Psalms

and other Bible passages

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Bible Reading 10-21-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 46

Prayer Focus: Myself

Bible Passage: Psalms 51-53

A Theme I Noticed: Sin and Forgiveness

Verse I Chose:

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou will not despise.

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Bible Reading 10-20-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 36

Prayer Focus: Authorities, Friends, Unsaved

Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 5-9

A Theme I Noticed: God is Deserving of Worship

Verse I Chose:

2 Samuel 7:22

"Wherefore Thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like There, neither is there any God beside Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears."

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Bible Reading 10-19-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 34

Prayer Focus: Sick

Bible Passage: Exodus 17-20

A Theme I Noticed: God's Provision for His People

Verse I Chose:

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure into Me above all people: for all the earth is Mine.

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Bible Reading 10-18-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 33

Prayer Focus: Missionaries and Children

Bible Passage: 2 Corinthians 4-5

A Theme I Noticed: Being Ambassadors for Christ

Verse I Chose:

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Bible Reading 10-17-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 29

Prayer Focus: Psalm 25:1-6, Confession, Forgiveness, Psalm 25:7-22

Bible Passage: Mark 13-14

A Theme I Noticed: Jesus preparing His disciples for His departure.

Bible Verse I Chose:

Mark 13:13

"And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved."

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Bible Reading 10-16-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 24

Prayer Focus: Family

Bible Passage: Jeremiah 22-26

A Theme I Noticed: God’s call to repentance.

Verse I Chose:

Jeremiah 23:24

“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him?” saith the LORD. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” saith the LORD.

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Bible Reading 10-15-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 19

Prayer Focus: Work and class

Bible Passage: Job 33-34

A Theme I Noticed: God's Righteousness

Verses I Chose:

Job 33:23-24

If there be a Messenger with him, an Interpreter, one among a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness:

Then He is gracious unto him, and saith, "Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a Ransom."

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Bible Reading 10-14-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 18

Prayer Focus: Myself

Bible Passage: Psalms 48-50

A Theme I Noticed: God is our Shelter

Verse I chose:

Psalm 48:14

For this God  is  our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide  even  unto death.

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Bible Reading 10-13-20

Praise Psalm: Psalm 16

Prayer Focus: Authorities, Friends, Unsaved

Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 1-4

A Theme I Noticed: Love for those who hate you.

Verse I chose:

2 Samuel 2:6

“And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.”

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Being a judgmental Christian is horrible, but just as destructive is being a Christian unable to recognize the goodness and divine worthiness of others.

One of the most evil lies of religion is believing you and your fellow believers exclusively hold the rights to all goodness, morality, and love—as if no other person beyond your own belief system is capable of achieving your level of righteousness.

But one of the main themes of Jesus’ ministry is teaching His followers to humbly unlearn their selfishness and to see others as greater than themselves. The heroes of the parables aren’t the pious religious leaders—they’re often the villains. God, help us to love our neighbors.

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Loving your neighbor has never been about seeing the “goodness” and “divine worthiness” of others. It has never been about seeing them as morally superior to you, or implying that they can reach God any other way than through Christ.

I have noticed OP tends to twist (hopefully not intentionally!) the message of the Bible in ways that fit his own agenda. Let’s see what the Bible actually says about the goodness of man; both of the unsaved and the Christian if we were to hypothetically remove the blood covering of Christ.

Jesus Himself brings out whether or not people are “good” in Luke 18:18-27 (copied from NIV for clarity’s sake):

18 A certain ruler asked Him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

21 “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.

22 When Jesus heard this, He said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

26 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”

27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

Did you catch what Jesus’ reply to the rich young ruler was? No one is good, except God. God alone holds the title of Good. Even the man, who broke no commandment by human standards, still wasn’t good. Yes, people from other cultures and faiths have kept those commandments; that does not make them good, either. Even someone who seems blessed by God, such as the rich young ruler, isn’t good enough to enter heaven. Paul further clarifies this in Romans 3:9-20:

9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written:

“There is no one righteous, not even one; 11    there is no one who understands;    there is no one who seeks God. 12 All have turned away,    they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good,    not even one.” 13 “Their throats are open graves;    their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.” 14    “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” 15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood; 16    ruin and misery mark their ways, 17 and the way of peace they do not know.” 18    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”

19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.

