Lord, you are the God of our ancestors,\par Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. {\cf2\super [324]} \par Please help your people plan the right things.\par Help them be loyal and true to you!\par
Psalm 10:17 - Easy To Read Version Lord, you heard what poor people want.\par Listen to their prayers\par and do what they ask!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear, American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek: Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear; Common English Bible LORD, you listen to the desires of those who suffer. You steady their hearts; you listen closely to them, |
Lord, you are the God of our ancestors,\par Abraham, Isaac, and Israel. {\cf2\super [324]} \par Please help your people plan the right things.\par Help them be loyal and true to you!\par
Hezekiah and the people were very happy about the things God prepared for his people. And they were happy he did it so quickly!
Also, in Judah God’s power united the people so that they would obey the king and his officials. In this way they obeyed the word of the Lord.
‘Josiah, you repented and you humbled yourself, and tore your clothes. {\cf2\super [434]} You cried before me. So, because your heart was tender,
God will answer the prayers\par of the people he left alive.\par God will listen to their prayers.\par
The Lord does what his followers want.\par The Lord listens to his followers.\par He answers their prayers and saves them.\par
The Lord remembered the people who\par went to him for help. {\cf2\super [50]} \par Those poor people cried for help.\par And the Lord didn’t forget them.\par
Sometimes it seems that God forgets about people with troubles.\par It seems those poor people have no hope.\par But God doesn’t really forget them forever.\par
An evil person will be defeated by the things he fears. But a good person will get the things that he wants.
The Lord hates the offerings that evil people give. But the Lord is happy to hear a good person’s prayers.
People make their plans. But it is the Lord who makes those things happen.
I will know what they need\par before they ask.\par And I will help them—\par even before they finish asking.\par
“What great blessings there are for the people that \{know they\} have spiritual needs!\par The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.\par
Also, the Spirit {\cf2\super [68]} helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray like we should. But the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. The Spirit begs God for us. The Spirit speaks to God with deep feelings that words cannot explain.
Yes, through Christ we all have the right to come to the Father in one Spirit. {\cf2\super [13]}
In Christ we can come before God with freedom and without fear. We can do this through faith in Christ.
But the grace (kindness) that God gives is greater. Like the Scripture says, “God is against proud people, but he gives grace (kindness) to people who are humble.” {\cf2\super [22]}
The Lord sees the good people,\par and the Lord listens to their prayers.\par But the Lord is against those people\par that do evil.”\par \i (Psalm 34:12-16)\i0 \par
Young men, I have something to say to you, too. You should accept the authority of the elders. {\cf2\super [32]} All of you should be very humble with each other.