‘But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.
Psalm 13:3 - New International Version (Anglicised) Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, 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, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.
Look on my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.
I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul.
Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
But while they are aroused, I will set out a feast for them and make them drunk, so that they shout with laughter – then sleep for ever and not awake,’ declares the Lord.
I will make her officials and wise men drunk, her governors, officers and warriors as well; they will sleep for ever and not awake,’ declares the King, whose name is the Lord Almighty.
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.’
This is why it is said: ‘Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.’
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp.
But Jonathan had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath, so he reached out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into the honeycomb. He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Jonathan said, ‘My father has made trouble for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.