Prayer for Restoration

Remember, (A)O Lord, what has come upon us;
Look, and behold (B)our reproach!

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Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;
    look, and see our disgrace.(A)

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13 (A)You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 (B)You make us a byword among the nations,
(C)A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My dishonor is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
(D)Because of the enemy and the avenger.

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13 You have made us a reproach(A) to our neighbors,(B)
    the scorn(C) and derision(D) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(E) among the nations;
    the peoples shake their heads(F) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(G) all day long,
    and my face is covered with shame(H)
16 at the taunts(I) of those who reproach and revile(J) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(K)

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50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—
(A)How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 (B)With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,
With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [a]anointed.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:51 Commissioned one, Heb. messiah

50 Remember, Lord, how your servant has[a] been mocked,(A)
    how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the nations,
51 the taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked,
    with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.(B)

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  1. Psalm 89:50 Or your servants have

O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.

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Lord, I have heard(A) of your fame;
    I stand in awe(B) of your deeds, Lord.(C)
Repeat(D) them in our day,
    in our time make them known;
    in wrath remember mercy.(E)

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61 You have heard their reproach, O Lord,
All their schemes against me,

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61 Lord, you have heard their insults,(A)
    all their plots against me—

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19 Remember my affliction and roaming,
(A)The wormwood and the [a]gall.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:19 bitterness

19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness(A) and the gall.(B)

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15 All who [a]pass by (A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss (B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
Is this the city that is called
(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

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  1. Lamentations 2:15 Lit. pass by this way

15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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15 O Lord, (A)You know;
Remember me and [a]visit me,
And (B)take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In Your enduring patience, do not take me away.
Know that (C)for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:15 attend to

15 Lord, you understand;
    remember me and care for me.
    Avenge me on my persecutors.(A)
You are long-suffering(B)—do not take me away;
    think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.(C)

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Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us!
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorn of those who are at ease,
With the contempt of the proud.

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Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
    for we have endured no end of contempt.
We have endured no end
    of ridicule from the arrogant,
    of contempt from the proud.

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12 And return to our neighbors (A)sevenfold into their bosom
(B)Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

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12 Pay back into the laps(A) of our neighbors seven times(B)
    the contempt they have hurled at you, Lord.

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We have become a reproach to our (A)neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.

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We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(A) and derision to those around us.(B)

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10 O God, how long will the adversary [a]reproach?
Will the enemy blaspheme Your name forever?
11 (A)Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?
Take it out of Your bosom and destroy them.

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  1. Psalm 74:10 revile

10 How long(A) will the enemy mock(B) you, God?
    Will the foe revile(C) your name forever?
11 Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?(D)
    Take it from the folds of your garment(E) and destroy them!

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(A)Hear, O our God, for we are despised; (B)turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity!

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Hear us, our God, for we are despised.(A) Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

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