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1 Jeg er den mann som har sett elendighet under hans vredes ris.

2 Mig har han ledet og ført i mørke og ikke i lys.

3 Bare mot mig vender han atter og atter sin hånd den hele dag.

4 Han lot mitt kjøtt og min hud fortæres; han knuste mine ben.

5 Han bygget en mur mot mig og omringet mig med bitterhet og møie.

6 På mørke steder lot han mig bo som de for lenge siden døde.

7 Han murte igjen for mig, så jeg ikke kan komme ut; han gjorde mine lenker tunge.

8 Om jeg enn ropte og skrek, lukket han sitt øre for min bønn.

9 Han tilmurte mine veier med hugne stener, mine stier gjorde han krokete.

10 En lurende bjørn var han mot mig, en løve i skjul.

11 Mine veier gjorde han til avveier, han sønderrev mig og ødela mig.

12 Han spente sin bue og stilte mig op til mål for sin pil.

13 Han lot sitt koggers sønner fare inn i mine nyrer.

14 Jeg er blitt til latter for alt mitt folk, til en spottesang for dem hele dagen.

15 Han mettet mig med bitre urter, han gav mig rikelig malurt å drikke.

16 Han knuste mine tenner, han gav mig småsten å ete, han trykte mig ned i asken.

17 Du forkastet mig og tok bort min fred; jeg glemte det som godt er,

18 og jeg sa: Det er forbi med min kraft og mitt håp til Herren.

19 Kom i hu min elendighet og min landflyktighet - malurt og galle!

20 Min sjel kommer det i hu og er nedbøiet i mig.

21 Dette vil jeg ta mig til hjerte, derfor vil jeg håpe:

22 Herrens miskunnhet er det at det ikke er forbi med oss; for hans barmhjertighet har ennu ikke ende.

23 Den er ny hver morgen, din trofasthet er stor.

24 Herren er min del, sier min sjel; derfor håper jeg på ham.

25 Herren er god mot dem som bier efter ham, mot den sjel som søker ham.

26 Det er godt at en bier i stillhet efter Herrens frelse.

27 Det er godt for en mann at han bærer åk i sin ungdom,

28 at han sitter ene og tier, når han* legger byrder på ham, / {* Herren.}

29 at han trykker sin munn i støvet og sier: Kanskje det ennu er håp -

30 at han vender sitt kinn til den som slår ham, lar sig mette med hån.

31 For Herren forkaster ikke til evig tid,

32 men om han bedrøver, så forbarmer han sig igjen efter sin rike miskunnhet;

33 for det er ikke av hjertet han plager eller bedrøver menneskenes barn.

34 Når nogen knuser alle jordens fanger under sine føtter,

35 bøier mannens rett for den Høiestes åsyn

36 eller gjør en mann urett i hans sak - mon Herren ikke ser det?

37 Hvem talte så det skjedde, uten at Herren bød det?

38 Er det ikke fra den Høiestes munn både de onde og de gode ting utgår?

39 Hvorfor klager et menneske som lever? Enhver klage over sin egen synd!

40 La oss ransake våre veier og granske dem, og la oss vende om til Herren!

41 La oss løfte vårt hjerte og våre hender til Gud i himmelen!

42 Vi har syndet og vært gjenstridige; du har ikke tilgitt.

43 Du innhyllet dig i vrede og forfulgte oss; du slo ihjel, du sparte ikke.

44 Du innhyllet dig i skyer, så ingen bønn trengte igjennem.

45 Til skarn og utskudd gjorde du oss midt iblandt folkene.

46 De spilte op sin munn mot oss alle våre fiender.

47 Gru og grav er blitt oss til del, ødeleggelse og undergang.

48 Bekker av tårer rinner fra mitt øie fordi mitt folks datter er gått under.

49 Mitt øie rinner og har ikke ro, det får ingen hvile,

50 før Herrens øie ser ned fra himmelen.

