Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me!
For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.
For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling;
“Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
and said, “Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
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