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The Prophet’s Complaint
O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee “Violence!” and thou wilt not save?
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Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, thou hast ordained them as a judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established them for chastisement.
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And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain upon tablets, so he may run who reads it.
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Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for nought?
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For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
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You will be sated with contempt instead of glory. Drink, yourself, and stagger! The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you, and shame will come upon your glory!
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But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.
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The Prophet’s Prayer
O Lord, I have heard the report of thee, and thy work, O Lord, do I fear. In the midst of the years renew it; in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
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Was thy wrath against the rivers, O Lord? Was thy anger against the rivers, or thy indignation against the sea, when thou didst ride upon thy horses, upon thy chariot of victory?
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yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
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God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like hinds’ feet, he makes me tread upon my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
