A ?reputation? is to be chosen ?rather than? great riches; ?favor is better than silver and gold?. 2 Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them. 3 The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer. 4 The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life. 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them…
+ 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 137:1-7
Psa 137:1 By the waters of Babylon,
there we sat down and wept,
when we remembered Zion.
Psa 137:2 On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
Psa 137:3 For there our captors required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth,
saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psa 137:4 How shall we sing the LORD’s song
in a foreign land?
Psa 137:5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
let my right hand forget its skill!
Psa 137:6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,
if I do not remember you,
if I do not set Jerusalem above my highest joy!
Psa 137:7 Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites
the day of Jerusalem, how they said,
“Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!”
Reading for Tuesday July 22nd Prov 22:1-16
22 A ?reputation? is to be chosen ?rather than? great riches;
?favor is better than silver and gold?.
2 Rich and poor have much in common;
Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3 The clever sees danger and hides,
but the simple go on and suffer.
4 The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh—
wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
he who guards himself will keep away from them.
6 Train the child ?concerning his way?;
even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
7 The rich will rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave of ?the lender?.
8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his anger will fail.
9 He who ?is generous? will be blessed,
for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out;
quarrel and abuse will cease.
11 He who loves purity of heart
and has ?gracious speech?, his friend is the king.
12 The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge,
but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.
13 A lazy person says “A lion in the street!
In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
14 A deep pit is the mouth of an ?adulteress?,
he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy;
the rod of discipline will drive it from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself,
or gives to the rich, ?will come to poverty?.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, Your Son, Jesus Christ, restored Mary Magdalene to health and called her to be the first witness of His resurrection. Heal us from all our infirmities, and call us to know You in the power of Your Son’s unending life; through the same 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.
