129. This is the path that Moses declared when he was alive, speaking to the people, Choose life for yourself… so that you may live.
130. But they didn’t believe him or the prophets who came after him. They didn’t even believe me when I spoke to them.
131. There won’t be sadness over their destruction, as there will be joy over those for whom salvation is sure."
132. I answered: "I know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, since he has mercy on those who haven’t yet come into the world. He is called
133. gracious, since he has mercy on those who convert to his Law,
134. and patient, because he shows patience to those who have sinned, since they are his own creation.
135. I know that he is called generous, because he wants to give gifts rather than demand them,
136. and very merciful, because he multiplies mercies more and more to those now alive and those who went before and those who are to come in the future.
137. If, indeed, he hadn’t multiplied them, the world with those who live in it would not now exist.
138. He is called giver, because if he didn’t give out of his own goodness some relief from their sins to people who committed sins, not one ten-thousandth part of humanity could live.
139. He is called judge, because unless he forgave those created by his word and wiped out the multitude of their offenses,
140. perhaps only a very few would be left from the innumerable multitude."