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Psalm 35:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

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Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

I am the talk of those who sit in the gate, and the drunkards make songs about me.

‘Why have we fasted, and thou seest it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and thou takest no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Is such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?

“And it shall be a statute to you for ever that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict yourselves, and shall do no work, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you;

It is a sabbath of solemn rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; it is a statute for ever.

And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

And if a son of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon him; but if not, it shall return to you.




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