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Ask a QuestionLet Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, Just as we hope in You.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust, And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Let my accusers be clothed with shame, And let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle.
It is time for You to act, O LORD, For they have regarded Your law as void.
And gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people.
Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.
As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.
For as the churning of milk produces butter, And wringing the nose produces blood, So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
Your lips, O my spouse, Drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Before I was even aware, My soul had made me As the chariots of my noble people.
"Inasmuch as these people refused The waters of Shiloah that flow softly, And rejoice in Rezin and in Remaliah's son;
For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.
For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return; The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
For on this mountain the hand of the LORD will rest, And Moab shall be trampled down under Him, As straw is trampled down for the refuse heap.
Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past.
Indeed you fast for strife and debate, And to strike with the fist of wickedness. You will not fast as you do this day, To make your voice heard on high.
But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away.
Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, So have you dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel," says the LORD.