Against Pledges My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, if you have bound ?yourself? to the stranger, 2 if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth, 3 do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into ?the palm of your neighbor’s hand?: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor. 4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler…
+ 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 147:1-11
Psa 147:1 Praise the LORD!
For it is good to sing praises to our God;
for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
Psa 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem;
he gathers the outcasts of Israel.
Psa 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.
Psa 147:4 He determines the number of the stars;
he gives to all of them their names.
Psa 147:5 Great is our Lord, and abundant in power;
his understanding is beyond measure.
Psa 147:6 The LORD lifts up the humble;
he casts the wicked to the ground.
Psa 147:7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;
make melody to our God on the lyre!
Psa 147:8 He covers the heavens with clouds;
he prepares rain for the earth; he makes grass grow on the hills.
Psa 147:9 He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry.
Psa 147:10 His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Psa 147:11 but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Reading for Monday June 16th Prov 6:1-15
Against Pledges
6 My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,
if you have bound ?yourself? to the stranger,
2 if you are snared by the sayings of your mouth,
if you are caught by the sayings of your mouth,
3 do this, then, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into ?the palm of your neighbor’s hand?:
Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor.
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes,
or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand,
or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Against Sloth
6 Go to the ant, lazy!
Consider its ways and be wise.
7 It has no chief,
officer, or ruler.
8 In the summer, it prepares its food;
in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.
9 How long will you lie down, lazy?
When will you rise up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands for rest—
11 like a ?robber? shall your poverty come,
and what you lack like an armed man.
Against Worthlessness
12 A worthless man, an evil man,
goes around with ?deceitful speech?.
13 Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,
pointing in his fingers,
14 perversion in his heart, he devises evil;
at all times he will send out discord.
15 Upon ?such a man?, suddenly shall his calamity come;
in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, You make the minds of Your faithful to be of one will. Grant that we may love what You have commanded and desire what You promise, that among the many changes of this world our hearts may be fixed where true joys are found; 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.
