It is time for the Lord to act – they break your law!

“At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

The Lord said, “Jerusalem, I will surely send you away for your own good. I will surely bring the enemy upon you in a time of trouble and distress.

For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.’

“‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.

The Lord who rules over all says this: “These people have said, ‘The time for rebuilding the Lord’s temple has not yet come.’”

Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.

You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations?

Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times?

which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle?

Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat.

Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)