O Great and Bountifiil One who is the fountainhead of glory and the eternal spring of power; who sits enthroned in wisdom; whose counsel is the Law, great are the manifestations of Your wrath when it purges the land, even as it was done in the days of our fathers. Yet we, weak, wayward and wilfiil men, know in the depth of our hearts that whatever You do is done injustice and to our ultimate benefit.