But now, finally, you have been kind to us. You have let a few of us escape captivity and come to live in this holy place. Lord, you gave us new life and relief from our slavery.
Psalm 13:3 - Easy To Read Version Lord my God, look at me!\par Answer my question!\par Let me know the answer or I will die!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten the eyes [of my faith to behold Your face in the pitchlike darkness], lest I sleep the sleep of death, American Standard Version (1901) Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; Common English Bible Look at me! Answer me, LORD my God! Restore sight to my eyes! Otherwise, I’ll sleep the sleep of death, Catholic Public Domain Version They have all gone astray; together they have become useless. There is no one who does good; there is not even one. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are all gone aside, they are become unprofitable together: there is none that doth good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre: with their tongues they acted deceitfully; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and unhappiness in their ways: and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes. |
But now, finally, you have been kind to us. You have let a few of us escape captivity and come to live in this holy place. Lord, you gave us new life and relief from our slavery.
Lord, see my suffering and rescue me.\par I have not forgotten your teachings.\par
Lord, you light my lamp.\par My God lights up the darkness around me!\par
Look at all the enemies I have.\par They hate me and want to hurt me.\par
God, your kindness makes me very happy.\par You have seen my suffering.\par You know about the troubles I have.\par
\{I said this prayer to God:\}\par “Lord, be kind to me.\par Look, my enemies are hurting me.\par Save me from the ‘gates of death.’\par
Those people are acting like powerful lions.\par I will give a party for them.\par I will make them drunk.\par They will laugh and have a good time.\par And then they will sleep forever.\par They will never wake up.”\par
I will make Babylon’s wise men\par and important officials drunk.\par I will make the governors, officers,\par and soldiers drunk too.\par Then they will sleep forever.\par They will never wake up.”\par The King said these things.\par His name is the Lord All-Powerful.\par
Remember, Lord, what happened to us.\par Look and see our disgrace.\par
He (Jesus) is a light to show your way to the non-Jewish people.\par He will bring honor to your people, Israel (the Jews).”\par
And everything that is made easy to see can become light. This is why we say:
But Jonathan didn’t know about that promise. Jonathan didn’t hear his father force the people to make that promise. Jonathan had a stick in his hand. He dipped the end of the stick into the honeycomb and pulled out some honey. He ate the honey and began to feel much better.
Jonathan said, “My father has brought a lot of trouble to the land! See how much better I feel after just tasting a little of this honey!