+ DAILY PRAYER +
Job’s Final Defense – Then Job again took up his discourse and said, 2 “?O that I were? as in the months before, as in the days when God watched over me, 3 when his shining lamp was over my head— by his light I walked through darkness— 4 as when I was in the days of my prime, when God’s confiding was over my ?house?, 5 when Shaddai was still with me, my children were all around me,…
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 103:1-10
Psa 103:1 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
Psa 103:3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
Psa 103:4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
Psa 103:5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
Psa 103:6 The LORD works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
Psa 103:7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
Psa 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
Psa 103:9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
Psa 103:10 He does not deal with us
according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
Reading for Wednesday October 9th Job 29
Job’s Final Defense
29 Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
2 “?O that I were? as in the months before,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 when his shining lamp was over my head—
by his light I walked through darkness—
4 as when I was in the days of my prime,
when God’s confiding was over my ?house?,
5 when Shaddai was still with me,
my children were all around me,
6 when my paths were washed in sour milk,
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me.
7 “At my going out the gate to the city,
I secured my seat in the square.
8 Young men saw me and stepped aside,
and the aged rose up and stood.
9 Officials refrained from talking,
and they laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The voices of nobles were hushed,
and their tongue stuck to their palate.
11 “When the ear heard and commended me,
and the eye saw and testified in support of me
12 because I saved the needy who cried for help,
and I saved the orphan for whom there was no helper.
13 The blessing of the wretched came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a headband.
15 “I was eyes to the blind,
and I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,
and I investigated ?the stranger’s? legal dispute.
17 And I broke the evil one’s jaw bones,
and I made his prey drop from his teeth.
18 “And I thought, ‘I will pass away in my nest,
and like the phoenix I shall multiply my days.
19 My roots were open to water,
and dew spent the night on my branches;
20 My glory was new with me,
and ?I was revitalized regularly?.’
21 “They listened to me and waited,
and they kept silent for my counsel.
22 After my word, they did not speak again,
and my word dropped down like dew upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
24 I smiled for them when they had no confidence in anything,
and they did not extinguish the light of my face.
25 I chose their way, and I sat as head,
and I dwelled like a king among the troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Lord God, heavenly Father, You promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. You led him to the Land of Canaan, and You sealed Your covenant with him by the shedding of blood. May we see in Jesus, the Seed of Abraham, the promise of the new covenant of Your Holy Church, sealed with Jesus’ blood on the cross and given to us now in the cup of the new testament; 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.
