Thematic Bible
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Afflictions, Prayer During » For mitigation of troubles
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry. Keep not silent at my tears, for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.
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And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night comes when no man can work.
LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Let me know how frail I am.
In those days Hezekiah was sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus says LORD, Set thy house in order, for thou shall die, and not live.
Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
For here we have no enduring city, but we seek that which is coming.
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
O spare me, that I may recover strength before I go from here, and be no more.
So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Whatever thy hand finds to do, do with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where thou go.
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day. The father to the sons shall make known thy truth.
Let your loins be girded about, and the lights burning, and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him. Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.
in place of your saying, If the Lord should will, then we will live and do this or that.