A Lament for Jerusalem after Its Destruction A psalm of Asaph. 1 O God, the nations have entered your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins. 2 They have given the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the heavens, the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem,…
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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 30:1-5, 8-12
Psa 30:1 I will extol you, O LORD,
for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.
Psa 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.
Psa 30:3 O LORD, you have brought up my soul from Sheol;
you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.
Psa 30:4 Sing praises to the LORD, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
Psa 30:5 For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psa 30:8 To you, O LORD, I cry,
and to the Lord I plead for mercy:
Psa 30:9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the pit?
Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Psa 30:10 Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me!
O LORD, be my helper!”
Psa 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Psa 30:12 that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Reading for Monday February 24th Psalm 79
A Lament for Jerusalem after Its Destruction
79 A psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the nations have entered your inheritance;
they have defiled your holy temple;
they have reduced Jerusalem to ruins.
2 They have given the bodies of your servants
as food for the birds of the heavens,
the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was none to bury them.
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors,
a derision and a scorn to those around us.
5 How long, O Yahweh? Will you be angry forever?
Will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your anger on the nations
that do not know you,
and on the kingdoms
that do not call on your name,
7 because they have devoured Jacob
and have laid waste his habitation.
8 Do not remember against us former iniquities;
let your mercies meet us quickly
because we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation,
for the glory of your name;
and deliver us and forgive our sins
for the sake of your name.
10 Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let it be known among the nations before our eyes,
by the avenging of the blood of your servants
that was poured out.
11 Let the groaning of the prisoner come before you.
According to the greatness of your ?power?,
spare the children appointed to death.
12 And return to our neighbors sevenfold ?upon them?
their taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord.
13 Then we, your people and the flock of your pasture,
we will give thanks to you forever.
?Generation after generation?
we will tell of your praise.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, You chose Your servant Matthias to be numbered among the Twelve. Grant that Your Church, ever preserved from false teachers, may be taught and guided by faithful and true pastors; through 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.
