Lord, show me your love,\par and defeat my enemies\par who are trying to kill me.\par Why? Because I am your servant.\par
Psalm 55:19 - Easy To Read Version God listens to me.\par The Eternal King will help me.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [330]})\i0 \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old–Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!–because in them there has been no change [of heart], and they do not fear, revere, and worship God. American Standard Version (1901) God will hear, and answer them, Even he that abideth of old, [Selah The men who have no changes, And who fear not God. Common English Bible God, who is enthroned from ancient days, will hear and humble them Selah because they don’t change and they don’t worship God. |
Lord, show me your love,\par and defeat my enemies\par who are trying to kill me.\par Why? Because I am your servant.\par
God, you save us.\par Good people pray to you,\par and you answer their prayers.\par You do amazing things for them.\par People all around the world trust you.\par
God heard this and became very angry.\par And He rejected Israel completely!\par
“Foolish people die because they refuse to follow wisdom. They are happy to continue in their foolish ways, and this will destroy them.
Sometimes people are not immediately punished for the bad things they do. Their punishment is slow to come. And that makes other people want to do bad things too.
Did any of the gods in the other countries save their land from me? No! Can the Lord save Jerusalem from me? No!”
“Moab has never known trouble.\par Moab is like wine left to settle.\par Moab has never been poured\par from one jar to another.\par He has not been taken into captivity.\par So he tastes like he did before.\par And his smell has not changed.”\par
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,\par are the smallest town in Judah.\par Your family is almost too small to count.\par But the “Ruler of Israel”\par will come from you for me.\par His beginnings {\cf2\super [60]} are from ancient times,\par from long, long ago.\par
“At that time, I will take a lamp and search through Jerusalem. I will find all the people that are satisfied to live their own way. Those people say, ‘The Lord does nothing. He does not help and he does not hurt!’ I will find those people and I will punish them!
God lives forever. He is your place of safety. God’s power continues forever! He is protecting you. God will force your enemies to leave your land. He will say, ‘Destroy the enemy!’
Christ was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.