Song for today: Blessed Be The Name and Til the Storm Passes By

Today’s country: Kingdom of Thailand

To you I lift up my eyes,
O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
Behold, as the eyes of servants
look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a maidservant
to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he has mercy upon us.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us,
for we have had more than enough of contempt.
Our soul has had more than enough
of the scorn of those who are at ease,
of the contempt of the proud.
from Psalm 123

For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
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For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
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For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
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For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
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For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
from Amos 1

For three transgressions of Moab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
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For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but their lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
So I will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
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For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they sell the righteous for silver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
from Amos 2