Psalm 13:3
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3 Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,(A)
Psalm 18:28
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28 It is you who light my lamp;
the Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.(A)
Ezra 9:8
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8 But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the Lord our God, who has left us a remnant and given us a stake in his holy place, in order that he[a] may brighten our eyes and grant us a little sustenance in our slavery.(A)
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Jeremiah 51:39
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39 When they are inflamed, I will set out their drink
and make them drunk, until they become merry
and then sleep a perpetual sleep
and never wake, says the Lord.(A)
Psalm 5:1
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Psalm 5
Trust in God for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.
1 Listen to my words, O Lord;
attend to my sighing.(A)
Ephesians 5:14
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14 for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says,
“Sleeper, awake!
Rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”(A)
1 Samuel 14:27
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27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the troops with the oath, so he extended the staff that was in his hand and dipped the tip of it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.(A)
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Luke 2:32
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32 a light for revelation to the gentiles
and for glory to your people Israel.”(A)
Lamentations 5:1
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A Plea for Mercy
5 Remember, O Lord, what has befallen us;
look, and see our disgrace!(A)
Jeremiah 51:57
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57 I will make her officials and her sages drunk,
also her governors, her deputies, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and never wake,
says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.(A)
Psalm 119:153
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153 Look on my misery and rescue me,
for I do not forget your law.(A)
Psalm 25:19
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19 Consider how many are my foes
and with what violent hatred they hate me.(A)
Psalm 9:13
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13 Be gracious to me, O Lord.
See what I suffer from those who hate me;
you are the one who lifts me up from the gates of death,(A)
1 Samuel 14:29
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29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land; see how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.(A)
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Revelation 21:23
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23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)
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Psalm 31:7
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7 I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love,
because you have seen my affliction;
you have taken notice of my adversities(A)
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