R (see 18a) You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you.
You forgot the God who gave you birth.
When the Lord saw this, he was filled with loathing
and anger toward his sons and daughters. R
“I will hide my face from them,” he said,
“and see what will then become of them.
What a fickle race they are,
sons with no loyalty in them!” R
“Since they have provoked me with their ‘no-god’
and angered me with their vain idols,
I will provoke them with a ‘no-people’;
with a foolish nation I will anger them.” R
Alleluia, alleluia. Blessed are the poor in spirit;/ for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Alleluia, alleluia.
- If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and you will have treasure in heaven. l
