Behind and before, hast thou shut me in, and hast laid upon me thy hand:—
Above, is the God of aforetime, And, beneath, are the Arms of the ages,—So he driveth before thee the foe, And doth say—Destroy!
The messenger of Yahweh encampeth around them who revere him, Thus hath he delivered them.
And, when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead, and he laid his right hand upon me, saying—Do not fear! I, am the First, and the Last,
There is not, between us, a mediator, who might lay his hand upon us both.
against the nobles of the sons of Israel, put he not forth his hand,—so then they had vision of God, and did eat and drink,