51 Mitt øie volder min sjel smerte for alle min stads døtres skyld.

52 Hårdt jaget de mig som en fugl de som var mine fiender uten årsak.

53 De vilde gjøre ende på mitt liv, de vilde kaste mig i brønnen, og de kastet sten på mig.

54 Vannene strømmet over mitt hode; jeg sa: Jeg er fortapt.

55 Jeg påkalte ditt navn, Herre, fra den dypeste brønn.

56 Du hørte min røst; lukk ikke ditt øre for mitt rop, men la mig få lindring!

57 Du var nær den dag jeg kalte på dig; du sa: Frykt ikke!

58 Herre, du har ført min sjels sak, du har frelst mitt liv.

59 Herre, du har sett den urett jeg har lidt; døm i min sak!

60 Du har sett all deres hevn, alle deres onde råd mot mig.

61 Du har hørt deres hån, Herre, alle deres onde råd mot mig,

62 mine motstanderes tale og deres tanker mot mig den hele dag.

63 Akt på dem når de sitter, og når de står op! De synger spottesanger om mig.

64 Du vil gjøre gjengjeld mot dem, Herre, efter deres henders gjerning.

65 Du vil legge et dekke over deres hjerte, din forbannelse vil bli dem til del.

66 Du vil forfølge dem i vrede og ødelegge dem, så de ikke mere finnes under Herrens himmel.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 10182

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10182. 'Its horns shall be of one piece with it' means the powers of truth derived from the good of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'horns' as the powers of truth, dealt with in 2832, 9719-9721. The reason why derived from the good of love and charity is meant is that all the power which truth possesses comes from that good. Therefore also the horns continued from the altar itself or were of one piece with it; for this altar was representative of the Lord, of His hearing and receiving everything of worship that springs from love and charity, 10177.

[2] The statement that all the power which truth possesses comes from the good of love is unintelligible to those who have only a material idea of power, and therefore the nature of that power must be described. In the heavens all power is derived from Divine Truth emanating from the Lord's Divine Good. This is the source of the power angels possess, for angels are recipients of Divine Truth from the Lord, 1752, 4295, 8192. By means of the power which they receive from that source they protect a person by removing the hells from him; for a single angel is stronger than a thousand who come from hell. This power is what Peter's keys serve to mean, though Peter, who in the same place is referred to as a rock, means the Lord in respect of the truth of faith springing from the good of love, see Preface to Genesis 22, and 3750, 4738, 6000, 6073(end), 6344(end), 10087, 'the Rock' being the Lord in respect of the truth of faith, 8581.

[3] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the voice of Jehovah' in David,

The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters; the voice of Jehovah is powerful; the voice of Jehovah breaks the cedars; the voice of Jehovah strikes a flame of fire; the voice of Jehovah causes the wilderness to shake; the voice of Jehovah strips the forests bare; Jehovah gives strength to His people. Psalms 29:3-5, 7-9, 11.

'The voice of Jehovah' is the Divine Truth emanating from His Divine Good, see 9926.

[4] The power that Divine Truth possesses is also meant by 'the Word' in John,

All things were made through the Word, and without Him nothing was made that was made. John 1:3.

'The Word' is the Divine Truth emanating from Divine Good, see 9987. Therefore also the Lord, when He was in the world, first made Himself Divine Truth, which is also meant in John 1:14 by the Word became flesh. The Lord made Himself Divine Truth then to the end that He might fight against all the hells and overcome them, and in so doing might restore all things to order there, and at the same time in the heavens, 9715, 9809, 10019, 10152.

[5] The fact that truths springing from good possess all power, while on the other hand falsities arising from evil have no power, is very well known in the next life. For this reason the evil who come there from the world have their belief, which is no more than persuasion, and also their knowledge of any truth, taken away from them. This then leaves them with the falsities belonging to their evil.

