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Latter-Day Psalms
I said, "If there be God, has he made them so? What part had God in the founding of this city?"
I saw that the children were marred even in the womb; that God assailed them with temptations while yet they were weak.
I saw that the good men of the city flourished not. The city had not been founded for them.
But surely man and not God founded the city. How shall I condemn God for the blunders of men?
Yet God has permitted slaughter of the innocents. Does the Most High God delight in a sacrifice of souls?
I said in my pride, "If there be God, he shall be no God of mine. I will go my way, and live according as my soul wills.
I will make war upon thee, evil God. Though thou slay me, I will contrive justice and mercy against thy will."
I saw that the children were marred even in the womb; that God assailed them with temptations while yet they were weak.
I saw that the good men of the city flourished not. The city had not been founded for them.
But surely man and not God founded the city. How shall I condemn God for the blunders of men?
Yet God has permitted slaughter of the innocents. Does the Most High God delight in a sacrifice of souls?
I said in my pride, "If there be God, he shall be no God of mine. I will go my way, and live according as my soul wills.
I will make war upon thee, evil God. Though thou slay me, I will contrive justice and mercy against thy will."
