Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world; even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God *.

I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, Which is, and Which was, and Which is to come, the Almighty".

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Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not; neither weary ? There is no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength".

O Lord God of our fathers! Art not Thou God in Heaven? and rulest not Thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in Thy hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand Thee a?

I know that Thou canst do every thing; and that no thought of Thine can be bindered ".

With God nothing shall be impossible.

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and in all deep places".

* Psal. xc. 2.

a 2 Chron. xx. 6.

y Rev. i. 8.

b Job xliii. 2. Marg. d Psal. cxxxv. 6.

z Isai. xl. 28, 29.

© Luke i. 37.

God hath power to help, and to cast down. I, even I am the Lord; and beside Me there is no Saviour f.

Yea, before the day was, I am He: and there is none that can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

But who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth not"?

When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when He hideth his face, who then can behold Him?

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against Him, and hath prospered *?

Practical inferences from the foregoing consideration.

Submit yourselves therefore to God'.

And humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time m.

Forasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, O Lord, Thou art great and Thy Name is great in might who would not fear Thee, O King of nations? For to Thee doth it appertain".

Thou, even Thou art to be feared; and who may stand in Thy sight when Thou art angry? f Isai. xliii. 11. 8 Isai. xliii. 13.

e 2 Chron. xxv. 8.

h Lam. iii. 37.

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i Job xxxiv. 29. Job ix. 4. Jam. iv. 7.

In 1 Pet. v.
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" Jer. x. 6, 7.

• Psal. lxxvi. 7.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength". Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of

His might'.

In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me".

For if God be for us, who can be against us'?

I am fully persuaded, that what He hath promised, He is able also to perform *.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen".

Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

3. in that God is every where present, and knoweth all things.

Great is our Lord, and great is His power: yea, and His wisdom is infinite ".

Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: He is mighty in strength and wisdom". He revealeth the deep and secret things: He

p Isai. xxvi. 3, s Rom. viii. 31. × 1 Tim. i. 17.

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a Eph. vi. 10.

t Rom. iv. 21.
y Psal. cxlvii. 5.

Psal. lvi. 11.

u Psal. cvi. 48. z Job xxxvi. 5.

knoweth what is in the darkness; and the light dwelleth with Him".

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do ".

O Lord, Thou hast searched me out, and known me.

Thou knowest my down-sitting, and mine up-rising: Thou understandest my thoughts afar off.

Thou art about my path, and about my bed; and spiest out all my ways.

For lo, there is not a word in my tongue, but, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether".

Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places, that I shall not see him, saith the Lord? Do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lordd?

The Lord looketh down from heaven: He beholdeth all the sons of men.

From the place of His habitation, He looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

He fashioneth their hearts alike; He considereth all their works.

a Dan. ii. 22. b Heb. iv. 13.

d Jer. xxiii. 23, 24.

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Psal. cxxxix. 1-4.

Psal. xxxiii. 13, 14, 15.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord and He pondereth all his goings.

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good ".

Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men":

He knoweth vain men: He seeth wickedness also; will He not then consider?

Practical inferences from the foregoing consideration.

Keep, and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God*:

Know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart, and with a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts'.

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged; yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before Him. But it shall not be well with the wicked; neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God".