Hos.6.1

"Come on, let's go back to GOD. He hurt us, but he'll heal us. He hit us hard, but he'll put us right again.

Hos.6.1

"Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.

Hos.6.1

Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

Hos.6.1

"Come, let us return to the LORD! He has torn us in pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.

Hos.6.2

In a couple of days we'll feel better. By the third day he'll have made us brand-new, Alive and on our feet, fit to face him.

Hos.6.2

After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.

Hos.6.2

After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His sight.

Hos.6.2

In just a short time, he will restore us so we can live in his presence.

Hos.6.3

We're ready to study GOD, eager for God-knowledge. As sure as dawn breaks, so sure is his daily arrival. He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground." [JC]

Hos.6.3

Let us acknowledge the LORD; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth."

Hos.6.3

Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

Hos.6.3

Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him! Then he will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring."

Hos.6.4

"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What do I make of you, Judah? Your declarations of love last no longer than morning mist and predawn dew.

Hos.6.4

"What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.

Hos.6.4

"O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away.

Hos.6.4

"O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

Hos.6.5

That's why I use prophets to shake you to attention, why my words cut you to the quick: To wake you up to my judgment blazing like light.

Hos.6.5

Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth; my judgments flashed like lightning upon you.

Hos.6.5

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.

Hos.6.5

I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces. I have slaughtered you with my words, threatening you with death. My judgment will strike you as surely as day follows night.

Hos.6.6

I'm after love that lasts, not more religion. I want you to know GOD, not go to more prayer meetings.

Hos.6.6

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

Hos.6.6

For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hos.6.6

I want you to be merciful; I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God; that's more important than burnt offerings.

Hos.6.7

You broke the covenant--just like Adam! You broke faith with me--ungrateful wretches!

Hos.6.7

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant- they were unfaithful to me there.

Hos.6.7

"But like men they transgressed the covenant; There they dealt treacherously with Me.

Hos.6.7

"But like Adam, you broke my covenant and rebelled against me.

Hos.6.8

"Gilead has become Crime City--blood on the sidewalks, blood on the streets.

Hos.6.8

Gilead is a city of wicked men, stained with footprints of blood.

Hos.6.8

Gilead is a city of evildoers And defiled with blood.

Hos.6.8

Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.

Hos.6.9

It used to be robbers who mugged pedestrians. Now it's gangs of priests Assaulting worshipers on their way to Shechem. Nothing is sacred to them.

Hos.6.9

As marauders lie in ambush for a man, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, committing shameful crimes.

Hos.6.9

As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, So the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they commit lewdness.

Hos.6.9

Its citizens are bands of robbers, lying in ambush for their victims. Gangs of priests murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin.

Hos.6.10

"I saw a shocking thing in the country of Israel: Ephraim worshiping in a religious whorehouse, and Israel in the mud right there with him.

Hos.6.10

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and Israel is defiled.

Hos.6.10

I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: There is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled.

Hos.6.10

Yes, I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: My people have defiled themselves by chasing after other gods!

Hos.6.11

"You're as bad as the worst of them, Judah. You've been sowing wild oats. Now it's harvest time.

Hos.6.11

"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

Hos.6.11

Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, When I return the captives of My people.

Hos.6.11

"O Judah, a harvest of punishment is also waiting for you, though I wanted so much to restore the fortunes of my people!

Hos.7.1

"Every time I gave Israel a fresh start, wiped the slate clean and got them going again, Ephraim soon filled the slate with new sins, the treachery of Samaria written out in bold print. Two-faced and double-tongued, they steal you blind, pick you clean.

Hos.7.1

whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets;

Hos.7.1

"When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside.

Hos.7.1

"I wanted to heal Israel, but its sins were far too great. Samaria is filled with liars, thieves, and bandits!

Hos.7.2

It never crosses their mind that I keep account of their every crime. They're mud-spattered head to toe with the residue of sin. I see who they are and what they've done.

Hos.7.2

but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me.

Hos.7.2

They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face.

Hos.7.2

Its people don't realize I am watching them. Their sinful deeds are all around them; I see them all!

Hos.7.3

"They entertain the king with their evil circus, delight the princes with their acrobatic lies.

Hos.7.3

"They delight the king with their wickedness, the princes with their lies.

Hos.7.3

They make a king glad with their wickedness, And princes with their lies.

Hos.7.3

The people make the king glad with their wickedness. The princes laugh about the people's many lies.

Hos.7.4

They're a bunch of overheated adulterers, like an oven that holds its heat From the kneading of the dough to the rising of the bread.

Hos.7.4

They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.

