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"Where is the angel Uriel, who came to me at first? For it was he who brought me into this overpowering bewilderment; my end has become corruption, and my prayer a reproach."
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While I was speaking these words, the angel who had come to me at first came to me, and when he saw me
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lying there like a corpse, deprived of my understanding, he grasped my right hand and strengthened me and set me on my feet, and said to me,
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"What is the matter with you? And why are you troubled? And why are your understanding and the thoughts of your mind troubled?"
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I said, "It was because you abandoned me. I did as you directed, and went out into the field, and lo, what I have seen and can still see, I am unable to explain."
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He said to me, "Stand up like a man, and I will instruct you."
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I said, "Speak, my lord; only do not forsake me, so that I may not die before my time.
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For I have seen what I did not know, and I hear what I do not understand
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—or is my mind deceived, and my soul dreaming?
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Now therefore I beg you to give your servant an explanation of this bewildering vision."
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He answered me and said, "Listen to me, and I will teach you, and tell you about the things that you fear; for the Most High has revealed many secrets to you.