Prologue Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand sayings of understanding, 3 to gain ?insightful instruction?, righteousness and justice and equity, 4 to give shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and purpose to the young, 5 may the wise hear and increase learning, and the one who understands gain direction,..
+ 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 118:19-25
Psa 118:19 Open to me the gates of righteousness,
that I may enter through them and give thanks to the LORD.
Psa 118:20 This is the gate of the LORD;
the righteous shall enter through it.
Psa 118:21 I thank you that you have answered me
and have become my salvation.
Psa 118:22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone.
Psa 118:23 This is the LORD’s doing;
it is marvelous in our eyes.
Psa 118:24 This is the day that the LORD has made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Psa 118:25 Save us, we pray, O LORD!
O LORD, we pray, give us success!
Reading for Wednesday June 4th Prov 1:1-19
Prologue
1 Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand sayings of understanding,
3 to gain ?insightful instruction?,
righteousness and justice and equity,
4 to give shrewdness to the simple,
knowledge and purpose to the young,
5 may the wise hear and increase learning,
and the one who understands gain direction,
6 to understand a proverb and an expression,
words of wisdom and their riddles.
7 Fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge;
wisdom and instruction, fools despise.
Lecture Against Gang Behavior
8 My child, may you keep your father’s instruction,
and do not reject your mother’s teachings,
9 for they are a garland of favor for your head,
and pendants for your neck.
10 My child, if sinners entice you, do not consent.
11 If they say,
“Come with us!
We shall lie in wait for blood;
we shall ambush the innocent without cause.
12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive
and whole, ?like those who descend to the pit?.
13 We shall find all precious wealth,
we shall fill our houses with booty,
14 you shall throw your lot in our midst,
there will be one purse for all of us.”
15 My child, do not walk in their way.
Keep your foot from their paths,
16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood,
17 for “in vain is the net scattered,
in the sight of any ?winged bird?.”
18 They lie in wait for their own blood.
They ambush their own lives.
19 Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain—
it will take the life of its possessors.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O King who comes in the name of the Lord, through Your birth and death, earth and heaven were joined together in peace. May Your coming as King into Jerusalem in humility on the donkey help us to see that You continue to come to us as our King hidden in humble water, humble words, humble food; for You live and reign with the Father 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.
