7″ x 9 1/2″
(five translations of Psalm 54:13. this relates to the wastrels in a way that will be apparent later)
13 ibi ceciderunt qui operantur iniquitatem expulsi sunt nec potuerunt stare
13 But as for me, when they were sick, My clothing was sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting; And my prayer would return to my own heart.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
13 But I, when they were sick– I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
13 Yet when they were sick, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. My prayers returned to me unanswered.
What a range of meanings. The last one is hard, yet somehow rings most true.
unanswered, devastating, and after all that penance.
Humility vs. affliction is interesting as well.