And then just a few verses later Romans 3:23 reads, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” “All” doesn’t seem to exclude anyone, does it? No matter how much of God’s commands you keep, no matter how perfect you are, you cannot save yourself. We can know about our sin, but we cannot do good or refrain from evil to save ourselves. Yes, other religions and people groups have moral codes, and they may follow them to the letter, but even following the moral code that God Himself gave in His Word cannot save us, much less a moral code invented by humans. (To rebut OP’s statement on Christian morality, I have never heard of a true Christian who claimed to be righteous in and of themselves. There are many sects of Christianity that like to add works to salvation (which is a discussion for another time), but genuine Christians do not think that they are righteous because of their own goodness.)

Why should we care that we are sinners? Why should we care that no one is good enough for God? Well, the answer is this: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23) Death is the required payment for sin; both physical and spiritual. Death is separation, not just from our bodies, but also from God.

The only way we can be claimed as righteous and worthy is through Christ’s sacrifice for us when He paid the penalty for our sins on the cross. See, we have all “missed the mark” when it comes to God’s standard for heaven: perfection. No one can be perfect. No human in the history of the world has been perfect, except Christ Jesus, the Son of God. Like the rich young ruler, there is nothing we can do to inherit eternal life. We love our sin too much, but more than that we are born sinners. (Psalm 51:5, Ephesians 2:3, Psalm 58:3, Jeremiah 17:9) We are condemned to eternal separation from God by our very natures. But, God made the path to salvation through His Son! The rest of Romans 3 lays out pretty well what God did to save everyone:

21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 He did it to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the One who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law. 29 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, 30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith. 31 Do we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Not at all! Rather, we uphold the law.

God takes sin seriously. He takes it so seriously that He sentenced His only begotten Son to death on the cross. Our actions, “good” or bad, bring death. Christ’s death and resurrection brings life! Only by believing in Christ as the One Who saves us from our sins can we be saved. Only Christ gives eternal life. In John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” No one can save themselves. No religion can bring someone to God. No moral code, no mantra, no prayer can save a person. Being born into a race or sex or Christian family doesn’t save you. Only the redeeming work of Christ saves. The requirement for salvation isn’t works, it’s faith. We do not save ourselves, God saves us; we accept His gift, so that it is not our goodness in us, but Christ’s goodness. There is no room for us to boast: there is no pride. We only boast in Christ (Galatians 6:14).

Don’t twist the humility of boasting in the cross of Christ into some “holier than thou” schtick. It’s the opposite. In fact, it is freely admitting that we are not good enough, that Christ alone is good enough. Humility isn’t saying someone else is more righteous than you, it is admitting that you are not good enough, and recognizing that only God can save.

What does Biblical humility look like? What does loving your neighbor look like? Maybe it looks like loving them so much that you are willing to risk belittlement, rejection, and accusations to point out that they are also in need of a Savior. Maybe it looks like giving up your pride and your comfort so they can know that there is a way to be right with God, to overcome the spiritual death that separates us all from Him. Maybe it even looks like following in the footsteps of Christ, giving up your own life, not for whatever trend is moving you now, but for the eternal life that is only found in Him.

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Bible Reading 10-12-20

Worship Psalm: Psalm 5

Prayer Focus: Sick

Bible Passage: Exodus 13-16

A Theme I Noticed: God’s provision for His people.

Verse I chose:

Exodus 15:13

Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people  which  Thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided  them  in Thy strength unto Thy holy habitation.

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Habakkuk 3

Context: This is the last song of the Old Testament. It is known as a “song of praise”. Habakkuk is mostly concerned with prophecy of invasion from Babylon. Through chapters one and two, the prophet in question “wrestles” with God over the fate of Israel. This last chapter is his submission to God’s will.

1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.

2 O LORD, I have heard Thy speech,  and  was afraid: O LORD, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.

4 And  His  brightness was as the light; He had horns  coming  out of His hand: and there  was  the hiding of His power.

5 Before Him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at His feet.

6 He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: His ways  are  everlasting.

7 I saw the tens of Cushan in affliction:  and  the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers?  was  Thine anger against the rivers?  was  Thy wrath against the sea, that Thou didst ride upon Thine horses  and  Thy chariots of salvation?

9 Thy bow was made quite naked,  according  to the oaths of the tribes,  even Thy  Word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

10 The mountains saw Thee,  and  they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice,  and  lifted up his hands on high.

11 The sun  and  moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of Thine arrows they went,  and  at the shining of Thy glittering spear.

12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of Thy people,  even  for salvation with Thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.

14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing  was  as to devour the poor secretly.

15 Thou didst walk through the sea with Thine horses,  through  the heap of great waters.

16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither  shall  fruit  be  in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and  there shall be  no herd in the stalls:

18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

19 The LORD God  is  my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds’  feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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Ezekiel 28:11-19

Context: A lament for the king of Tyre- some have interpreted it to be an earthly king, but most believe it refers to Satan, and specifically is a reference to one of Tyre’s chief gods, the “King of the City.” In any case, God’s judgement is poured out on this being.

