Consider and hear me, O Lord my God;
(A)Enlighten my eyes,
(B)Lest 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 (A)For You will light my lamp;
The Lord my God will enlighten 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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And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may (A)enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.

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“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

A Prayer for Guidance

To the Chief Musician. With [a]flutes. A Psalm of David.

Give (A)ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my [b]meditation.

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  1. Psalm 5:1 Heb. nehiloth
  2. Psalm 5:1 Lit. groaning

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 In their excitement I will prepare their feasts;
(A)I will make them drunk,
That they may rejoice,
And sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says 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 But Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Look now, how my countenance has brightened 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; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his [a]countenance brightened.

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  1. 1 Samuel 14:27 Lit. eyes

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 Therefore He says:

(A)“Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light.”

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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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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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57 “And I will make drunk
Her princes and (A)wise men,
Her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men.
And they shall sleep a perpetual sleep
And not awake,” says (B)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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ר RESH

153 (A)Consider my affliction and deliver me,
For 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 be glad and rejoice in Your mercy,
For You have considered my trouble;
You have (A)known my soul in [a]adversities,

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  1. Psalm 31:7 troubles

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 my enemies, for they are many;
And they hate me with [a]cruel hatred.

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  1. Psalm 25:19 violent hatred

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

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