The tenderness of Thy mercy, O my Lord, surpasseth the fury of Thy wrath, and Thy loving-kindness exceedeth Thy hot displeasure, and Thy grace excelleth Thy justice.  Hold Thou, through Thy wondrous favors and mercies, the hands of Thy creatures, and suffer them not to be separated from the grace which Thou hast ordained as the means whereby they can recognize Thee.  The glory of Thy might beareth me witness!  Were such a thing to happen, every soul would be sore shaken, every man endued with understanding would be bewildered, and every possessor of knowledge would be dumbfounded, except those who have been succored through the hands of Thy Cause, and have been made the recipients of the revelations of Thy grace and of the tokens of Thy favors.

I swear by Thy might, O my God!  Wert Thou to regard Thy servants according to their deserts in Thy days, they would assuredly merit naught except Thy chastisement and torment.  Thou art, however, the One Who is of great bounteousness, Whose grace is immense.  Look not down upon them, O my God, with the glance of Thy justice, but rather with the eyes of Thy tender compassions and mercies.  Do, then, with them according to what beseemeth Thy generosity and bountiful favor.  Potent art Thou to do whatsoever may please Thee.  Incomparable art Thou.  No God is there beside Thee, the Lord of the throne on high and of earth below, the Ruler of this world and of the world to come.  Thou art the God of Bounty, the Ever-Forgiving, the Great Giver, the Most Generous.

Do Thou bless, O Lord my God, the One through Whom the mysteries of Thine omnipotence have been disclosed, through Whom the revelations of Thy divinity have been glorified, through Whom the goodly pearls of Thy knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered, through Whom Thy signs and tokens have been noised abroad, through Whom Thy word hath been set forth with clearness, through Whom the light of Thy countenance hath shone forth and the power of Thy sovereignty been established.  Bless Thou all those also who, wholly for Thy sake, have turned towards Thee.  Send down, moreover, upon Him and them such of Thy wondrous mercies as may well beseem Thy highness.  Thou art, verily, the Almighty, the Help in Peril, the All-Glorious, the Self-Subsisting.

LXXXII:  “Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!  Thou art He...”

Praised be Thou, O Lord my God!  Thou art He Who hath created all things through a word uttered by Thy behest, and fashioned the entire creation through the power of Thy sovereignty and might.  The mightiest of men are abased before the revelations of Thy glory, and they who are endued with strength tremble when faced with the evidences of Thy might.  Every man of insight is bereft of vision when confronted with the effulgence of the glory of Thy face, and he who is possessed of riches is poor and desolate when beholding the plenteousness of Thy wealth.