Yahweh Restores the Afflicted Thus says Yahweh: “I have answered you in a time of favor, and helped you on a day of salvation, and watched over you, and given you as a covenant of the people, to raise up the land, to give the desolate hereditary property as an inheritance, 9 saying to the ?prisoners?, “Come out!” to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves!” they shall feed ?along? the ways, and their pasturage shall be on all the barren heights. 10 They shall not be hungry or thirsty, and heat and sun shall not strike them,
+ DAILY PRAYER +
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 147:1-3, 6-11
Psa 147:1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Psa 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
Psa 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psa 147:6 The LORD lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
Psa 147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
Psa 147:8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Psa 147:9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
Psa 147:10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Psa 147:11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Reading for Wednesday February 11th Isaiah 49:8-26
Yahweh Restores the Afflicted
8 Thus says Yahweh:
“I have answered you in a time of favor,
and helped you on a day of salvation,
and watched over you,
and given you as a covenant of the people,
to raise up the land,
to give the desolate hereditary property as an inheritance,
9 saying to the ?prisoners?, “Come out!”
to those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves!”
they shall feed ?along? the ways,
and their pasturage shall be on all the barren heights.
10 They shall not be hungry or thirsty,
and heat and sun shall not strike them,
for he who takes pity on them will lead them,
and he will guide them to springs of water.
11 And I will ?make? all my mountains like a road,
and my highways shall lead up.
12 Look! These shall come from afar,
And look! These from the north and from the west
and these from the land of Sinim.”
13 Sing for joy, heavens, and rejoice, earth!
Mountains must break forth in rejoicing!
For Yahweh has comforted his people,
and he will take pity on his afflicted ones.
Yahweh Remembers Zion
14 But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,
and the Lord has forgotten me!”
15 Can a woman forget her suckling,
refrain from having compassion on the child of her womb?
Indeed, these may forget,
but I, I will not forget you!
16 Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.
17 Your children hasten;
your destroyers and those who laid you waste depart from you.
18 Lift your eyes up all around and see;
all of them gather; they come to you.
?As surely as I live?,
?declares? Yahweh,
surely you shall put on all of them like an ornament,
and you shall bind them on like a bride.
19 Surely your sites of ruins and desolate places and land of ruins,
surely now you will be ?too cramped for your? inhabitants,
and those who engulfed you will be far away.
20 Yet the children ?born when you were bereaved? will say in your ?hearing?,
“The place is too cramped for me;
?make room? for me so that I can dwell.”
21 Then you will say in your heart,
“Who has borne me these?”
And, “I was bereaved and barren,
exiled and thrust away;
so who raised these?
Look at me! I was left alone;
?where have these come from??”
22 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“Look! I will lift my hand up to the nations,
and I will raise my signal to the peoples,
and they shall bring your sons in their bosom,
and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
23 And kings shall be your ?guardians?,
and their queens your nurses.
They shall bow down, ?faces? to the ground, to you,
and they will lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
those who await me shall not be ashamed.
24 Can war-booty be taken from the mighty?
or can a captive of a righteous person be rescued?
25 But thus says Yahweh:
“Indeed a captive of the mighty shall be taken,
and the war-booty of the tyrant shall be rescued,
for I myself will dispute with your opponent,
and I myself will save your children.
26 And I will feed your oppressors their own flesh,
and they shall be drunk with their blood as with wine.
Then all flesh shall know that I am Yahweh,
your savior and redeemer, the strong one of Jacob.”
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord God, heavenly Father, You have called Your Church to worship Your Son in Spirit and truth. Through the Spirit of Jesus, keep us faithful to the one who is the way, the truth, and the life, so that we may be partakers of His divine life and inherit the kingdom promised for those who drink from the water of life; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
