Even the most important leaders\par lowered their voices when they spoke.\par Yes, it seemed like their tongues\par stuck to the roof of their mouths.\par
Psalm 137:6 - Easy To Read Version Jerusalem, if I ever forget you,\par then I hope I never sing again.\par I promise, I will never forget you.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! [Ezek. 3:26.] American Standard Version (1901) Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy. Common English Bible Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t make Jerusalem my greatest joy. Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the Lord is high, and looketh on the low: and the high he knoweth afar off. |
Even the most important leaders\par lowered their voices when they spoke.\par Yes, it seemed like their tongues\par stuck to the roof of their mouths.\par
If I ever did that, then may my arm\par be pulled from its socket\par and fall from my shoulder!\par
My mouth {\cf2\super [127]} is as dry\par as a piece of broken pottery.\par My tongue is sticking\par to the top of my mouth.\par You have put me in the “dust of death.”\par
One day in your temple is better\par than a thousand days in any other place.\par Standing at the gate of my God’s house\par is better than living in the house\par of a wicked man.\par
“The poor and needy people look for water,\par but they can’t find any.\par They are thirsty.\par Their tongues are very dry.\par I will answer their prayers.\par I will not leave them and let them die.\par
The little baby’s tongue sticks\par to the roof of its mouth from thirst.\par Young children ask for bread.\par But no one gives any bread to them.\par
The thing you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing the good things God wants you to do. Then all these other things you need will be given to you.
I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).
The thing I want and hope for is that I will not fail Christ in anything. I hope that I will have the courage now, like always, to show the greatness of Christ in my life here on earth. I want to do that if I die or if I live.