"O Lord, my Rock, be not silent to me: lest if Thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down to the pit.... Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of His hands, He shall destroy them, and not build them up" (Psalm 28:1,5). "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy" (Ezekiel 16:49).
Their idleness, indifference,
Their pride, and stomachs full
Each had wrought their consequence
In Sodom's wretched soul.
These were the ingredients,
That awful recipe,
That raged against Omnipotence,
And wrought iniquity.
Lord, we need to hear Your voice,
And not this world's seduction,
Lest we likewise make their choice
And fall by their destruction.
Let idle hands be strengthened now!
Replace indifference with love!
Instead of pride, let's humbly bow,
And find our fullness from above!
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