“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?
And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart's desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.
“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” And the land had rest for forty years.
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