The priests and the Levites stood up and asked the Lord to bless the people. God heard them. Their prayer came up to the Lord’s holy home in heaven.
Psalm 102:1 - Easy To Read Version Lord, hear my prayer.\par Listen to my cry for help.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear my prayer, O LORD, And let my cry come unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. American Standard Version (1901) Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee. Common English Bible LORD, hear my prayer! Let my cry reach you! Catholic Public Domain Version To David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and bless his holy name, all that is within me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name. |
The priests and the Levites stood up and asked the Lord to bless the people. God heard them. Their prayer came up to the Lord’s holy home in heaven.
But the Lord says:\par “Bad people stole from the poor people.\par They took things from helpless people.\par But now I will stand and defend those weary (tired) people.”\par
Hurry, answer me Lord!\par I have lost my courage.\par Don’t turn away from me.\par Don’t let me die and become like\par the dead people lying in the grave.\par
The Lord does what his followers want.\par The Lord listens to his followers.\par He answers their prayers and saves them.\par
Trapped, I called to the Lord for help.\par Yes, I called to my God.\par God was in his temple.\par He heard my voice.\par He heard my cry for help.\par
Lord, hear my prayer!\par Listen to the words I cry to you.\par Look at my tears.\par I am only a traveler\par passing through this life with you.\par Like all my ancestors, I live here only\par a short time. {\cf2\super [241]} \par
My heart breaks as I remember\par \{the good times I had at the temple\}:\par \{I remember\} passing through the crowds\par as I led them all up to God’s temple.\par \{I remember\} the happy songs of praise\par as the crowds celebrated the festivals.\par
Wherever I am, however weak,\par I will call to you for help!\par Carry me to the place of safety far above. {\cf2\super [360]} \par
People, trust God all the time!\par Tell God about all your problems. {\cf2\super [368]} \par God is our place of safety.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [369]})\i0 \par
I think about God,\par and I try to tell him how I feel.\par But I can’t.\par
A long time passed and that king of Egypt died. But the people of Israel were still forced to work very hard. They cried for help, and God heard them.
You wrapped yourself in a cloud.\par You did that so that no prayer\par could get through.\par
Even when I cry out and ask for help,\par the Lord does not listen to my prayer.\par
Jesus was full of pain; he struggled hard in prayer. Sweat dripped from his face like he was bleeding. {\cf2\super [359]}
While Christ lived on earth he prayed to God and asked God for help. God is the One who could save him from death, and Jesus prayed to God with loud cries and tears. And God answered Jesus’ prayers because Jesus was humble and did everything God wanted.
Then the people of Israel threw away the foreign gods. They started worshiping the Lord again. So the Lord felt sorry for them when he saw them suffering.
“At this time tomorrow I will send a man to you. He will be from the family group of Benjamin. You must anoint [98] him and make him the new leader over my people Israel. This man will save my people from the Philistines. I have seen my people suffering. I have listened to the cries from my people.”