"But now,I pray,let the powerof the Lordbe great,justas You have declared,
On the otherhandI am filledwith power--With the Spiritof the LORD--And with justiceand courageTo makeknownto Jacobhis rebelliousact,Even to Israelhis sin.
Becausethe LORDcouldnot bringthispeopleinto the landwhichHe promisedthem by oath,therefore He slaughteredthem in the wilderness.'
The LORDis slowto angerand abundantin lovingkindness,forgivinginiquityand transgression;but He will by nomeansclear[the guilty], visitingthe iniquityof the fatherson the childrento the thirdand the fourth[generations].'
"But sothat you may knowthat the Sonof Manhasauthorityon earthto forgivesins"--thenHe saidto the paralytic,"Getup, pickup your bedand gohome."
But when the crowdssaw[this], they were awestruck,and glorifiedGod,who had givensuchauthorityto men.
