How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah)

Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime.

He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night.

so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze.

A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily!

Hezekiah said, “What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord’s temple?”

For this is what the Lord says: “For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant,

Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed.

They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Even now you say to me, ‘You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.

When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers.

At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!”

And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement.”

This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts.