23  For, like a tiny grain on a scale, just so is the world before you, and like a drop dew before dawn, which descends upon the earth.

23  For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.

24  But you are merciful to all, because you can do all, and you dismiss the sins of man because of repentance.

24  But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.

25  For you love all things that are, and you hate nothing of the things you have made; for you would not have created or established anything that you hated.

25  For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.

26  For how could anything endure, except by your will? Or what, having been called by you not to exist, would be preserved?

26  And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy will? or been preserved, if not called by thee?