Hos.7.4

"They are all adulterers. Like an oven heated by a baker-- He ceases stirring the fire after kneading the dough, Until it is leavened.

Hos.7.4

They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot even while the baker is still kneading the dough.

Hos.7.5

On the royal holiday the princes get drunk on wine and the frenzy of the mocking mob.

Hos.7.5

On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.

Hos.7.5

In the day of our king Princes have made him sick, inflamed with wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers.

Hos.7.5

"On royal holidays, the princes get drunk. The king makes a fool of himself and drinks with those who are making fun of him.

Hos.7.6

They're like wood stoves, red-hot with lust. Through the night their passion is banked; in the morning it blazes up, flames hungrily licking.

Hos.7.6

Their hearts are like an oven; they approach him with intrigue. Their passion smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Hos.7.6

They prepare their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait; Their baker sleeps all night; In the morning it burns like a flaming fire.

Hos.7.6

Their hearts blaze like a furnace with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it flames forth like a raging fire.

Hos.7.7

Murderous and volcanic, they incinerate their rulers. Their kings fall one by one, and no one pays any attention to me.

Hos.7.7

All of them are hot as an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none of them calls on me.

Hos.7.7

They are all hot, like an oven, And have devoured their judges; All their kings have fallen. None among them calls upon Me.

Hos.7.7

They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries out to me for help.

Hos.7.8

"Ephraim mingles with the pagans, dissipating himself. Ephraim is half-baked.

Hos.7.8

"Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is a flat cake not turned over.

Hos.7.8

"Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples; Ephraim is a cake unturned.

Hos.7.8

"My people of Israel mingle with godless foreigners, picking up their evil ways. Now they have become as worthless as a half-baked cake!

Hos.7.9

Strangers suck him dry but he doesn't even notice. His hair has turned gray--he doesn't notice.

Hos.7.9

Foreigners sap his strength, but he does not realize it. His hair is sprinkled with gray, but he does not notice.

Hos.7.9

Aliens have devoured his strength, But he does not know it; Yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, Yet he does not know it.

Hos.7.9

Worshiping foreign gods has sapped their strength, but they don't even know it. Israel is like an old man with graying hair, unaware of how weak and old he has become.

Hos.7.10

Bloated by arrogance, big as a house, Israel's a public disgrace. Israel lumbers along oblivious to GOD, despite all the signs, ignoring GOD.

Hos.7.10

Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.

Hos.7.10

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face, But they do not return to the LORD their God, Nor seek Him for all this.

Hos.7.10

His arrogance testifies against him, yet he doesn't return to the LORD his God or even try to find him.

Hos.7.11

"Ephraim is bird-brained, mindless, clueless, First chirping after Egypt, then fluttering after Assyria.

Hos.7.11

"Ephraim is like a dove, easily deceived and senseless- now calling to Egypt, now turning to Assyria.

Hos.7.11

"Ephraim also is like a silly dove, without sense-- They call to Egypt, They go to Assyria.

Hos.7.11

"The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves, first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria.

Hos.7.12

I'll throw my net over them. I'll clip their wings. I'll teach them to mind me!

Hos.7.12

When they go, I will throw my net over them; I will pull them down like birds of the air. When I hear them flocking together, I will catch them.

Hos.7.12

Wherever they go, I will spread My net on them; I will bring them down like birds of the air; I will chastise them According to what their congregation has heard.

Hos.7.12

But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all their evil ways.

Hos.7.13

Doom! They've run away from home. Now they're really in trouble! They've defied me. And I'm supposed to help them while they feed me a line of lies?

Hos.7.13

Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak lies against me.

Hos.7.13

"Woe to them, for they have fled from Me! Destruction to them, Because they have transgressed against Me! Though I redeemed them, Yet they have spoken lies against Me.

Hos.7.13

"How terrible it will be for my people who have deserted me! Let them die, for they have rebelled against me. I wanted to redeem them, but they have only spoken lies about me.

Hos.7.14

Instead of crying out to me in heartfelt prayer, they whoop it up in bed with their whores, Gash themselves bloody in their sex-and-religion orgies, but turn their backs on me.

Hos.7.14

They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail upon their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

Hos.7.14

They did not cry out to Me with their heart When they wailed upon their beds. "They assemble together for grain and new wine, They rebel against Me;

Hos.7.14

They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts. Instead, they sit on their couches and wail. They cut themselves, begging foreign gods for crops and prosperity.

Hos.7.15

I'm the one who gave them good minds and healthy bodies, and how am I repaid? With evil scheming!

Hos.7.15

I trained them and strengthened them, but they plot evil against me.

