BELFAST RB BOOKLET 2020 - Flipbook - Page 93
Ci t y of Belf ast Grand Bl ack Chapt er - Dem onst rat i on Bookl et 2020
covenant and mercy to them that love him,
and to them that keep his commandments;
We have sinned, and have committed
iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have
rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts
and from thy judgments:
Neither have we hearkened unto thy
servants the prophets, which spake in thy
name to our kings, our princes, and our
fathers, and to all the people of the land.
O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee,
but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day;
to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near,
and that are far off, through all the countries
whither thou hast driven them, because of
their trespass that they have trespassed
against thee.
O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of
face, to our kings, to our princes, and to
our fathers, because we have sinned
against thee.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and
forgivenesses though we have rebelled
against him;
Neither have we obeyed the voice of
the Lord our God, to walk in his laws,
which he set before us by his servants the
prophets.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law,
even by departing, that
they might not obey thy
voice; therefore the curse
is poured upon us, and
the oath that is written in
the law of Moses the
servant of God, because
we have sinned against
him.
And
he
hath
confirmed his words,
which he spake against
us, and against our
judges that judged us,
by bringing upon us a
great evil: for under the
whole heaven hath not
been done as hath been done upon
Jerusalem.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this
evil is come upon us: yet made we not our
prayer before the Lord our God, that we might
turn from our iniquities, and understand thy
truth.
Therefore hath the Lord watched upon
the evil, and brought it upon us: for
the Lord our God is righteous in all his
works which he doeth: for we obeyed not
his voice.
And now O Lord our God, that hast brought
thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a
mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as
at this day; we have sinned, we have done
wickedly.
O Lord
according
to
all
thy
righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine
anger and thy fury be turned away from thy
city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because
for our sins, and for the iniquities of our
fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are
become a reproach to all that are about us.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer
of thy servant, and his supplications, and
cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary
that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
O my God, incline thine ear and hear;
open thine eyes and
behold our desolations
and the city which is
called by Thy name: for
we do not present our
supplications before
Thee for our personal
righteousnesses, but
for thy great mercies.
O Lord, hear; O
Lord, forgive; O Lord,
hearken and do;
defer not, for thine
own sake, O my God:
for thy city and thy
people are called by
thy name.
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN - 91 - AND THE FUTURE OF THE LIVING