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Afflictions, Prayer During » For mitigation of troubles
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers. Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.
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And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:
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While it is day we have to do the works of him who sent me: the night comes when no work may be done.
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Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
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In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.
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For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
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For to me life is Christ and death is profit.
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For here we have no fixed resting-place, but our search is for the one which is to come.
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If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!
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Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.
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Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
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Truly the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
Be ready, dressed as for a journey, with your lights burning. And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly. Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
But the right thing to say would be, If it is the Lord's pleasure and if we are still living, we will do this and that.
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