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Remembering God’s Help for Israel For the music director, on Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A psalm. 1 I cry out with my voice to God; with my voice to God, that he may hear me. 2 In the day I have trouble, I seek the Lord. At night my hand stretches out ?continually?; my soul refuses to be comforted. 3 I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint. Selah 4 You hold open my eyelids. I am troubled and cannot speak. 5 I think about the days from long ago, the years of ancient times. 6 I remember my song in the night. With my heart I meditate,…
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 37:25-29
Psa 37:25 I have been young, and now am old,
yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
or his children begging for bread.
Psa 37:26 He is ever lending generously,
and his children become a blessing.
Psa 37:27 Turn away from evil and do good;
so shall you dwell forever.
Psa 37:28 For the LORD loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psa 37:29 The righteous shall inherit the land
and dwell upon it forever.
Reading for Monday February 17th Psalm 77
Remembering God’s Help for Israel
77 For the music director, on Jeduthun.
Of Asaph. A psalm.
1 I cry out with my voice to God;
with my voice to God, that he may hear me.
2 In the day I have trouble, I seek the Lord.
At night my hand stretches out ?continually?;
my soul refuses to be comforted.
3 I remember God and I groan loudly;
I meditate and my spirit grows faint. Selah
4 You hold open my eyelids.
I am troubled and cannot speak.
5 I think about the days from long ago,
the years of ancient times.
6 I remember my song in the night.
With my heart I meditate,
and my spirit searches to understand.
7 Will the Lord reject us forever,
and will he never be pleased with us again?
8 Has his loyal love ceased forever?
Is his promise ended throughout generations?
9 Has God forgotten to have compassion?
Or has he closed off his mercies in anger? Selah
10 So I said, “This pierces me—
the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
11 I will remember the deeds of Yah.
Surely I will remember your wonders from long ago.
12 I will also muse on all your work,
and meditate on your deeds.
13 O God, your way is distinctive.
Who is a great god like our God?
14 You are the God who works wonders;
you have made known your might among the peoples.
15 With your arm you redeemed your people,
the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
16 Waters saw you, O God;
waters saw you and they trembled.
Surely the deeps shook.
17 The clouds poured out water.
The skies ?thundered?.
Your arrows also ?flew about?.
18 The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightnings lit the world;
the earth shook and quaked.
19 Your way was through the sea,
and your path through many waters.
Yet your footprints were not discerned.
20 You led your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Merciful Father, You gave Your Son Jesus as the heavenly bread of life. Grant us faith to feast on Him in Your Word and Sacraments that we may be nourished unto life everlasting; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
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.
