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4.8 KiB
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204 lines
4.8 KiB
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Great Is Your Faithfulness
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# Chapter 3
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1. I am the man who has seen affliction
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under the rod of his wrath;
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2. he has driven and brought me
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into darkness without any light;
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3. surely against me he turns his hand
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again and again the whole day long.
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4. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
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he has broken my bones;
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5. he has besieged and enveloped me
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with bitterness and tribulation;
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6. he has made me dwell in darkness
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like the dead of long ago.
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7. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
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he has made my chains heavy;
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8. though I call and cry for help,
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he shuts out my prayer;
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9. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
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he has made my paths crooked.
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10. He is a bear lying in wait for me,
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a lion in hiding;
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11. he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces;
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he has made me desolate;
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12. he bent his bow and set me
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as a target for his arrow.
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13. He drove into my kidneys
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the arrows of his quiver;
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14. I have become the laughingstock of all my people,
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the object of their taunts all day long.
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15. He has filled me with bitterness;
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he has sated me with wormwood.
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16. He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
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and made me cower in ashes;
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17. my soul is bereft of peace;
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I have forgotten what happiness is;
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18. so I say, "My endurance has perished;
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so has my hope from the LORD."
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19. Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
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the wormwood and the gall!
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20. My soul continually remembers it
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and is bowed down within me.
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21. But this I call to mind,
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and therefore I have hope:
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22. The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
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his mercies never come to an end;
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23. they are new every morning;
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great is your faithfulness.
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24. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul,
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"therefore I will hope in him."
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25. The LORD is good to those who wait for him,
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to the soul who seeks him.
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26. It is good that one should wait quietly
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for the salvation of the LORD.
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27. It is good for a man that he bear
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the yoke in his youth.
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28. Let him sit alone in silence
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when it is laid on him;
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29. let him put his mouth in the dust--
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there may yet be hope;
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30. let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
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and let him be filled with insults.
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31. For the Lord will not
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cast off forever,
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32. for, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
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according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
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33. for he does not afflict from his heart
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or grieve the children of men.
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34. To crush underfoot
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all the prisoners of the earth,
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35. to deny a man justice
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in the presence of the Most High,
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36. to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
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the Lord does not approve.
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37. Who has spoken and it came to pass,
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unless the Lord has commanded it?
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38. Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
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that good and bad come?
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39. Why should a living man complain,
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a man, about the punishment of his sins?
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40. Let us test and examine our ways,
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and return to the LORD!
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41. Let us lift up our hearts and hands
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to God in heaven:
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42. "We have transgressed and rebelled,
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and you have not forgiven.
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43. "You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
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killing without pity;
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44. you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
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so that no prayer can pass through.
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45. You have made us scum and garbage
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among the peoples.
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46. "All our enemies
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open their mouths against us;
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47. panic and pitfall have come upon us,
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devastation and destruction;
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48. my eyes flow with rivers of tears
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because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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49. "My eyes will flow without ceasing,
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without respite,
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50. until the LORD from heaven
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looks down and sees;
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51. my eyes cause me grief
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at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
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52. "I have been hunted like a bird
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by those who were my enemies without cause;
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53. they flung me alive into the pit
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and cast stones on me;
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54. water closed over my head;
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I said, 'I am lost.'
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55. "I called on your name, O LORD,
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from the depths of the pit;
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56. you heard my plea, 'Do not close
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your ear to my cry for help!'
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57. You came near when I called on you;
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you said, 'Do not fear!'
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58. "You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
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you have redeemed my life.
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59. You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD;
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judge my cause.
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60. You have seen all their vengeance,
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all their plots against me.
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61. "You have heard their taunts, O LORD,
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all their plots against me.
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62. The lips and thoughts of my assailants
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are against me all the day long.
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63. Behold their sitting and their rising;
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I am the object of their taunts.
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64. "You will repay them, O LORD,
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according to the work of their hands.
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65. You will give them dullness of heart;
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your curse will be on them.
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66. You will pursue them in anger and destroy them
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from under your heavens, O LORD."
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