O Jerusalem,
I have posted watchmen on your walls;
they will pray day and night,
continually.
Take no rest,
all you who pray to the LORD.
Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
“Arise, Jerusalem!
Let your light shine for all to see.
for the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you.
Darkness as black as night
covers all the nations of the earth,
but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you.
No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,
nor the moon to give its light by night,
for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
Your sun will never set;
your moon will not go down.
For the LORD will be your everlasting light.
Your days of mourning will come to an end.”
The high and lofty one who lives in eternity,
the Holy One,
says this:
“I live in the high and holy place
with those whose spirits are contrite and humble.
I restore the crushed spirit of the humble
and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.”
“The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.
It is the same with my word.
I send it out,
and it always produces fruit.
It will accomplish all I want it to,
and it will prosper everywhere I send it.”
…If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.
(Jamaica Beach)
…Be patient with everyone.
See that no one pays back evil for evil,
but always try to do good to each other
and to all people.
