Prologue The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Motto Introduced “Vanity of vanities!” says the Teacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!”
All Toil is Profitless and Repetitious 3 What does a person gain in all his toil with which he toils under the sun? 4 A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth stands forever….
+ 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 118:5-14
Psa 118:5 Out of my distress I called on the LORD;
the LORD answered me and set me free.
Psa 118:6 The LORD is on my side;
I will not fear. What can man do to me?
Psa 118:7 The LORD is on my side as my helper;
I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
Psa 118:8 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in man.
Psa 118:9 It is better to take refuge in the LORD
than to trust in princes.
Psa 118:10 All nations surrounded me;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:11 They surrounded me,
surrounded me on every side;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:12 They surrounded me like bees;
they went out like a fire among thorns;
in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
Psa 118:13 I was pushed hard, so that I was falling,
but the LORD helped me.
Psa 118:14 The LORD is my strength and my song;
he has become my salvation.
Reading for Thursday September 18th Eccl 1:1-11
Prologue
1 The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Motto Introduced
2 “Vanity of vanities!” says the Teacher,
“Vanity of vanities! All is vanity!”
All Toil is Profitless and Repetitious
3 What does a person gain in all his toil
with which he toils under the sun?
4 A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth stands forever.
5 The sun rises, and the sun goes down;
to its place it hurries, and there it rises again.
6 The wind goes to the south and goes around to the north;
around and around it goes, and on its circuit the wind returns.
7 All the streams flow to the sea,
but the sea is never full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they continue to flow.
8 All things toil continuously;
no one can ever finish describing this.
The eye is never satisfied with seeing,
and the ear is never filled with hearing.
9 What has been—it is what will be;
what has been done—it is what will be done;
there is nothing new under the sun.
10 There is a thing of which it is said, “Look at this! This is new!”
But it already existed in ages past before us.
11 There is neither remembrance of former generations,
nor will there be remembrance of future generations.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
Almighty God, our heavenly Father, whose nature it is always to have mercy, visit with Your fatherly correction all who have erred and gone astray from the truth of Your holy Word, and bring them to a true sense of their error that they may again receive and hold fast Your unchangeable truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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.
