People have completely forgotten me,\par like some lost tool.\par
“God has made my brothers hate me.\par I am a stranger to all my friends.\par
My relatives have left me.\par My friends have forgotten me.\par
Even when I am like a dried wineskin\par on the trash pile,\par I will not forget your laws.\par
You could destroy those nations like\par an iron rod shattering a clay pot. {\cf2\super [5]} ”\par
My enemies say bad things about me.\par They are spreading lies and rumors. {\cf2\super [231]} \par They talk about me all the time.\par
Bless the Lord forever!\par
You will be like a large clay jar that breaks and becomes many, many small pieces. Those pieces are useless. You can’t use those pieces to get a hot coal from the fire or to get water from a pool in the ground.”
‘He will rule them with an iron rod.\par He will break them to pieces like clay pots.’\par \i (Psalm 2:9)\i0 \par