That day I will re-erect the tottering hut of David.
Make good the gaps in it, restore its ruins.
And nothing will he forbid.
All will be verifiable shoeins.

The days are coming.
When harvest will come directly after ploughing.
So we can carry on hoping.
And we can start succeeding.

The treading of grapes will come soon after growing.
When the mountains will run with new wine.
We just have to go on accepting.
And look to the holy sign.

They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them.
Out of the land I have given them.

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Erect David’s hut
And restore all its ruins
That is our challenge

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See Amos 9: 11-15

Listen to this , you who trample on the needy.
And try to suppress the poor people of the country.
And we ask this of ourselves, are we ready.
Can we do our duty, make our right entry.

You , who say when will the new moon be over.
So that we can sell our corn.
We will not all end up in clover.
But we are not forsworn.

I am going to turn your feasts into funerals.
All your singing into lamentation.
We will all find our levels.
But will we resist temptation.

Whatever the stress .
We are really fine, none the less.

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Trample on needy
And suppress the poor people
Is this what we do

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See Amos 8: 4-6 and 9-12

Without warning a storm broke over the lake.
So violent that the waves were breaking right over the boat.
And he was ready to act for their sake.
To keep them afloat.

Our future may be in doubt.
This may be a decision day.
But doubts can be set to rout.
If his name we say.

Our life’s boat is tossed.
We even despair.
But we are not crossed.
We need not fear.

There is hope anew.
And life anew.

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Storm over the lake
And then our own boat is tossed
But do not despair

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See Matthew 9: 1-8

Without warning a storm broke over the lake.
So violent that the waves were breaking right over the boat.
But he will do anything for our sake.
With prayer he will keep us afloat.

They went to him and woke him saying.
Save us Lord, we are going to drown.
Our hopes sometimes are dying.
We are not always up , sometimes we are down.

He said to them , why are you so frightened.
You men of little faith.
But with him our life burden is always lightened.
He is real , not some transparent wraith.

Times yes are trying .
And our boat he is steadying.

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Storm over the lake
But our Lord is still asleep
But he will awake

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See Matthew 8 : 23-27

Master I will follow you wherever you go.
Jesus replied , the son of man has nowhere to lay his head.
And we complain if we feel a little low.
We so easily lose our thread.

St Oliver Plunket gave everything.
And paid the ultimate price.
And all because he wore a bishop’s ring.
A man unknown to any vice.

We will not be put to this sort of test.
Ours are small irritants and trials.
We seldom have to leave the comfort of our nest.
We can give the world some smiles.

We will not be called upon to be a martyr.
But to our own churning worries we are a martyr.

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I will follow him
Wherever he goes for us
Wherever he rests

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See Matthew 8 : 18-23