Latter-Day Psalms/Omnipotence
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OMNIPOTENCE
I went into an open place under the stars. The city lay beneath me, and her sound was subdued.
I saw that the hosts of heaven perform that which was ordained in the beginning. The city was ordained in the beginning also.
I looked into the far place beyond the stars. I hearkened to a little wind of the earth whispering among the grasses.
And a great fear fell upon me out of the heavens, because of the majesty of God.
I said, "How shall I call thee just or unjust? Thou art mighty, and I am very small.
I am weary of myself because I am so small. I am contemptible in my own eyes because thou hast ordained what I must will.
Wherefore hast thou sickened this thy little earth with a fever of life? Wherefore hast thou made the swarms of men to fret upon her?
Thou hast made the heavens for thy plaything. Thou breakest the heart of man like a toy."
My spirit was dried up within me. I sat without meditation.
I saw that the hosts of heaven perform that which was ordained in the beginning. The city was ordained in the beginning also.
I looked into the far place beyond the stars. I hearkened to a little wind of the earth whispering among the grasses.
And a great fear fell upon me out of the heavens, because of the majesty of God.
I said, "How shall I call thee just or unjust? Thou art mighty, and I am very small.
I am weary of myself because I am so small. I am contemptible in my own eyes because thou hast ordained what I must will.
Wherefore hast thou sickened this thy little earth with a fever of life? Wherefore hast thou made the swarms of men to fret upon her?
Thou hast made the heavens for thy plaything. Thou breakest the heart of man like a toy."
My spirit was dried up within me. I sat without meditation.