+ DAILY PRAYER +
Celebration of a Royal Wedding For the music director; according to The Lilies. Of the sons of Korah. A maskil. A song of love. 1 My heart is moved with a good word; I recite my ?compositions? to the king. My tongue is the pen of a skilled scribe. 2 You are the most handsome of the sons of humankind; grace is poured out on your lips;…
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 19:1-6, 9-11, 14
Psa 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Psa 19:2 Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their voice goes out through all the earth,
and their words to the end of the world.
In them he has set a tent for the sun,
Psa 19:5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.
Psa 19:6 Its rising is from the end of the heavens,
and its circuit to the end of them,
and there is nothing hidden from its heat.
Psa 19:9 the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.
Psa 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.
Psa 19:11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
Psa 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Reading for Wednesday January 8th Psalm 48
The Greatness of God in Zion
48 A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 Yahweh is great and very worthy of praise
in the city of our God, in his ?holy mountain?.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
is ?Mount Zion?, ?in the far north?,
the city of the great king.
3 God is in her citadels;
he is known as a high stronghold.
4 For see, the kings assembled;
they advanced together.
5 ?They themselves saw? it, so they were astonished.
They were terrified; they ran off.
6 Trembling seized them there—
pain as of a woman in labor.
7 With an east wind
you shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God.
God will establish her forever. Selah
9 We have pondered your loyal love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10 As is your name, O God, so is your praise
to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let ?Mount Zion? rejoice;
let the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion and circle it;
count her towers.
13 ?Consider well? her ramparts.
Go through her citadels
so that you can tell the next generation
14 that this is God, our God forever and ever.
?He himself? will guide us until death.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of Your people who call upon You and grant that they both perceive and know what things they ought to do and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same; 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.
