Solomon’s Praise of His Dancing Maiden How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O royal princess! The curves of your ?thighs? are like ?jewels?, the work of the hands of a craftsman. 2 Your navel is ?a round wine-mixing bowl? that does not lack mixed wine! Your belly is a heap of wheat encircled with lilies. 3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory…
+ 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 56
Psa 56:1 Be gracious to me, O God,
for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
Psa 56:2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
Psa 56:3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Psa 56:4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust;
I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Psa 56:5 All day long they injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psa 56:6 They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
Psa 56:7 For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
Psa 56:8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
Psa 56:9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call.
This I know, that God is for me.
Psa 56:10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise,
Psa 56:11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
Psa 56:12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
Psa 56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.
Reading for Wednesday October 29th Song of Songs 7:1-9
Solomon’s Praise of His Dancing Maiden
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O royal princess!
The curves of your ?thighs? are like ?jewels?,
the work of the hands of a craftsman.
2 Your navel is ?a round wine-mixing bowl?
that does not lack mixed wine!
Your belly is a heap of wheat
encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory;
your eyes are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
?looking out over Damascus?.
5 ?Your head crowns you like Carmel?;?
the flowing locks of your head are like ?purple tapestry?;
a king is held captive in the tresses!
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
O loved one in the delights!
7 ?Your stature? is like the palm tree,
and your breasts are like clusters.
8 I say, “I will climb up the palm tree;
I will lay hold of its fruit clusters.”
Let your breasts be pleasing like clusters of the vine
and the scent of your breath like the apples.
9 Your palate is like the best wine that goes down for my beloved,
smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O God, from whom all good proceeds, grant to us, Your humble servants, You holy inspiration, that we may set our minds on the things that are right and, by Your merciful guiding, accomplish them; 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.
