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Psalm 35:22

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You see everything, LORD! Please don't keep silent or stay so far away.

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Why are you far away, LORD? Why do you hide yourself when I am in trouble?

But you see the trouble and the distress, and you will do something. The poor can count on you, and so can orphans.

Don't stay far off when I am in trouble with no one to help me.

Enemies are all around like a herd of wild bulls. Powerful bulls from Bashan are everywhere.

Don't stay far away, LORD! My strength comes from you, so hurry and help.

Only you, LORD, are a mighty rock! Don't refuse to help me when I pray. If you don't answer me, I will soon be dead.

You are the LORD God! Stay nearby and don't desert me.

“Listen, LORD, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting your home as my ancestors did.

When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, “God is just like us!” But now I will accuse you.

Come closer, God! Please hurry and help.

Our God, don't just sit there, silently doing nothing!

The LORD said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt, and I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being ill-treated. I feel sorry for them,

I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.

With my own eyes I have seen the suffering of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groans and have come down to rescue them. Now I am sending you back to Egypt.”




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