(A)Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
    (B)light up my eyes, lest (C)I sleep the sleep of death,

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Look on me(A) and answer,(B) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(C) or I will sleep in death,(D)

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28 For it is you who light my (A)lamp;
    the Lord my God lightens my darkness.

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28 You, Lord, keep my lamp(A) burning;
    my God turns my darkness into light.(B)

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But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, to leave us a (A)remnant and to give us a (B)secure hold[a] within his holy place, that our God may (C)brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.

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  1. Ezra 9:8 Hebrew nail, or tent-pin

“But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious(A) in leaving us a remnant(B) and giving us a firm place[a](C) in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes(D) and a little relief in our bondage.

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  1. Ezra 9:8 Or a foothold

Lead Me in Your Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

Give ear to my words, O Lord;
    consider my (A)groaning.

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Psalm 5[a]

For the director of music. For pipes. A psalm of David.

Listen(A) to my words, Lord,
    consider my lament.(B)

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  1. Psalm 5:1 In Hebrew texts 5:1-12 is numbered 5:2-13.

39 (A)While they are inflamed (B)I will prepare them a feast
    and (C)make them drunk, that they may become merry,
(D)then sleep a perpetual sleep
    and not wake, declares the Lord.

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39 But while they are aroused,
    I will set out a feast for them
    and make them drunk,(A)
so that they shout with laughter—
    then sleep forever(B) and not awake,”
declares the Lord.(C)

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29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey.

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29 Jonathan said, “My father has made trouble(A) for the country. See how my eyes brightened when I tasted a little of this honey.

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27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, (A)so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.

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27 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.(A) He raised his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.[a]

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Or his strength was renewed; similarly in verse 29

14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,

(A)“Awake, O sleeper,
    and (B)arise from the dead,
and (C)Christ will shine on you.”

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14 This is why it is said:

“Wake up, sleeper,(A)
    rise from the dead,(B)
    and Christ will shine on you.”(C)

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Restore Us to Yourself, O Lord

(A)Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
    look, and see (B)our disgrace!

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

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57 (A)I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
    (B)her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
    declares (C)the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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57 I will make her officials(A) and wise(B) men drunk,(C)
    her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep(D) forever and not awake,”
    declares the King,(E) whose name is the Lord Almighty.

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Resh

153 Look on my (A)affliction and deliver me,
    for (B)I do not forget your law.

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ר Resh

153 Look on my suffering(A) and deliver me,(B)
    for I have not forgotten(C) your law.

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I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love,
    because you have seen my affliction;
    you have (A)known the distress of my soul,

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I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
    for you saw my affliction(A)
    and knew the anguish(B) of my soul.

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19 Consider how many are my foes,
    and with what violent hatred they hate me.

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19 See how numerous are my enemies(A)
    and how fiercely they hate me!(B)

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