Here,
all who live in America
I
warn you--
If
you would but listen to me, O America!
You
shall have no foreign god among you;
You
shall not bow down to an alien god.
Out
of your ignorance and rebelliousness,
You
have created innumerable gods for yourselves;
Your
idols of persons of various sorts, money, prestige,
And
power in your pitiful world.
I
am the Lord your God,
Who
brought you up out of Egypt
(out
of the gripe of oppression
that
was your previous circumstance)
Open
wide your mouth and I will fill it.
(with my Word and My
LIFE)
But
America would not listen to me;
America
would not submit to me.
So
I gave them over to their stubborn hearts
To
follow their own devices.
If
America would have listened to me,
If America would follow
my ways,
How
quickly would I subdue their enemies
And
turn my hand against their foes!
Those who hate the Lord
would cringe before him,
And their punishment
would last forever.
But
America would be fed with the finest of wheat;
With
honey from the rock
(which
is Christ Jesus and His blessings)
I would satisfy you.
[Extrapolated from
Psalm 81, versus 8-16]
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