We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
Psalm 77:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version May they not become like their fathers, a perverse and exasperating generation: a generation that does not straighten their heart and whose spirit is not trustworthy with God. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have His mercy and loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? American Standard Version (1901) Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? Common English Bible Has his faithful love come to a complete end? Is his promise over for future generations? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they may not become like their fathers, a perverse end exasperating generation. A generation that set not their heart aright: and whose spirit was not faithful to God. English Standard Version 2016 Has his steadfast love forever ceased? Are his promises at an end for all time? |
We are all dying, and we are all like waters that flow into the ground and do not return. God does not will to lose a soul. Instead, he renews his efforts, thinking that what has been rejected might not perish altogether.
The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any who were considering or seeking God.
Its harvest will be crushed by dryness. Women will arrive and teach it, for it is not a wise people. Because of this, he who made it will not take pity on it, and he who formed it will not spare it.
Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like the deception of untrustworthy waters."
According to the number of the forty days, during which you examined the land, one year shall be charged for each day. And so, for forty years you shall take back your iniquities, and you shall know my retribution.
God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?
But it is not that the Word of God has perished. For not all those who are Israelites are of Israel.
The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.