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The Burden of Reproach
The believer experiences mockery and social isolation as a direct result of their zeal and humble fasting for God.
O Lord, zeal for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me. So I wept and humbled myself with fasting, and that became my reproach. I also put on sackcloth, and they mocked me; those who sit at the gate spoke against me, and the drunkards sang songs about me.
A Prayer for Mercy
The believer turns from the mockery of the world to seek God's favor and mercy through Christ.
But, Lord, I pray to you, and I hope for it to be in an acceptable time. O hear me in the multitude of your mercies, which are in Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
Read the original Latin
O Lord, the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up, and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee, are fallen upon me: Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting, and that was turned to my reproof. I put on sackcloth also, and they jested upon me: they that sate in the gate also spake against me, and the drunkards made songs upon me. But, Lord, I make my prayer unto thee, &, I hope, in an acceptable time. O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies, which are in Iesus Christ our Saviour Amen.
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