Deuteronomy 11:2

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2 And know you today; for I speak not with your sons who have· not ·known, and who have not seen the chastisement of Jehovah your God, His greatness, His firm hand, and His stretched·​·out arm,


Commentarius in hunc versum  

By Alexander Payne

Verse 2. And let the soul now clearly perceive and trust in the Divine will of the Lord; for a greater obligation is imposed upon it than upon those who are in externals and have no perception of the Divine will, and are ignorant of the dealings of the Divine Love and Wisdom in correcting the soul, the omnipotent power of His goodness and the profound wisdom of His acts, and their influence in Providence over all things for the good of the soul,




Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.