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Thanksgiving to God for His Works For the music director. A song. A psalm. 1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth. 2 Sing the glory of his name. ?Set forth his glorious praise?. 3 Say to God, “How awesome are your works! Because of the greatness of your strength, your enemies will cringe before you. 4 All the earth will bow in worship to you, and sing praise to you…
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 12
Psa 12:1 Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone;
for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.
Psa 12:2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor;
with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psa 12:3 May the LORD cut off all flattering lips,
the tongue that makes great boasts,
Psa 12:4 those who say, “With our tongue we will prevail,
our lips are with us; who is master over us?”
Psa 12:5 “Because the poor are plundered,
because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD;
“I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Psa 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words,
like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psa 12:7 You, O LORD, will keep them;
you will guard us from this generation forever.
Psa 12:8 On every side the wicked prowl,
as vileness is exalted among the children of man.
Reading for Tuesday January 28th Psalm 66
Thanksgiving to God for His Works
66 For the music director. A song. A psalm.
1 Shout joyfully to God, all the earth.
2 Sing the glory of his name.
?Set forth his glorious praise?.
3 Say to God, “How awesome are your works!
Because of the greatness of your strength,
your enemies will cringe before you.
4 All the earth will bow in worship to you,
and sing praise to you.
They will sing the praise of your name.” Selah
5 Come and ?consider? the works of God;
he is awesome in his dealings with the children of humankind.
6 He turned the sea into dry ground;
they passed through the river on foot.
There we rejoiced in him.
7 He rules by his might forever;
his eyes keep watch on the nations.
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Bless our God, O peoples,
and cause the sound of his praise to be heard,
9 the one who has kept our soul among the living,
and has not allowed our foot to slip.
10 For you have tested us, O God;
you have tried us as silver is tried.
11 You brought us into the net;
you placed a ?heavy burden? on our backs.
12 You let men ride over our heads.
We went through fire and through water,
but you have brought us out to the place of abundance.
13 I will come into your house with burnt offerings.
I will pay to you my vows
14 that my lips uttered,
and my mouth spoke in my distress.
15 Burnt offerings of fat animals I will offer to you,
with the smoke of rams.
I will do cattle with rams. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell
what he has done for me.
17 I called to him with my mouth,
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I had considered evil in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
19 However, God has listened;
he has attended to the sound of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
who has not turned aside my prayer,
or his loyal love from me.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty and merciful God, it is by Your grace that we live as Your people who offer acceptable service. Grant that we may walk by faith, and not by sight, in the way that leads to eternal life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, 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.
