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1898-1907

  • The wind too said, “Do not move perversely (act wrongfully), O Solomon; and if thou move perversely, be not angry at my perverseness.
  • God set up these scales for the purpose that justice might be done to us in eternity.
  • (If) thou give short measure, I will give short measure; so long as thou art honest with me, I am honest (with thee).” 1900
  • Likewise, Solomon's tiara swerved to one side and made the bright day (dark) as night to him.
  • He said, “O tiara, do not become awry on my head: O sun, do not decline from my orient.”
  • He was putting the tiara straight with his hand, (but) the tiara always became awry for him again, O youth.
  • Eight times he straightened it, and (each time) it became awry. He said, “Why, what is the matter, O tiara? Do not sag crookedly.”
  • It replied, “If thou put me straight a hundred times, (’tis useless): I go awry since thou goest awry, O trusted one.” 1905
  • Then Solomon put straight his inward part: he made his heart cold to (caused it to renounce) the lust which it had.
  • Thereupon his tiara immediately became straight and such as he wished it to be.