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The Lord said: If you will indeed obey the voice of the Lord, and keep my covenant, you shall be 95.1417 a peculiar people to me above all nations. For all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a royal priesthood, and a holy nation. If you will indeed hear my voice, and do all that I shall say to you, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will oppose those who oppose you. If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you my rain in its season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the fields shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach the sowing, and you shall eat your bread to the full, you shall dwell in safety in your land, and you shall lie down, and there shall be none to make you afraid. And I will destroy evil beasts from your land, and [your enemies] shall fall before you by slaughter, and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. And I will look upon you, and increase you, and I will establish my covenant with you. And you shall eat old store, and very old store, and you shall bring forth the old from before the new. And I will place my covenant among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God. Take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently. Do not forget all the words which your eyes have seen, and let them not depart from your heart. You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, the testimonies and the statutes which he commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, according to all the way which the Lord commanded you. If you hear these my judgments, and keep them, and do them, the Lord God will keep for you the covenant, and the mercy, which he determined for your fathers, and the Lord will love you, and will bless the offspring of your womb, and the fruit of your land, and your grain, and your wine, and your oil; and you shall be blessed above all nations. If you will indeed hear the voice of the Lord, blessed shall you be in the field, and blessed shall be your storehouse, and your remnants. Blessed shall you be in your coming in; may the Lord send upon you the blessing, wherever you may lay your hand, and he will bless all the works of your hands, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations. And the Lord will make you the head, and not the tail, and he will give the rain of your land in its season. Samuel said: Does the Lord desire burnt offerings and sacrifices, as much as to obey the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice. Your obedience has multiplied me unto enlargement. 95.1420 I have kept his ways, and I will not turn aside from his commandments, that I may not die. If they obey and serve, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasantness. The commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes. His righteousness is upon children's children to those who keep his covenant. O that my ways were directed to keep. Your law is truth. All the words of the Lord are tried in the fire. And he is a shield to those who fear him. The end of the matter, hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments. The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life. Those who love the law, will surround themselves with a wall. Thus says the Lord: If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my statutes, you shall judge my house. Hear me, and you shall eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in good things. Better is one who is lacking in understanding and is fearful, than one who abounds in prudence, and transgresses the law. Nothing is sweeter than to give heed to the commandments of the Lord. He who seeks the law, shall be filled with it. Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High, and it shall profit you more than gold. Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Every one who hears my words, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built

