The Blessing

XXI
The Blessing

"BLESS ME, my father," Ibna Hakim said.
Solomon, with his heart breaking, smiled and embraced him, saying, "Blessed be the Lord my God who blessed my father David and blessed our father Abraham, May he be with you always and bless be your seed even as he blessed Jacob and made his seed to be as many as the stars of heaven and the sand of the sea.
"And as Abraham blessed Isaac even so will your blessing be -- the dew of heaven and the spaciousness of earth -- and may all the birds of the heavens and all the hearts of the beasts of the fields and the fish of the sea be in subjection to you.
"Be full and not lacking in fullness; be perfect and not lacking in perfection; be gracious and obstinate; be in in good health and not suffering; be generous and not vindictive; be pure and not defiled; be righteous and not a sinner; be merciful and not oppressive; be sincere and not perverse; be long suffering and not prone to wrath. And the enemy will be afraid of you and your adversaries will cast themselves under the sole of your foot. And my Lady Zion, the holy and heavenly, the Tabernacle of the Law of God, will be your guide to you all times. A guide in respect of what you should think in your heart and should do with your fingers, whether it be far or near to you, whether it be low or high to you, whether it be strong or weak to you, whether it be inside or out to you, whether it be in the house or in the field, whether it be away from you, whether it be in secret or published abroad to you -- to your Lady Zion, the holy and heavenly, the pure Tabernacle of the Law of God will be your guide.
David II -- Ibna Hakim -- the son of Solomon and Makeda bowed down and then departed.