God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par
Psalm 138:8 - Easy To Read Version Lord, give me the things you promised.\par Lord, your true love continues forever.\par Lord, you made us,\par so don’t leave us!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: Forsake not the works of thine own hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever–forsake not the works of Your own hands. [Ps. 57:2; Phil. 1:6.] American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, endureth for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands. Common English Bible The LORD will do all this for my sake. Your faithful love lasts forever, LORD! Don’t let go of what your hands have made. Catholic Public Domain Version If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. |
God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par
God, your hands made me\par and shaped my body.\par But now they are closing in on me\par and destroying me!\par
God, you would call me\par and I would answer you.\par Then I, the person you made,\par would be important to you.\par
Know that the Lord is God.\par He made us.\par We are his people,\par We are his sheep.\par
The Lord is good!\par His love is forever.\par We can trust him forever and ever!\par \par \par
But the Lord has always loved his followers.\par And he will continue to love his followers\par forever and ever!\par God will be good to their children\par and to their children’s children.\par
Praise the Lord because he is good.\par His true love continues forever.\par
I pray to God Most High for help.\par And God takes care of me completely!\par
From heaven he helps me and saves me.\par He defeats the people who bother me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [336]})\i0 \par
Lord, you have succeeded in doing\par all the things that we tried to do.\par So give us peace.\par
Then I will lead the blind people\par in a way they never knew.\par I will lead the blind people\par to places they have never been before.\par I will change darkness into light for them.\par And I will make the rough ground smooth.\par I will do the things I promised!\par And I will not leave my people.\par
These are the people I made. And these people will sing songs to praise me.
He cuts off every branch {\cf2\super [217]} of mine that does not make fruit. {\cf2\super [218]} And he trims and cleans every branch that makes fruit, so that it will make even more fruit.
I mean that while we were God’s enemies, God made friends with us through the death of his Son. So surely, now that we are God’s friends, God will save us through his Son’s life.
God began doing good things with you. And God is continuing that work in you. God will finish that work in you when Jesus Christ comes again. I am sure of that.
So those people who suffer like God wants them to should trust their lives to him. God is the One who made them, and they can trust him. So they should continue to do good.