"However,the Most Highdoes not dwellin [houses] made by [human] hands;as the prophetsays:
"But will Godindeeddwellon the earth?Behold,heavenand the highestheavencannotcontainYou, howmuchlessthishousewhichI have built!
"But will Godindeeddwellwith mankindon the earth?Behold,heavenand the highestheavencannotcontainYou; howmuchlessthishousewhichI have built.
There is a riverwhose streamsmakegladthe cityof God,The holydwellingplacesof the MostHigh.
I will givethanksto the LORDaccording to His righteousnessAnd will singpraiseto the nameof the LORDMostHigh.
He who dwellsin the shelterof the MostHighWill abidein the shadowof the Almighty.
For you have madethe LORD,my refuge,[Even] the MostHigh,your dwellingplace.
But You, O LORD,are on highforever.
"This sentenceis by the decreeof the [angelic] watchersAnd the decisionis a commandof the holyones,In orderthat the livingmay knowThat the MostHighis rulerover the realmof mankind,And bestowsit on whomHe wishesAnd setsoverit the lowliestof men."
"But at the endof that period,I, Nebuchadnezzar,raisedmy eyestoward heavenand my reasonreturnedto me, and I blessedthe MostHighand praisedand honoredHim wholivesforever;For His dominionis an everlastingdominion,And His kingdom[endures] from generationto generation.
They turn,[but] not upward,They are like a deceitfulbow;Their princeswill fallby the swordBecauseof the insolenceof their tongue.This[will be] their derisionin the landof Egypt.
"He will be greatand will be calledthe Sonof the Most High;and the LordGodwill giveHim the throneof His fatherDavid;
For we knowthat ifthe earthlytentwhich is our houseis torn down,we havea buildingfrom God,a housenot made with hands,eternalin the heavens.
"When the MostHighgavethe nationstheir inheritance,When He separatedthe sonsof man,He setthe boundariesof the peoplesAccording to the numberof the sonsof Israel.
