“Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Because you have brought up ¹  your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. ² 

Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? ¹  Because I have been silent for so long, ²  you are not afraid of me. ³ 

The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered ¹  because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. ² 

and said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. ¹  Grace be with you all. ² 

‘You must make for me an altar made of earth, ¹  and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, ²  your sheep and your cattle. In every place ³  where I cause my name to be honored ⁴  I will come to you and I will bless you.

His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. ¹ 

But you, O Lord, rule forever, ¹  and your reputation endures. ² 

As for the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is the name by which he is remembered! ¹ 

He has helped his servant Israel, remembering ¹  his mercy, ² 

He has done this ¹  to show mercy ²  to our ancestors, ³  and to remember his holy covenant ⁴  –

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

All the brothers and sisters ¹  send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss.

The children of your elect sister greet you. ¹ 

For the wise man, like ¹  the fool, will not be remembered for very long, ²  because ³  in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. ⁴  Alas, ⁵  the wise man dies – just like ⁶  the fool!

And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures. ¹ 

Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, ¹  and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

This is the destiny of fools, ¹  and of those who approve of their philosophy. ²  (Selah)

I said, “During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening. ¹