All her people groan, they are searching for bread. They give their treasures for food, to bring back life. See, O Yahweh, and look, how I am despised. 12 Is it nothing to you, ?all who pass by?? Look and see if there is sorrow like my sorrow, which was dealt to me, which Yahweh inflicted…
+ 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 110
Psa 110:1 The LORD says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
Psa 110:2 The LORD sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!
Psa 110:3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power, in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.
Psa 110:4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Psa 110:5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
Psa 110:6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
Psa 110:7 He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
Reading for Tuesday November 4th Lamentations 1:11-22
11 All her people groan,
they are searching for bread.
They give their treasures for food,
to bring back life.
See, O Yahweh, and look,
how I am despised.
12 Is it nothing to you, ?all who pass by??
Look and see
if there is sorrow like my sorrow,
which was dealt to me,
which Yahweh inflicted
on the ?day of his wrath?.
13 From heaven he sent fire,
into my bones he let it descend.
He spread out a net for my feet;
he turned me back,
he gave me devastation,
fainting all day.
14 My rebellion was bound as a yoke,
with his hand it was fastened together;
it was put on my neck
and caused my strength to fail.
The Lord gave me into the hands
of those whom I cannot withstand.
15 The Lord has rejected
all my mighty ones in my midst.
He called an assembly against me,
to crush my young men;
like in a wine press,
the Lord has trodden on
the virgin daughter of Judah.
16 For these things, I am weeping,
?my eyes flow with tears?;
because a comforter is far from me,
one to restore my life.
My sons are desolate
because the enemy has prevailed.
17 Zion stretches out her hands;
there is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded against Jacob,
that those surrounding him should be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
a defilement among them.
18 Yahweh is righteous;
I have rebelled against ?his word?.
Please hear, all the nations,
And see my pain;
My young women and young men
went into captivity.
19 I have called to my lovers,
they themselves deceived me;
my priests and elders perished in the city
when they sought food for themselves
to revive their life.
20 See, O Yahweh, that ?I am in distress?;
?my stomach? is in torment,
my heart has turned inside me
because I have certainly rebelled.
From outside a sword brings bereavement,
inside the house it is like death.
21 They hear that I was groaning;
there is no comforter for me.
All my enemies have heard my misery,
they are pleased that you have done it.
Bring that day that you have proclaimed,
And let them be like me.
22 Let all their evil come before you;
and deal with them
just as you have dealt with me
because of all my crimes;
for my groaning is much and my heart is faint.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, You have commanded us to love You above all things and our neighbors as ourselves. Grant us the Spirit to think and do what is pleasing in Your sight, that our faith in You may never waver and our love for one another may not falter; 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.
