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1 Mina olen mees, kes nägi viletsust tema nuhtluse nuudi all.

2 Ta ajas mind ja pani mind käima pimeduses, mitte valguses.

3 Tõesti, ta pööras oma käe minu vastu ja tõstab seda minu vastu iga päev.

4 Ta kulutas mu liha ja naha, ta murdis mu luud.

5 Ta ehitas mu vastu kindluse ja ümbritses mind kibeduse ning vaevaga.

6 Ta pani mu istuma pimedusse nagu need, kes on ammu surnud.

7 Ta tegi mu ümber müüri ja ma ei pääse välja, ta pani mind raskeisse ahelaisse.

8 Kuigi ma hüüan ja karjun appi, summutab tema mu palved.

9 Ta tegi mu teele tahutud kividest müüri, rikkus mu teerajad.

10 Ta on mulle varitsevaks karuks, peidus olevaks lõviks.

11 Ta paiskas segi mu teed, kiskus mind lõhki, tegi mu lagedaks.

12 Ta tõmbas oma ammu vinna ja pani mind oma nooltele märgiks.

13 Ta laskis oma nooled mu neerudesse.

14 Ma olen kogu oma rahva naeruks, nende igapäevaseks pilkelauluks.

15 Ta toitis mind kibedate taimedega, jootis mind koirohuga.

16 Ta vajutas mu põrmu, laskis mu hambad kuluda sõmeras.

17 Jah, sina tõukasid mu hinge rahupõlvest välja, ma olen unustanud, mis on õnn.

18 Ma ütlen: Kadunud on mu jõud ja mu lootus Issanda peale.

19 Mõtle mu viletsusele ja kodutusele, koirohule ja mürgile!

20 Sina küll mõtled sellele, et mu hing on rõhutud.

21 Seda võtan ma südamesse, sellepärast loodan ma veel:

22 see on Issanda suur heldus, et me pole otsa saanud, sest tema halastused pole lõppenud:

23 need on igal hommikul uued - sinu ustavus on suur!

24 Issand on mu osa, ütleb mu hing, seepärast loodan ma tema peale.

25 Issand on hea neile, kes teda ootavad, hingele, kes teda otsib.

26 Hea on oodata kannatlikult Issanda päästet.

27 Hea on mehele, kui ta kannab iket oma nooruses.

28 Ta istugu üksi ja vakka, kui see on pandud ta peale!

29 Ta pistku oma suu põrmu - võib-olla on veel lootust!

30 Ta andku oma põsk sellele, kes teda lööb, et ta oleks küllalt teotatud!

31 Sest Issand ei tõuka ära igaveseks.

32 Kui ta on kurvastanud, siis ta ka halastab oma suure helduse pärast.

33 Sest ta ei alanda ega kurvasta inimlapsi mitte südamest.

34 Kui jalge alla tallatakse kõik vangid maal,

35 kui väänatakse mehe õigust Kõigekõrgema palge ees,

36 kui inimesele tehakse ülekohut tema riiuasjas - kas Issand seda ei näe?

37 Kes ütleb, et midagi sünnib, ilma et Issand oleks seda käskinud?

38 Eks tule Kõigekõrgema suust niihästi kuri kui hea?

39 Miks inimesed elus nurisevad? Igaüks nurisegu omaenese patu pärast!

40 Uurigem ja proovigem oma teid ja pöördugem tagasi Issanda juurde!

41 Tõstkem oma südamed ja käed Jumala poole taevas!

42 Me oleme üleastujad ja vastuhakkajad, sina ei andnudki meile andeks.

43 Sa oled peitunud vihasse, oled meid jälitanud, armuta surmanud.

44 Sa oled peitunud pilvesse, et palved ei pääseks läbi.

45 Sa oled teinud meid pühkmeiks ja jätisteks rahvaste seas.

46 Kõik meie vaenlased ajavad oma suu ammuli meie vastu.

47 Meile on tulnud hirm ja haud, hävitus ja hukkumine.

48 Veeojad voolavad mu silmist mu rahva tütre hävingu pärast.

49 Mu silmad voolavad lakkamatult, pisaratel ei ole pidamist,

50 kuni Issand vaatab taevast alla ja näeb.

