+ DAILY PRAYER +
A Plea for Divine Retribution For the music director. A psalm of David. 1 Hear my voice, O God, in my lamenting. Preserve my life from the fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret plots of evildoers, from the unrest of those who do iniquity, 3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend their bow to shoot their arrows—bitter words, 4 to shoot from their hiding places at the blameless….
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 33:18-22
Psa 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him,
on those who hope in his steadfast love,
Psa 33:19 that he may deliver their soul from death
and keep them alive in famine.
Psa 33:20 Our soul waits for the LORD;
he is our help and our shield.
Psa 33:21 For our heart is glad in him,
because we trust in his holy name.
Psa 33:22 Let your steadfast love, O LORD,
be upon us, even as we hope in you.
Reading for Thursday January 30th Psalm 68:1-17
Praise to God for Providing Victory
68 For the music director. Of David. A psalm. A song.
1 God will arise; his enemies will be scattered,
and those who hate him will flee from before him.
2 As smoke is driven off, you will drive them off.
As wax melts before fire,
the wicked will perish before God.
3 But the righteous will be glad; they will exalt before God,
and will rejoice with joy.
4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name.
Lift up a song to the rider on the clouds—his name is Yah—
and rejoice before him.
5 A father to orphans and a judge for widows
is God in his holy habitation.
6 God settles the lonely in a home;
he brings prisoners out into prosperity.
But the rebellious abide in a barren land.
7 O God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the desert, Selah
8 the earth shook; the heavens also dripped rain
at the presence of God who was at Sinai,
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You caused abundant rain to fall, O God.
When your inheritance was weary you revived it.
10 Your community dwelled in it.
You provided in your goodness for the poor, O God.
11 The Lord gives the word.
Great is the company of women who announce:
12 “The kings of armies flee, they flee,
and she who remains at home divides the spoil.
13 Though you men lie down between the sheepfolds,
you will be like the wings of a dove covered in silver
and its pinions in yellow gold.”
14 When Shaddai scattered kings on it,
on Zalmon it snowed.
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
a mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Why do you look with hostility, O many-peaked mountains?
This mountain God desires for his dwelling.
Yes, Yahweh will abide in it forever.
17 The chariots of God
are twice ten thousand, with thousands doubled.
The Lord is among them at Sinai, distinctive in victory.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, our refuge and strength, the author of all godliness, hear the devout prayers of Your Church, especially in tomes of persecution, and grant that what we ask in faith we may obtain; 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.
