[251]. Proverbs 28. 2.

[252]. Isaiah 7. 6 (shortened).

[253]. Shebet Yehudah, 29, Wiener’s edition, pp. 48, seq.

[254]. Isaiah 66. 2.

[255]. Iggeret Orehot ‘Olam, chapter 14, Hyde’s edition, pp. 90, seq.

[256]. ‘Emek ha-Baka (the Vale of Weeping), Letteris’ edition, pp. 20, seq.

[257]. Nishmat Hayyim (Soul of Life), part 2, chapter 30.

[258]. Psalm 84. 12.

[259]. Ibid. 73. 27.

[260]. La-Yesharim Tehillah (Praise to the Upright), Act II, Scene I. An allegorical drama written mostly in blank verse. As a rule the lines are of ten syllables, but now and then there are lines of six syllables. Each line ends with a word whose accent is on the penult.