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JUDGEMENT
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Ancient Olive
                Trees in the Garden of Gethsemane. Source unknown.


VIGIL

A Vigil
                Lamp to draw the eye away from the shadows

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me:

why are you so far from my help,
and from my cry of distress ?

Oh my God I cry out in the daytime.
But you do not answer:
at night also, but I get no relief.

But you are the Holy One:
enthroned on the praises of your people.

Our ancestors trusted in you:
They trusted and you delivered them.

They called to you and were rescued:
they put their trust in you,
and were not disappointed.

But I am a worm and something less than human:
an object of scorn and an outcast of the people.

All those who see me laugh me to scorn:
they curl their lips and toss their heads saying.

'You trusted in God for deliverance:
if God cares for you, let God rescue you.'

But you are the one who took me out of the womb:
you kept me safe upon my mother's breast.

On you have I been cast ever since I was born:
and you are my God even from my mother's womb.

Be not far from me, for trouble is close at hand:
and there is no one to help me.

Many bulls have come around me:
great bulls of Bashan close in on me from every side.

They open wide their mouths at me;
like ravening and roaring lions.

I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart within my breast has melted like wax.

My mouth is parched as dry clay,
my tongue clings to my jaws:
and I am laid in the dust of death.

Many dogs have come around me:
and the wicked hem me in on every side.

They pierce my hands and my feet.
I can count all my bones:
they stand staring and gloating over me.

They share out my garments among them:
and they cast lots for my clothing.

Do not stand far off from me O Lord:
you are my helper, come quickly to my rescue.

Deliver me from the sword:
my precious life from the mauling of dogs.

Save me fromt he lions mouth:
my afflicted soul from the horns of the wild cattle.


Judgement

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