So please listen in heaven to their prayer. Then forgive us for our sins. Teach the people to live right. Then, Lord, please send rain to the land you gave them.
Psalm 68:10 - Easy To Read Version Your animals came back to that land.\par God, you gave many good things\par to the poor people there.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy. American Standard Version (1901) Thy congregation dwelt therein: Thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor. Common English Bible and your creatures settled in it. In your goodness, God, you provided for the poor. Catholic Public Domain Version For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproached you have fallen upon me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up: and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. |
So please listen in heaven to their prayer. Then forgive us for our sins. Teach the people to live right. Then, Lord, please send rain to the land you gave them.
You pour the rain on the plowed fields.\par You soak the fields with water.\par You make the ground soft with rain,\par and you make the young plants grow.\par
You start the new year with a good harvest.\par You load the wagons with many crops. {\cf2\super [376]} \par
You take care of the land.\par You water it and make it grow things.\par God, you fill the streams with water\par and make the crops grow.\par
Don’t let those wild animals take your dove!\par Don’t forget your poor people forever.\par
He hit the rock\par and a flood of water came out.\par Surely he can give us some bread and meat!”\par
The Lord helps weak people to be strong.\par He causes the people without power to become powerful.\par
They came as a group to speak against Moses and Aaron. These men said to Moses and Aaron, “You have gone too far—you are wrong! All the people of Israel are holy—the Lord still lives among them! You are making yourself more important than the rest of the Lord’s people.”
Blind people are able to see again; crippled people are able to walk again; people that have leprosy {\cf2\super [131]} are healed; deaf people can hear again; dead people are raised from death; and the Good News {\cf2\super [132]} is told to the poor people.
God filled the hungry people\par with good things,\par but he sent the \{selfishly\} rich people\par away with nothing.\par
Then there before the Lord your God you will say: ‘My ancestor was a wandering Aramean. [157] He went down into Egypt and stayed there. When he went there, he had only a few people in his family. But in Egypt he became a great nation—a powerful nation with many people.
Don’t be like a ruler over those people you are responsible for. But be good examples to those people.
The Lord raises poor people from the dust. He takes away their sadness. [22] The Lord makes poor people important. He seats them with princes and at the places for honored guests. The Lord made the whole world! And the whole world belongs to him! [23]