God will heal her in the day of her suffering.
She will be upheld and brought to life.
She will live happily on earth.
Do not let us be consumed by the greed of addiction.
Support us in our sickness.
Catalyze our lethargy; turn us around.
As for me, I cry, “Show Your care.
Heal me for I have wandered away from You.”
Fear speaks malice inside me, saying,
“When shall she die, and her name perish?”
The voices of addiction come into me, speaking deceit.
They slander me and fill me with lies.
Then I go out and broadcast their fraud.
These voices hate me.
Their whispers are against me.
Imagining the worst of me, they devise my harm, saying,
“Evil clings to her. She is dying and can never recover.”
Addiction was my best friend, the one I trusted,
The one who shared my food.
My friend has turned against me
And now wishes my downfall.
O God, care for me.
Restore my health that I may renounce my true enemy.
And get myself back.
I will know Your delight in me
For my addictions cannot triumph.
If You uphold me, I will enter my heart’s integrity
And live in You forever.
Blessed is the wholeness of those who struggle.
From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen
An interpretation based on the NIV, the ICEL and the JPS 1917 translation
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