[6] The statement that truths springing from good possess such power is unintelligible to those who have the idea that truth or a belief in truth is no more than mental activity, when yet a person's mental activity, under the control of his will, constitutes all the strength which the body has; and if the Lord were to instill it through His Divine Truth into that body the person would possess the strength of Samson. But yet it is the Lord's good pleasure to impart strength to a person through faith springing from love in the things that belong to his spirit and that contribute to eternal life.

[7] From all this one may see what should be understood by the power of truth springing from good, the power meant by 'the horns' of both the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense. That this power is meant by 'the horns' is clear from places in the Word where 'horns' are mentioned, as in Ezekiel,

On that day I will make a horn grow up for the house of Israel. Ezekiel 29:21.

In Amos,

Have we not by our own strength taken horns for ourselves? Amos 6:13.

In the first Book of Samuel,

Jehovah will give strength to His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed. 1 Samuel 2:10.

In David,

Jehovah has exalted the horn of His people. Psalms 148:14.

In the same author,

All the horns of the wicked I will cut off; the horns of the righteous will be exalted. Psalms 75:10.

In Jeremiah,

The Lord has cut down in His very fierce anger 1 the whole horn of Israel. And He has exalted the horn of your foes. Lamentations 2:3, 17.

In Ezekiel,

You push with side and shoulder, and butt with your horns all the weak sheep, until you have scattered them abroad. Ezekiel 34:21.

In Zechariah,

I saw four horns. The angel said, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. The smiths have come to cast down the horns of the nations lifting up their horn against the land of Judah. Zechariah 1:18-21.

In Moses,

His horns are unicorn horns 2 . With these he will strike the peoples together to the ends of the earth. Deuteronomy 33:17.

In these places it is self-evident that power is meant by 'horns', and indeed power in both senses, that is to say, of truth directed against falsity and of falsity directed against truth; for the state of the Church is the subject in the internal sense of every one of these places.

[8] Something similar occurs in Amos,

On that day I will visit the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut away and fall to the ground. Amos 3:14.

'The altars of Bethel' and 'the horns of the altar' mean the evils and falsities destroying the Church's goodness and truth, regarding which it says that they 'will be cut away'.

[9] From all this one may see what should be understood by 'the horns' mentioned so frequently by Daniel, and by John in the Book of Revelation. Daniel describes the beast which had ten horns and also a horn speaking, Daniel 7:8, 11, 20; and he says that the horn was making war with the saints and prevailing, until the Ancient of Days 3 came, Daniel 7:11, 21-22, 24. He also speaks about the horns of the ram and the horns of the he-goat, which they used to make war against each other, Daniel 8:3-21. And John mentions that the dragon had ten horns, Revelation 12:3, as did the beast coming up out of the sea, Revelation 13:1, and also the scarlet beast, Revelation 17:12. In this verse it is also stated that the ten horns are ten kings; and the same words occur in Daniel 7:24. By 'kings' in the Word truths are meant, and in the contrary sense falsities, see 1672, 2015, 2069, 3009, 4575, 4581, 4966, 5044, 5068, 6148.

[10] It is because 'horn' means truth in its power, or in the contrary sense falsity destroying truth, that speech is attributed to a horn in Revelation 9:13; Daniel 7:8; Psalms 22:21.

[11] The anointing of kings with oil from a horn, 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39, represented truth springing from good, in its power; for truths in their power are meant by 'horns', good by 'oil', and those who are guided by truths springing from good by 'kings'. For the meaning of 'oil' as good, see 886, 9780; and for that of 'kings' as those who are guided by truths springing from good, thus - in the abstract sense - as truths springing from good, 6148. So it is also that in Psalms 132:17 a horn is said to bud, because all spiritual budding is that of truth springing from good. Therefore also in former times they made [imitations of] budding horns.

All power belongs to good and is exercised through truth, or what amounts to the same thing, belongs to truth springing from good, see the places referred to in 10019.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, in the fierceness of His anger

2. i.e. horns that are high and powerful, like the horn of a unicorn

3. The Latin means the Son of Man but the original Aramaic means the Ancient of Days, which Swedenborg has in another place where he quotes these verses.

  
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3 All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.