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And the clouds are the dust of His feet.”
“Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
And His greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall praise Thy works to another,
And shall declare Thy mighty acts.
I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty,
And of Thy wondrous works.
And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts:
And I will declare Thy greatness.
They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great
goodness,
And shall sing of Thy righteousness....
“All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord;
And Thy saints shall bless Thee.
They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom,
And talk of Thy power;
To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations....
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord:
And let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever.”
Job 13:11; 22:12; Job 25:3;
37:5-24, A.R.V., margin;
Psalm 113:5, 6; Nahum 1:3;
Psalm 145:3-21.
As we learn more and more of what God is, and of what we
ourselves are in His sight, we shall fear and tremble before Him.
Let men of today take warning from the fate of those who in ancient
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times presumed to make free with that which God had declared
sacred. When the Israelites ventured to open the ark on its return
from the land of the Philistines, their irreverent daring was signally
punished.
Again, consider the judgment that fell upon Uzzah. As in David’s
reign the ark was being carried to Jerusalem, Uzzah put forth his