1 for your imperishable spirit is in all things!
2 Therefore you rebuke offenders little by little,warn them, and remind them of the sins they are committing,that they may abandon their wickedness and believe in you, Lord!
3 For truly, the ancient inhabitants of your holy land,
4 whom you hated for deeds most odious—works of sorcery and impious sacrifices;
5 These merciless murderers of children,devourers of human flesh,and initiates engaged in a blood ritual,
6 and parents who took with their own hands defenseless lives,You willed to destroy by the hands of our ancestors,
7 that the land that is dearest of all to youmight receive a worthy colony of God’s servants.