Judah’s Song of Praise On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “?We have a strong city?; he sets up victory like walls and ramparts! 2 Open the gates ?so that? the righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter! 3 You will protect a firm inclination in peace, in peace because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in Yahweh forever, for in Yah, Yahweh you have an everlasting rock. 5 For he has thrown down the inhabitants of the height, he lays low the lofty city…
+ 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 113
Psa 113:1 Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD!
Psa 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
from this time forth and forevermore!
Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of the LORD is to be praised!
Psa 113:4 The LORD is high above all nations,
and his glory above the heavens!
Psa 113:5 Who is like the LORD our God,
who is seated on high,
Psa 113:6 who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
Psa 113:7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap,
Psa 113:8 to make them sit with princes,
with the princes of his people.
Psa 113:9 He gives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the LORD!
Reading for Thursday January 1st Isaiah 26
Judah’s Song of Praise
26 On that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
“?We have a strong city?;
he sets up victory like walls and ramparts!
2 Open the gates ?so that? the righteous nation who keeps faithfulness may enter!
3 You will protect a firm inclination in peace,
in peace because he trusts in you.
4 Trust in Yahweh forever,
for in Yah, Yahweh you have an everlasting rock.
5 For he has thrown down the inhabitants of the height,
he lays low the lofty city.
He lays it low to the ground;
he throws her to the dust.
6 The foot tramples it,
the feet of the poor, the steps of the needy.”
Yahweh’s People Vindicated
7 The way of the righteous is a straight path;
?you clear the level path of the righteous?.
8 Surely we wait for you in the path of your judgments, Yahweh,
for your name and renown are the desire of the soul.
9 I desire you with all my soul in the night;
also I seek you with my spirit within me,
for when your judgments are ?upon? the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
10 Though the wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness;
he acts unjustly in the land of uprightness,
and he does not see the majesty of Yahweh.
11 Yahweh, though your hand reaches high, they do not see it.
Let them see, and let them be ashamed of the zeal of people.
Indeed, let the fire of your enemies consume them.
12 Yahweh, you will establish peace for us,
for you have done even all of our works for us.
13 Yahweh, our God, lords besides you ruled over us,
?but we praise your name alone?.
14 The dead do not live;
dead spirits do not rise
because you have punished and destroyed them,
and you have destroyed all memory of them.
15 You have added to the nation, Yahweh.
You have added to the nation; you are honored.
You have extended all the ends of the land.
16 Yahweh, in distress they have visited you;
they poured out an ?incantation?;
your discipline was on them.
17 Like a pregnant woman on the point of giving birth, she writhes;
she cries in her labor pains.
So we were because of your presence, Yahweh.
18 We became pregnant, we writhed;
we gave birth to wind.
We cannot bring about deliverance on the earth,
and no inhabitants of the world are born.
19 Your dead shall live; ?their corpses? shall rise.
Wake up and sing for joy, dwellers of the dust,
for your dew is ?celestial dew?,
and the earth will give birth to dead spirits.
20 Go, my people, enter into your chambers
and shut your doors behind you;
hide for ?a very little? while,
until the wrath has passed over.
21 For look! Yahweh is about to come out from his place
to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth against him,
and the earth will disclose her blood
and will no longer cover her slain.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord God, You made Your beloved Son, our Savior, subject to the Law and caused Him to shed His blood on our behalf. Grant us the true circumcision of the Spirit that our hearts may be made pure from all sins, 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.
