strength, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger'.

To the dispensations of the twilight dawn, to the first messengers of
the redeeming word, the yet lisping utterers of light and life, a
strength and a power were given 'because of the enemies', greater and of
more immediate influence, than to the seers and proclaimers of a clearer
day:--even as the first re-appearing crescent of the eclipsed moon
shines for men with a keener brilliance, than the following larger
segments, previously to its total emersion.

Ib. v. 5.

'Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and
worship'.

Power + idea = angel.
Idea - power = man, or Prometheus.



PS. LXVIII.

v. 34.

'Ascribe ye the power to God over Israel: his worship and strength is
in the clouds'.

The 'clouds' in the symbolical language of the Scriptures mean the
events and course of things, seemingly effects of human will or chance,