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STUDIES OF NATURE. 



ciens, &• ficut nebula texi om- 

 nem terram. Ego in altiffimis 

 habitavi, & thronus meus in 

 columna nubis. 



6, 7, 8, g. Gyrum cœli cir- 

 cuivi fola, & profundum abyffi 

 penetravi ; in fludibus ambu- 

 lavi, & in omni terra fteti & in 

 omni populo ; & in omni populo 

 primatum habui. Et omnium 

 excellentium & humilium cor- 

 da virtute calcavi, & in his om- 

 nibus requiem quafivi, & in 

 hasreditate domini morabor. 



and my throne is in a cloudy 

 pillar. 



5. I alone compafled the cir- 

 cuit of Heaven ; and walked in 

 the bottom of the Deep. 



6. In the waves of the fea, 

 and in all the earth, and in 

 every people and nation, I got 

 a pofleffion. 



7. With all thefe I fought 

 reft : and in whofe inheritance 

 fliall I abide ? 



13. Quafi cedrus exaltata 

 fum in Libano, & quafi cy- 

 prefllis in Monte Sion. 



14. Quafi palma exaltata 

 fum in Cades, &: quafi planta- 

 tio rofae in Jericho. Quafi oli- 

 va fpeciofa in campis, & quafi 

 platanus exaltata fum juxta 

 aquam in plateis. 



13. I was exalted like a ce- 

 dar in Libanus, and as a cy- 

 prefs-tree upon the mountains 

 of Hermon. 



14. I was exalted like a 

 palm-tree in Engaddi, and as a 

 rofe-plant in Jericho, as a fair 

 olive-tree in a pleafant field, 

 and grew up as a plane-tree by 

 the water. 



16. Ego quafi terebinthus 

 extendi ramos meos, & rami 

 mei honoris & gratias, 



17. Ego quafi vitis fruclifi- 



16. As the turpentine tree^ 



I ftretched out my branches, 



and my branches are the 



branches of honour and grace^ 



17. As the vine brought I 



cavi fuavilatem odoris, et flores forth pleafant favour, and my 

 mei fruflu s honoris & honef- flowers are the fruit of honour 

 tatis. and richei. 



18. Ego 



18. I api 



