didst loose my bonds; l 
and even as when I leaned on Thy compassion,
and You didst comfort me in my sorrow.

Blessed art You, 0 YAHWEH,
for You it is hath wrought these things,
and placed in the mouth of Thy servant
power to pray and to win Thy mercy,
and all readiness of tongue;
and hast prepared for me the guerdon of righteousness
 and the reward of devotion,
that I may attain to stand in Thy presence.

my soul will exult 
because it hath come to abide in Thy presence
and to dwell secure in Thy kodesh abode,
in calm and quietude.
In my tent I will sing
songs of joy and yeshua, 
and in the midst of them that fear Thee
tell forth the praise of THY NAME
to all ages to come;
pouring forth prayer and supplication 
always, at all times and seasons; 
when daylight comes forth from its abode;
when, in its ordered course,
day reaches its turning-point,
in accordance with the rules of the sun;
and again at the turn of the evening,
when daylight departs,
as the rule of darkness begins;
and again in the season of night,
when it reaches its turning-point,
and when the morning breaks;
and when, in the presence of the daylight,
night withdraws to its abode;
when night departs and day comes in,
alway, at all the birth days of time,
at the moments when seasons begin; 
when they reach their turning-points;
when they come in order due
according to their several signs, 
as these have dominion in due order assured,
decreed by the mouth of YAHWEH
and by the laws of existence.
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Behold, for mine own part,
I have reached the inner vision,
and through the spirit You hast placed within me, 
come to know Thee, my EL.
I have heard Thy wondrous secret,
nor heard it amiss. 
Through Thy kodesh spirit,
through Thy insight into THY secrets,
You hast caused a spring of knowledge to well up within me,
a fountain of strength,
pouring forth waters unstinted,
a floodtide of lovingkindness and of all-consuming zeal. 
You hast put an end to my darkness,
and the splendor of Thy power has become unto me as a light everlasting.

Wickedness hath been consumed altogether,
and deceit existeth no more.
Perverseness is gone down to perdition,
for  existeth no more 
insolent fury  is at an end,
for it cannot withstand thine anger.
The sins which I committed aforetime
I committed in overhaste;
for now am I come to know that no man is righteous with Thee.
For there is none can understand all Thy hidden things, 
nor answer Thy charge against him;
but all must needs wait upon Thy goodness,
for You, in Thy lovingkindness wilt reveal to them Thy truth,
that they may come to know Thee;
and when Thy power bursts upon them, they shall rejoice.

According to each man's knowledge,
and the meed of his understanding
hast You drawn them nigh unto Thee,
that they may serve Thee in their several domains,
as You hast assigned their roles,
transgressing not Thy word.

Behold, I was taken from dust,
nipped out of clay,
and I am become but a source of filth
and of shameful nakedness,
a heap of dust,
a thing kneaded with water,
a dwelling place of darkness.
That which is molded of clay must needs return to dust 
at the end of its term,
and lie again in the dust
whence it was taken.
How can mere dust and clay give answer to itsMaker,
or how understand HIS works, 
or how stand before its Accuser?
Even the kodesh angels,
the everlasting spirits,
the reservoirs of glory,
the wellsprings of knowledge and power,
-even they cannot tell forth all Thy power,
nor stand against Thine anger,
nor answer Thy charge.
For You art ever righteous,
and none can gainsay Thee.
How much less, then, he who returns to his dust?

Lo, I am stricken dumb.
What can I say against this?
I have spoken but according to my knowledge
and only with such sense of right
as a creature of clay may possess.
But how can I speak except You open my mouth,
and how understand, if You give me not insight;
or how contend, save You open my heart;
or how walk straight save You guide my feet?
How can my foot stand,
how can I be strong in power,
how can I endure save by Thy mercy?
(From this point it becomes impossible to distinguish the separate hymns.)

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