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Εἶπε Κύριος· Ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσητε τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου, καὶ φυλάξησθε τὴν διαθήκην μου, ἔσεσθέ 95.1417 μοι λαὸς περιούσιος ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν. Ἐμὴ γάρ ἐστι πᾶσα ἡ γῆ· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἔσεσθέ μοι βασίλειον ἱεράτευμα, καὶ ἔθνος ἅγιον. Ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ ποιήσῃς πάντα ὅσα ἂν εἴπω σοι, ἐχθρεύσω τοῖς ἐχθροῖς σου, καὶ ἀντικείσομαι τοῖς ἀντικειμένοις. Ἐὰν ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί μου πορεύησθε, καὶ τὰς ἐντολάς μου φυλάσσησθε, καὶ ποιήσητε αὐτὰ, δώσω τὸν ὑετόν μου ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ ὑμῖν, καὶ ἡ γῆ δώσει τὰ γεννήματα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ ξύλα τῶν πεδίων ἀποδώσει τὸν καρπὸν αὐτῶν. Καὶ καταλήψεται ὑμῖν ὁ ἀλοητὸς τὸν σπόρον, καὶ φάγεσθε τὸν ἄρτον ὑμῶν εἰς πλησμονὴν, κατοικήσετε μετὰ ἀσφαλείας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ κοιμηθήσεσθε, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὑμᾶς ἐκφοβῶν. Καὶ ἀπολῶ θηρία πονηρὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὑμῶν, καὶ πεσοῦνται [οἱ ἐχθροὶ ὑμῶν] ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν φόνῳ, καὶ διώξονται ὑμῶν πέντε ἑκατὸν, καὶ ἑκατὸν ὑμῶν διώξουσι μυρίους· καὶ πεσοῦνται οἱ ἐχθροὶ ὑμῶν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν μαχαίρᾳ. Καὶ ἐπιβλέψω ὑμᾶς, καὶ αὐξήσω ὑμᾶς, καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου μεθ' ὑμῶν. Καὶ φάγεσθε παλαιὰ καὶ παλαιὰ παλαιῶν, καὶ παλαιὰ ἐκ προσώπου νέων ἐξοίσετε. Καὶ θήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ οὐ βδελύξεται ἡ ψυχή μου ὑμᾶς. Καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ἔσομαι ὑμῶν Θεός. Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ, καὶ φύλαξον τὴν ψυχήν σου σφόδρα. Μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ πάντας τοὺς λόγους, οὓς ἑωράκασιν ὀφθαλμοί σου, καὶ μὴ ἀποστήτωσαν ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας σου. Φυλάττων φύλαξαι τὰς ἐντολὰς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τὰ μαρτύρια καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα ὅσα ἐνετείλατό σοι Οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς δεξιᾷ, οὐδὲ ἀριστερᾷ, κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ὁδὸν, ἣν ἐνετείλατό σοι ὁ Κύριος. Ἐὰν ἀκούσητε τὰ δικαιώματά μου ταῦτα, καὶ φυλάξητε, καὶ ποιήσητε, διαφυλάξει Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῖν τὴν διαθήκην, καὶ τὸ ἔλεος, ὃ ὥρισε τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀγαπήσει σε Κύριος, καὶ εὐλογήσει τὰ ἔγγονα τῆς κοιλίας σου, καὶ τὸν καρπὸν τῆς γῆς σου, καὶ τὸν σιτόν σου, καὶ τὸν οἶνόν σου, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιόν σου· καὶ εὐλογητὸς ἔσῃ παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. Ἐὰν ἀκοῇ ἀκούσῃ τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου, εὐλογημένος σὺ ἐν ἀγρῷ, καὶ εὐλογημένη ἡ ἀποθήκη σου, καὶ τὰ ἐγκαταλείμματά σου. Εὐλογημένος σὺ ἐν τῷ εἰσπορεύεσθαί σε· ἀποστείλῃ Κύριος ἐπὶ σὲ τὴν εὐλογίαν, οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβάλλῃς τὴν χεῖρά σου, καὶ εὐλογήσει πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου, καὶ δανιεῖς ἔθνεσι πολλοῖς, σὺ δὲ οὐ δανιῇ· καὶ ἄρξεις ἐθνῶν πολλῶν. Καὶ καταστήσει σε Κύριος εἰς κεφαλὴν, καὶ μὴ εἰς οὐρὰν, καὶ δώσει τὸν ὑετὸν τῆς γῆς σου ἕως καιροῦ. Εἶπε Σαμουήλ· Εἰ θελητὸν τῷ Κυρίῳ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίαι, ὡς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς Κυρίου; Ἰδοὺ ἀκοὴ ὑπὲρ θυσίαν. Ἡ ὑπακοή σου ἐπλήθυνέ με εἰς πλατυσμόν. 95.1420 Ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκκλίνω ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντολῶν αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνω. Ἐὰν ἀκούσωσι καὶ δουλεύσωσι, συντελέσουσι τὰς ἡμέρας αὐτῶν ἐν ἀγαθοῖς, καὶ τὰ ἔτη αὐτῶν ἐν εὐπρεπείαις. Ἡ ἐντολὴ τοῦ Κυρίου τηλαυγὴς, φωτίζουσα ὀφθαλμούς. Ἡ δικαιοσύνη αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ υἱοὺς υἱῶν τοῖς φυλάσσουσι τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ. Ὄφελον κατευθυνθείησαν αἱ ὁδοί μου, τοῦ φυλάξασθαι. Ὁ νόμος σου ἀλήθεια. Πάντες οἱ λόγοι Κυρίου πεπυρωμένοι. Ὑπερασπίζει δὲ τῶν εὐλαβουμένων αὐτόν. Τέλος λόγου, τὸ πᾶν ἄκουε· τὸν Θεὸν φοβοῦ, καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ φύλασσε. Πρόσταγμα Κυρίου πηγὴ ζωῆς. Οἱ ἀγαπῶντες τὸν νόμον, περιβαλοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς τεῖχος. Τάδε λέγει Κύριος· Ἐὰν ἐν τοῖς ὁδοῖς μου πορεύῃ, καὶ ἐν τοῖς προστάγμασί μου φυλάσσῃ, σὺ διακρινεῖς τὸν οἶκόν μου. Ἀκούσατέ μου, καὶ φάγεσθε ἀγαθὰ, καὶ ἐντρυφηθείη ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ἡ ψυχὴ ὑμῶν. Κρείττων ἡττώμενος ἐν συνέσει ἔμφοβος, ἢ περισσεύων φρονήσει, καὶ παραβαίνων νόμον. Οὐδὲν γλυκύτερον τοῦ προσέχειν ἐντολαῖς Κυρίου. Ὁ ζητῶν νόμον, ἐμπλησθήσεται αὐτοῦ. Θὲς τὸν θησαυρόν σου κατ' ἐντολὰς Ὑψίστου, καὶ λυσιτελέσει σοι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ χρυσίον. Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι, Κύριε, Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Πατρός μου τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς. Πᾶς ὅστις ἀκούει μου τοὺς λόγους, καὶ ποιεῖ αὐτοὺς, ὁμοιώσω αὐτὸν ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ, ὅστις ᾠκοδόμησε