http://theeducatedfool.vox.com/library/posts/tags/praying/page/1/ "I’m all for education, but there are times it’s better to know something." en Vox Wed, 07 May 2008 09:06:49 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss praying http://theeducatedfool.vox.com/library/post/a-real-prayer.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(The Educated Fool) http://theeducatedfool.vox.com/library/post/a-real-prayer.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://theeducatedfool.vox.com/library/post/a-real-prayer.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 07 May 2008 09:06:49 -0500 <p>...that you&#39;ll never hear prayed in a church.</p><p>&quot;What is man that you make so much of him, that you give him so much attention, that you examine him every morning and test him every moment?&#160; Will you never look away from me, or let me alone even for an instant?&#160; If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men?&#160; Why have you made me your target?&#160; Have I become a burden to you?&#160; Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins?&#160; For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.</p><p>&quot;Why then did you bring me out of the womb?&#160; I wish I had died before any eye saw me.&#160; If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!&#160; Are not my few days almost over?&#160; Turn away from me so I can have a moment&#39;s joy before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow, to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.&quot;</p><p>The Bible, Job 7:17-21, 10:18-22</p><p><br />Maybe I&#39;m twisted, but stuff like this makes me smile in the morning.<br /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://theeducatedfool.vox.com/library/post/a-real-prayer.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d4142487a66a4700f48cf5c2fc0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> prayer pray praying