(NIV)
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am lonely and afflicted.
Turn to me and be
gracious to me,
for I am
lonely and
afflicted.
(NIV)
God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
God settles the
solitary in a
home;
he
leads out the
prisoners to
prosperity,
but the
rebellious dwell in a
parched land.
(NIV)
I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
I
lie awake;
I am like a
lonely sparrow on the
housetop.
(NIV)
How deserted lies the city,
once so full of people!
How like a widow is she,
who once was great among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
has now become a slave.
How
lonely sits the
city that was
full of
people!
How like a
widow has she become,
she who was
great among the nations!
She who was a
princess among the
provinces has become a
slave.
(NIV)
Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.
But he
went out and
began to
talk freely about it,
and to
spread the
news, so
that Jesus could no
longer openly enter a
town,
but was out in desolate places,
and people were
coming to him from every
quarter.
(NIV)
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
But he would
withdraw to desolate places and pray.
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