Dan will be like a snake
at the side of the road.
He will be like a dangerous snake
lying near the path.
That snake bites a horse’s foot,
and the rider falls to the ground.
Who on Zion {\cf2\super [77]} saves Israel?\par \{It is the Lord who saves Israel!\}\par The Lord’s people were taken away\par and forced to be prisoners.\par But the Lord will bring his people back.\par Then Jacob (Israel) will be very happy.\par
The Lord is my strength.
He saves me,
and I sing songs of praise to him. [96] The Lord is my God,
and I praise him.
The Lord is the God of my ancestors, [97] and I honor him.
At that time, people will say,\par “Here is our God!\par He is the One we have been waiting for.\par He has come to save us.\par We have been waiting for our Lord.\par So we will rejoice and be happy\par when the Lord saves us.”\par
The Lord wants to show his mercy to you. The Lord is waiting. The Lord wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord God is fair, and every person that waits for the Lord’s help will be blessed (happy).
If you still want to fight, my master, the king of Assyria will make this agreement with you. I promise that I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find enough men to ride those horses into battle.
A man named Joseph from Arimathea was brave enough to go to Pilate and ask for Jesus’ body. Joseph was an important member of the Jewish council. He was one of the people that wanted the kingdom of God to come.
A man named Simeon lived in Jerusalem. He was a good man that truly worshiped God. Simeon was waiting for the time when God would come to help Israel (the Jews). The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [35]} was in him.
Everything that God made is waiting with excitement for the time when God will show the world who his children are. The whole world wants very much for that to happen.
You began waiting for God’s Son to come from heaven. God raised that Son from death. He is Jesus, who saves us from God’s angry judgment that is coming.
