1-2
O Lord, don't rebuke while you're mad
My body's in agony: bad!
Don't discipline rage-filled
lest my voice should be stilled.
Compassion and healing, please add.
3-4
Heartsick , I wonder, "How long
until you restore the sweet song
that hints 'you're returning'"
For rescue, I'm yearning:
Your unfailing love saves from wrong.
5-6
We can't sing your praise once we're dead.
Our song would lie silent instead.
I'm worn out from sobbing,
My wet pillow's robbing
The sleep that I need on my bed.
7-8
My vision's grief-blurred--tired, red eyes.
My enemies plot and plant lies.
Away evildoers:
Return to your sewers.
The Lord's heard my crying. I'll rise!
9-10
The listening Lord heard my plea.
He will answer my prayer, now, you'll see.
Disgraced, terrified, will
My enemies hide 'til
They think God's stopped favoring me.
Psalm 5 in English Sonnet form
1 O Lord, please, pay attention when I pray
And hear my groaning voice. 2 Afford my plea
For help a welcomed ear. I'll not betray
To singularly seek your aid. 3 From me
A morning supplication hear, O Lord.
Expectantly I bring requests to you.
4 O God, you shun delight in disaccord.
You cannot tolerate the slightest skew.
5 The proud cannot your presence stand, therefore.
For evildoers find your hatred just.
6 You will destroy the one who lies. What for?
Both murder and deceit find your disgust.
7 Because of your unfailing love, I come.
With deepest awe I worship. Silent--dumb.
8 Into the right path lead me, please, my Lord.
Or enemies will conquer me. To do,
To me make clear, my ought. Direct toward
Those turns that I should follow back to you.
9 My enemies can't speak one truthful word.
Their deepest wish? Destroy all other men!
Their talk is foul: a stenching , full boneyard .
In flattery they speak and lie again.
10 O God, declare their guilt. Themselves ensnare
By traps that they have laid. They're Rebels all!
Because they sin, away their drive prepare .
11 Let refugees in you rejoice--enthral !
12 The godly find your blessings, tidy sum
Invested girdling them tight as a drum.
And hear my groaning voice. 2 Afford my plea
For help a welcomed ear. I'll not betray
To singularly seek your aid. 3 From me
A morning supplication hear, O Lord.
Expectantly I bring requests to you.
4 O God, you shun delight in disaccord.
You cannot tolerate the slightest skew.
5 The proud cannot your presence stand, therefore.
For evildoers find your hatred just.
6 You will destroy the one who lies. What for?
Both murder and deceit find your disgust.
7 Because of your unfailing love, I come.
With deepest awe I worship. Silent--dumb.
8 Into the right path lead me, please, my Lord.
Or enemies will conquer me. To do,
To me make clear, my ought. Direct toward
Those turns that I should follow back to you.
9 My enemies can't speak one truthful word.
Their deepest wish? Destroy all other men!
Their talk is foul: a stenching , full boneyard .
In flattery they speak and lie again.
10 O God, declare their guilt. Themselves ensnare
By traps that they have laid. They're Rebels all!
Because they sin, away their drive prepare .
11 Let refugees in you rejoice--enthral !
12 The godly find your blessings, tidy sum
Invested girdling them tight as a drum.
Matt 3:8
"Prove by the way that you live that you have really turned from your sins and turned to God."
This makes me think of the song Evidence.
"If you were arrested for being a Christian,
Would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
How do you prove you believe? Peculiar behavior and language sets you apart. Do you have the proof?
This makes me think of the song Evidence.
"If you were arrested for being a Christian,
Would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
How do you prove you believe? Peculiar behavior and language sets you apart. Do you have the proof?
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