Friday, July 1, 2011

An Ode to Our Times

All her majesty is departing from her, she who once was great among the nations.
She did not consider her future, therefore she has fallen astonishingly.
Greif has beset her because of the multitude of her transgressions, she has sinned greatly therefore she has become an unclean thing. Her iniquity is greater than the sin of Sodom.

See O Lord, for we are in distress, our spirit is greatly troubled; our heart is overturned within us, for we have been very rebellious.
The law is no more and there is no wisdom to be found in the land.
For our ruin is as vast as the sea. Our leaders have seen for us false and foolish visions and they have not exposed iniquity.

Who can heal us? Who can restore us?

Let us examine and probe our ways, and let us return to the Lord.
Restore us to You, O Lord, that we may be restored.

Lord God, You draw near when we call on You, You tell us, “Do not fear”. Therefore we have hope.
For the Lord is my portion therefore I have hope in Him. The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him.

The Lord's loving-kindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; great is His faithfulness.
His loving-kindness is never-ending, His grace and His mercy overcome, His truth is an everlasting foundation.

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