American Standard Version of 1901
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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;They cry for help by reason of the arm of the mighty.
But none saith, Where is God my Maker,Who giveth songs in the night,
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth,And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?
There they cry, {Or, but he answereth not}but none giveth answer,Because of the pride of evil men.
Surely God will not hear an empty cry,Neither will the Almighty regard it.
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned meTogether round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Yet Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time;And in the night his song shall be with me,Even a prayer unto the God of my life.
He giveth to the beast his food,And to the young ravens which cry.
For this they wilfully forget, that there were heavens from of old, and an earth compacted out of water and {Or, through}amidst water, by the word of God;
because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God manifested it unto them.
For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; {Or, so that they are}that they may be without excuse:
because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do his will, him he heareth.