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Appendix 5 What might have I to praise Thy might? I have not power to give il praise. Whatever be Thy wish, I say Amen. Mayst Thou endure, 0 Formless One, 18. There is no count of fools who will not see, Nor of thieves who live by fraud, There is no count of despots practising tyranny, Nor of those whose bands are soiled with blood. There is no count of those who sin and go free, Nor of liars caught in the web of falsehood, There is no count of the polluted who live on filth, Nor of the evil-tongued weighed down with calumny. Of such degradation, 0 Nanak, also think. What might have I to praise Thy might? I have not power to give il praise Whatever be Thy wish, I say A Mayst Thou endure, 0 Formless 19 Though there is no count of Thy names and habitations, Nor of Thy regions uncomprehended, Yet many there have been with reason pervened Who to Thy knowledge have pretended. Though by words alone we give Thee name and praise, And by words, reason, worship, and Thy virtue compute; Though by words alone we write and speak And by words our Lies with Thee constitule; The word does not its Creator bind, What Thou ordainest we receive, Thy creations magnify Thee, Thy name in all places find. Whal mighl have 1 to praise Thy might? I have not power to give it praise. Whatever be Thy wish, I say Amen. Mayst Thou endure, 0 Formless One. 20. As hands or feet besmirched with slime,
Water washes white;