Hos.7.15

Though I disciplined and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me;

Hos.7.15

"I trained them and made them strong, yet now they plot evil against me.

Hos.7.16

They turn, but not to me--turn here, then there, like a weather vane. Their rulers will be cut down, murdered--just deserts for their mocking blasphemies. And the final sentence? Ridicule in the court of world opinion.

Hos.7.16

They do not turn to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because of their insolent words. For this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

Hos.7.16

They return, but not to the Most High; They are like a treacherous bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword For the cursings of their tongue. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.

Hos.7.16

They look everywhere except to heaven, to the Most High. They are like a crooked bow that always misses its target. Their leaders will be killed by their enemies because of their insolence toward me. Then the people of Egypt will laugh at them.

Rom.7.7

But I can hear you say, "If the law code was as bad as all that, it's no better than sin itself." That's certainly not true. The law code had a perfectly legitimate function. Without its clear guidelines for right and wrong, moral behavior would be mostly guesswork. Apart from the succinct, surgical command, "You shall not covet," I could have dressed covetousness up to look like a virtue and ruined my life with it.

Rom.7.7

What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Rom.7.7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, "You shall not covet."

Rom.7.7

Well then, am I suggesting that the law of God is evil? Of course not! The law is not sinful, but it was the law that showed me my sin. I would never have known that coveting is wrong if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

Rom.7.8

Don't you remember how it was? I do, perfectly well. The law code started out as an excellent piece of work. What happened, though, was that sin found a way to pervert the command into a temptation, making a piece of "forbidden fruit" out of it. The law code, instead of being used to guide me, was used to seduce me. Without all the paraphernalia of the law code, sin looked pretty dull and lifeless,

Rom.7.8

But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.

Rom.7.8

But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.

Rom.7.8

But sin took advantage of this law and aroused all kinds of forbidden desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power.

Rom.7.9

and I went along without paying much attention to it. But once sin got its hands on the law code and decked itself out in all that finery, I was fooled, and fell for it.

Rom.7.9

Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

Rom.7.9

I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

Rom.7.9

I felt fine when I did not understand what the law demanded. But when I learned the truth, I realized I had broken the law and was a sinner, doomed to die.

Rom.7.10

The very command that was supposed to guide me into life was cleverly used to trip me up, throwing me headlong.

Rom.7.10

I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

Rom.7.10

And the commandment, which was to bring life, I found to bring death.

Rom.7.10

So the good law, which was supposed to show me the way of life, instead gave me the death penalty.

Rom.7.11

So sin was plenty alive, and I was stone dead.

Rom.7.11

For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.

Rom.7.11

For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.

Rom.7.11

Sin took advantage of the law and fooled me; it took the good law and used it to make me guilty of death.

Rom.7.12

But the law code itself is God's good and common sense, each command sane and holy counsel.

Rom.7.12

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.

Rom.7.12

Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

Rom.7.12

But still, the law itself is holy and right and good.

Rom.7.13

I can already hear your next question: "Does that mean I can't even trust what is good [that is, the law]? Is good just as dangerous as evil?" No again! Sin simply did what sin is so famous for doing: using the good as a cover to tempt me to do what would finally destroy me. By hiding within God's good commandment, sin did far more mischief than it could ever have accomplished on its own.

Rom.7.13

Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.

Rom.7.13

Has then what is good become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, that it might appear sin, was producing death in me through what is good, so that sin through the commandment might become exceedingly sinful.

Rom.7.13

But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my doom? Of course not! Sin used what was good to bring about my condemnation. So we can see how terrible sin really is. It uses God's good commandment for its own evil purposes.

Rom.7.14

I can anticipate the response that is coming: "I know that all God's commands are spiritual, but I'm not. Isn't this also your experience?" Yes. I'm full of myself--after all, I've spent a long time in sin's prison.

Rom.7.14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Rom.7.14

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Rom.7.14

The law is good, then. The trouble is not with the law but with me, because I am sold into slavery, with sin as my master.

Rom.7.15

What I don't understand about myself is that I decide one way, but then I act another, doing things I absolutely despise.

Rom.7.15

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

Rom.7.15

For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.

Rom.7.15

I don't understand myself at all, for I really want to do what is right, but I don't do it. Instead, I do the very thing I hate.

Rom.7.16

So if I can't be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do it, it becomes obvious that God's command is necessary.

Rom.7.16

And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.

Rom.7.16

If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good.

Rom.7.16

I know perfectly well that what I am doing is wrong, and my bad conscience shows that I agree that the law is good.

Rom.7.17

But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help!

Rom.7.17

As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.

Rom.7.17

But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Rom.7.17

But I can't help myself, because it is sin inside me that makes me do these evil things.