51 Mu silm teeb mu hingele valu kõigi mu linna tütarde pärast.

52 Tõesti, nagu lindu küttisid mind need, kes põhjuseta on mu vaenlased.

53 Nad tahtsid mu elu kustutada kaevus ja pildusid mu peale kive.

54 Vesi tõusis mul üle pea, ma ütlesin: 'Nüüd olen kadunud!'

55 Ma hüüdsin su nime, Issand, sügavaimast kaevust.

56 Sina kuulsid mu hüüdu: 'Ära peida oma kõrva mu appihüüde eest, et saaksin kergendust!'

57 Sa olid ligi, kui ma sind hüüdsin, sa ütlesid: 'Ära karda!'

58 Sina, Issand, seletad mu hinge riiuasja, sina lunastad mu elu.

59 Sina, Issand, näed mu rõhumist, mõista mulle õigust!

60 Sina näed kogu nende kättemaksu, kõiki nende kavatsusi mu vastu.

61 Sina kuuled nende laimamist, Issand, kõiki nende kavatsusi minu vastu.

62 Mu vastaste huuled ja nende pomin on mu vastu iga päev.

63 Vaata, kas nad istuvad või tõusevad - mina olen nende pilkelaul.

64 Maksa neile kätte, Issand, nende kätetööd mööda!

65 Anna neile paadunud süda, tulgu su sajatus nende peale!

66 Aja neid taga raevus ja hävita nad Issanda taeva alt!

   

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Apocalypse Revealed # 502

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502. Which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt. This symbolizes the two hellish loves, namely, a love of ruling springing from a love of self, and a love of holding sway from a conceit in one's own intelligence, loves which are present in the church where there is not one God and where the Lord is not worshiped, and where people do not live in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

Sodom symbolizes, in the spiritual sense, a love of ruling springing from a love of self, as we shall presently see; and Egypt symbolizes, in the spiritual sense, a love of holding sway from a conceit in one's own intelligence, as we shall also presently see. So, because these two loves are symbolized, therefore the city is called, spiritually speaking, Sodom and Egypt.

These two loves are present in the church where there is not one God and where the Lord is not worshiped, and where people do not live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, because people are born with these two loves, and they come into them as they grow up. Nor can these loves be removed except by God the Savior and by a life in accordance with His commandments, and God cannot remove them unless people turn to Him, and neither is a life in accordance with His commandments possible unless a person is led by Him. Actually it is possible, but not a life that contains anything of heaven and so of the church.

A life like that is possible only from Him who is life. That the Lord is that life may be seen in John 1:1, 4; 5:26; 6:33-35ff., 11:25-26; 14:6, 19, and in many other places.

[2] A love of ruling springing from a love of self, and a love of holding sway from a conceit in one's own intelligence, are the principal loves of all the loves in hell, and so are the origin of all the evils and thus of all the falsities in the church. This is something unknown at the present day. The delights of these loves, which surpass the delights of all the heart's pleasures, cause it to be unknown, even though they are, spiritually, Sodom and Egypt.

That Sodom is a love of ruling springing from a love of self can be seen from the description of Sodom in Genesis, where we are told that when angels arrived there, the inhabitants tried to forcibly assault them at the house of Lot, and that fire and brimstone rained down on them from heaven (Genesis 19:1ff.). Fire and brimstone symbolize that love, together with its appetites.

I saw similar sights when cities and societies of people like that were overthrown at the time of the Last Judgment and their inhabitants cast into hell.

These loves and their accompanying evils are symbolized by Sodom and Gomorrah in the following passages: Isaiah 1:10; 3:8-9; 13:19.

[3] That this love is symbolically meant by Sodom is unknown in the world, but remember it and recall it when you come after death into the world of spirits and you will be completely convinced.

It should be known, however, that a love of ruling springing from a love of self and a love of ruling springing from a love of performing useful services are two different things. The latter love is a heavenly love, while the first is a hellish one. Consequently, when one is in first place, the other is in last place; which is to say, when a love of ruling springing from a love of self forms the head, then a love of ruling springing from a love of performing useful services - which is a love of serving the neighbor originating from the Lord - forms first the feet, then the soles of the feet, and finally is trampled underfoot.

On the other hand, when a love of ruling springing from a love of performing useful services - which, as we said, is a heavenly love - forms the head, then a love of ruling springing from a love of self - which, as we said, is a hellish love - forms first the feet, then the soles of the feet, and finally is trampled underfoot.

Still, these two loves can hardly be distinguished by a person in the world. That is because in outward appearance they are similar. But they can be told apart by this, that a heavenly love is present in people who turn to the Lord and live in accordance with the Ten Commandments, while a hellish love is present in people who do not turn to the Lord, and who do not live in accordance with the Ten Commandments.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.