GOD INDEED GOOD TO ISRAEL, THOSE WHO HAVE PURE HEARTS. BUT I HAD NEARLY LOST CONFIDENCE; MY FAITH WAS ALMOST GONE BECAUSE I WAS JEALOUS OF THE PROUD WHEN I SAW THAT THINGS GO WELL FOR THE WICKED. THEY DO NOT SUFFER PAIN; THEY ARE STRONG AND HEALTHY. THEY DO NOT SUFFER AS OTHER PEOPLE DO; THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TROUBLES THAT OTHERS HAVE. AND SO THEY WEAR PRIDE LIKE A NECKLACE AND VIOLENCE LIKE A ROBE; THEIR HEARTS POUR OUT EVIL, AND THEIR MINDS ARE BUSY WITH WICKED SCHEMES. THEY LAUGH AT OTHER PEOPLE AND SPEAK OF EVIL THINGS; THEY ARE PROUD AND MAKE PLANS TO OPPRESS OTHERS. THEY SPEAK EVIL OF GOD IN HEAVEN AND GIVE ARROGANT ORDERS TO EVERYONE ON EARTH, SO THAT EVEN GODS PEOPLE TURN TO THEM AND EAGERLY BELIEVE WHATEVER THEY SAY. THEY SAY, GOD WILL NOT KNOW; THE MOST HIGH WILL NOT FIND OUT. THAT IS WHAT THE WICKED ARE LIKE. THEY HAVE PLENTY AND ARE ALWAYS GETTING MORE. IS IT FOR NOTHING, THEN, THAT I HAVE KEPT MYSELF PURE AND HAVE NOT COMMITED SIN? O GOD, YOU HAVE MADE ME SUFFER ALL DAY LONG; EVREY MORNING YOU HAVE PUNISHED ME. IF I HAD SUCH THINGS, I WOULD NOT BE ACTING AS ONE OF YOUR PEOPLE. I TRIED TO THINK THIS PROBLEM THROUGH, BUT IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT FOR ME UNTIL I WENT TO YOUR TEMPLE. THEN I UNDERSTOOD WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WICKED. YOU PUT THEM IN SLIPPERY PLACES AND MAKE THEM FALL TO DESTRUCTION! THEY ARE INSTANTLY DESTROYED; THEY GO DOWN TO A HORRIBLE END. THEY ARE LIKE A DREAM THAT GOES AWAY IN THE MORNING; WHEN YOUR ROUSE YOURSELF, O LORD, THEY DISAPPEAR. WHEN MY THOUGHTS WERE BITTER AND MY FEELINGS WERE HURT, I WAS STUPID AS AN ANIMAL; I DID NOT UNDERSTAND YOU. YET I ALWAYS STAY CLOSE TO YOU, AND YOU HOLD ME BY THE HAND. YOU GUIDE ME WITH YOUR INSTRUCTION AND AT THE END YOU WILL RECEIVE ME WITH HONOUR. WHAT ELSE HAVE I IN HEAVEN BUT? SINCE I HAVE YOU, WHAT ELSE COULD I WANT ON EARTH? MY MIND AND MY BODY GROW WEAK, BUT GOD IS MY STRENGTH; HE IS ALL I EVER NEED.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:14:35 +0000
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