the utterance of him who hears the words of the Mighty God, and has the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, with open eyes:

I will praise Jehovah according to His righteousness, and will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Offer to God thanksgiving, and make good your vows to the Most High,

I have said, You gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

But You, Jehovah, are on high forever.

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

This sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the command by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He wills, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Therefore its name is called Babel, because there Jehovah confused the language of all the earth; and from there Jehovah scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.

Heaven, even the heavens, are Jehovah's; but the earth He has given to the sons of men.

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell everywhere on the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;

On that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying: To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates;

the Hittites, the Perizzites, the giants,