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The Apocalypse of Sedrach

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Section 11

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XI. And weeping and bewailing he began to say: O marvellous

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head

of

heavenly

adornment

:

O

radiant

as

the

sun

which

shines

on

heaven

and

earth

:

thy

hairs

are

known

from

Teman

,

thine

eyes

from

Bosor

,

thine

ears

from

thunder

,

thy

tongue

from

a

trumpet

,

and

thy

brain

is

a

small

creation

,

thy

head

the

energy

of

the

whole

body

:

O

friendly

and

most

fair

beloved

by

all

,

and

now

falling

into

the

earth

it

must

become

forgotten

.

O

hands

,

mild

,

fair

-

fingered

,

worn

with

toil

by

which

the

body

is

nourished

:

O

hands

,

deftest

of

all

,

heaping

up

from

all

quarters

ye

made

ready

houses

.

O

fingers

adorned

and

decked

with

gold

and

silver

(

rings

)

:

and

great

worlds

are

led

by

the

fingers

:

the

three

joints

enfold

the

palms

,

and

heap

up

beautiful

things

:

and

now

ye

must

become

aliens

to

the

world

.

O

feet

,

skilfully

walking

about

,

self

-

running

,

most

swift

,

unconquerable

:

O

knees

,

fitted

together

,

because

without

you

the

body

does

not

move

:

the

feet

run

along

with

the

sun

and

the

moon

in

the

night

and

in

the

day

,

heaping

up

all

things

,

foods

and

drinks

,

and

nourishing

the

body

:

O

feet

,

most

swift

and

fair

runners

,

moving

on

the

face

of

the

earth

,

getting

ready

the

house

with

every

good

thing

:

O

feet

which

bear

up

the

whole

body

,

that

run

up

to

the

temples

,

making

repentance

and

calling

on

the

saints

,

and

now

ye

are

to

remain

motionless

.

O

head

and

hands

and

feet

,

until

now

I

have

kept

you

.

O

soul

,

what

sent

thee

into

the

humble

and

wretched

body

?

and

now

being

separated

from

it

,

thou

art

going

up

where

the

Lord

calleth

thee

,

and

the

wretched

body

goes

away

to

judgment

.

O

body

well

-

adorned

,

hair

clothed

with

stars

,

head

of

heavenly

adornment

and

dress

:

O

face

well

-

anointed

,

light

-

bringing

eyes

,

voice

trumpet

-

like

,

tongue

placable

,

chin

fairly

adorned

,

hairs

like

the

stars

,

head

high

as

heaven

,

body

decked

out

,

light

-

bringing

eyes

that

know

all

things

—

and

now

you

shall

fall

into

the

earth

and

under

the

earth

your

beauty

shall

disappear

.