11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, ‘Thus saith the Lord GOD; “Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone  was  thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

14 Thou  art  the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee  so:  thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

15 Thou  wast  perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore will I cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never  shalt  thou  be  any more.

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Ezekiel 27

Context: Ezekiel has received a prophesy from God that Tyre will be destroyed. He is so sure of it, in fact, that God has him write a lamentation over it.

1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,

2 “Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;

3 And say unto Tyrus, ‘O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea,  which art  a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; “O Tyrus, thou hast said, ‘I  am  of perfect beauty.’

4 Thy borders  are  in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty.

5 They have made all thy  ship  boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.

6  Of  the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches  of  ivory,  brought  out of the isles of Chittim.

7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise  men,  O Tyrus,  that  were in thee, were thy pilots.

9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise  men  thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

10 They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness.

11 The men of Arvad with thine army  were  upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect.

12 Tarshish  was  thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all  kind of  riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they  were  thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

14 They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

15 The men of Dedan  were  thy merchants; many isles  were  the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee  for  a present horns of ivory and ebony.

16 Syria  was  thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.

17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they  were  thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

18 Damascus  was  thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool.

19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

20 Dedan  was  thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots.

21 Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these  were they  thy merchants.

22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they  were  thy merchants; they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur,  and  Chilmad,  were  thy merchants.

24 These  were  thy merchants in all sorts  of things,  in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise.

25 The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that  are  in thee, and in all thy company which  is  in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

28 The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots.

29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners,  and  all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;

30 And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

31 And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart  and  bitter wailing.

32 And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee,  saying,  ‘What  city is  like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea?

33 When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.’

34 In the time  when  thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

35 All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in  their  countenance.

36 The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never  shalt be  any more.”’”

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Ezekiel 19

Context: A lament for the princes of Israel: it is written directly after a chapter exposing Israel trying to deny their sins, while God tries to call them back. It poetically details the fall of Israel’s kings, first to Egypt, then to Babylon. (By no means does it mean they were good rulers, but the Davidic dynasty would be soon broken, which is the main reason for the lament.)

1 Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

2 And say, “What  is  thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

3 And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

4 The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.

5 Now when she saw that she had waited,  and  her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps,  and  made him a young lion.

6 And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey,  and  devoured men.

7 And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

8 Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

9 And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.

10 Thy mother  is  like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

11 An she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.

12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

13 And now she  is  planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches,  which  hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod  to be  a scepter to rule.” This  is  a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

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Isaiah 26:1-11

Context: Isaiah records a song that will be sung when Israel has peace during the millennial kingdom. It is a praise song to the God that rescued them.

1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; “We have a strong city; salvation will  God  appoint  for  walls and bulwarks.

2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

3 Thou wilt keep  him  in perfect peace,  whose  mind  is  stayed  on Thee:  because he trusteth in Thee.

4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH  is  everlasting strength.

5 For He bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, He bringeth it low; He layeth it low,  even  to the ground; He bringeth it  even  to the dust.

6 The foot shall tread it down,  even  the feet of the poor,  and  the steps of the needy.”

7 The way of the just  is  uprightness: Thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

8 Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee; the desire of  our  soul  is  to Thy Name, and to the remembrance of Thee.

9 With my soul have I desired Thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek Thee early: for when Thy judgments  are  in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

10 Let favor be shewed to the wicked,  yet  will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

11 LORD,  when  Thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but  they shall see, and be ashamed for  their  envy at the people; yea, the fire of Thine enemies shall devour them.

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Lamentations 5

1 Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

2 Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

3 We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers  are  as widows.

4 We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

5 Our necks  are  under persecution: we labor,  and  have no rest.

6 We have given the hand  to  the Egyptians,  and to   the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

7 Our fathers have sinned,  and are  not; and we have borne their iniquities.

8 Servants have ruled over us:  there is  none that doth deliver  us  out of their hand.

9 We gat our bread with  the peril of  our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

10 Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

11 They ravished the women in Zion,  and  the maids in the cities of Judah.

12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored.

13 They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

14 The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music.

15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

16 The crown is fallen  from  our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

17 For this our heart is faint; for these  things  our eyes are dim.

18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

19 Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; Thy throne from generation to generation.

20 Wherefore dost Thou forget us for ever,  and  forsake us so long time?

21 Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

22 But Thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.