Rom.7.18

I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it.

Rom.7.18

I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.

Rom.7.18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

Rom.7.18

I know I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned. No matter which way I turn, I can't make myself do right. I want to, but I can't.

Rom.7.19

I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway.

Rom.7.19

For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.

Rom.7.19

For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice.

Rom.7.19

When I want to do good, I don't. And when I try not to do wrong, I do it anyway.

Rom.7.20

My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

Rom.7.20

Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

Rom.7.20

Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Rom.7.20

But if I am doing what I don't want to do, I am not really the one doing it; the sin within me is doing it.

Rom.7.21

It happens so regularly that it's predictable. The moment I decide to do good, sin is there to trip me up.

Rom.7.21

So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me.

Rom.7.21

I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.

Rom.7.21

It seems to be a fact of life that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong.

Rom.7.22

I truly delight in God's commands,

Rom.7.22

For in my inner being I delight in God's law;

Rom.7.22

For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

Rom.7.22

I love God's law with all my heart.

Rom.7.23

but it's pretty obvious that not all of me joins in that delight. Parts of me covertly rebel, and just when I least expect it, they take charge.

Rom.7.23

but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members.

Rom.7.23

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Rom.7.23

But there is another law at work within me that is at war with my mind. This law wins the fight and makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.

Rom.7.24

I've tried everything and nothing helps. I'm at the end of my rope. Is there no one who can do anything for me? Isn't that the real question?

Rom.7.24

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Rom.7.24

O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

Rom.7.24

Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin?

Rom.7.25

The answer, thank God, is that Jesus Christ can and does. He acted to set things right in this life of contradictions where I want to serve God with all my heart and mind, but am pulled by the influence of sin to do something totally different.

Rom.7.25

Thanks be to God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Rom.7.25

I thank God--through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Rom.7.25

Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to sin.

Ps.88.9

blinded by tears of pain and frustration. I call to you, GOD; all day I call. I wring my hands, I plead for help.

Ps.88.9

my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, O LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

Ps.88.9

My eye wastes away because of affliction. LORD, I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Ps.88.9

My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O LORD; I lift my pleading hands to you for mercy.

Ps.88.10

Are the dead a live audience for your miracles? Do ghosts ever join the choirs that praise you?

Ps.88.10

Do you show your wonders to the dead? Do those who are dead rise up and praise you? Selah

Ps.88.10

Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You?Selah

Ps.88.10

Of what use to the dead are your miracles? Do the dead get up and praise you?

Ps.88.11

Does your love make any difference in a graveyard? Is your faithful presence noticed in the corridors of hell?

Ps.88.11

Is your love declared in the grave, your faithfulness in Destruction?

Ps.88.11

Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

Ps.88.11

Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love? In the place of destruction, can they proclaim your faithfulness?

Ps.88.12

Are your marvelous wonders ever seen in the dark, your righteous ways noticed in the Land of No Memory?

Ps.88.12

Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

Ps.88.12

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Ps.88.12

Can the darkness speak of your miracles? Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

Ps.88.13

I'm standing my ground, GOD, shouting for help, at my prayers every morning, on my knees each daybreak.

Ps.88.13

But I cry to you for help, O LORD; in the morning my prayer comes before you.

Ps.88.13

But to You I have cried out, O LORD, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

Ps.88.13

O LORD, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.

Ps.88.14

Why, GOD, do you turn a deaf ear? Why do you make yourself scarce?

Ps.88.14

Why, O LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

Ps.88.14

LORD, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Ps.88.14

O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face away from me?

Ps.88.15

For as long as I remember I've been hurting; I've taken the worst you can hand out, and I've had it.

Ps.88.15

From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death; I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.

Ps.88.15

I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

Ps.88.15

I have been sickly and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

Ps.88.16

Your wildfire anger has blazed through my life; I'm bleeding, black and blue.

Ps.88.16

Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.

Ps.88.16

Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your terrors have cut me off.

Ps.88.16

Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have cut me off.

Ps.88.17

You've attacked me fiercely from every side, raining down blows till I'm nearly dead.

Ps.88.17

All day long they surround me like a flood; they have completely engulfed me.

Ps.88.17

They came around me all day long like water; They engulfed me altogether.

Ps.88.17

They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have encircled me completely.

Ps.88.18

You made lover and neighbor alike dump me; the only friend I have left is Darkness. An Ethan prayer

Ps.88.18

You have taken my companions and loved ones from me; the darkness is my closest friend.

Ps.88.18

Loved one and friend You have put far from me, And my acquaintances into darkness.

Ps.88.18

You have taken away my companions and loved ones; only darkness remains.