Your indignation leaves no part of us intact;
Our sin has made the entire country sick;
for our iniquities loom high over the land
as a heavy burden. It is too heavy for us.
The entire nation is a stinking, festering wound
because of our foolishness.
We are completely bent over, prostrate before You
Many, even in their sleep, go about mourning all day long.
The heart of this nation burns with fever,
and the whole country is sick.
We are numb, completely crushed,
and our anguished heart makes us groan from within.
While many roam about to create more sin,
...daily striving to throw Your goodness to us, in Your face,
Many of us long for You;
Our sighing is not hidden from You.
Our heart throbs, our strength is gone,
and the light in our eyes has left.
The friends and allies see our disease and laugh,
even our closest allies keep us at a distance.
The nations of the world seek to harm us,
They speak of disaster,
and spend the day thinking ways to consider deception.
We are like deaf men —we don't hear it;
and, like a mute, we are speechless before them.
We stand stupidly and there is no defense in our speech.
In You is our hope.
You will answer us, O Lord, our God.
I said, "Don't let them gloat over us
or boast against us when our foot repeatedly slips
in the mire of our sin.
Our enemies are alive and well,
Those who wrongfully hate us increase daily;
and since, they repay good with evil,
they oppose us because we have pursued good ...
... in our past.
Don't abandon us, O God!
O One true God, don't be far from us!
Come quickly to help us,
Lord of Hosts, You are our only salvation!
Maranatha
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