daily reading 52.5 (Psalm 89:38–52)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023


Our opening prayer for this week:

Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let ev’ry heart prepare him room
And heaven and nature sing.

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let all their songs employ.
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.

No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground.
He comes to make his blessings known
Far as the curse is found.

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness
And wonders of his love. Amen.

 

Psalm 89:38–52

  • But you have spurned and rejected him; you have become enraged with your anointed.
  • 39 You have repudiated the covenant with your servant; you have completely dishonored his crown.
  • 40 You have broken down all his walls; you have reduced his fortified cities to ruins.
  • 41 All who pass by plunder him; he has become an object of ridicule to his neighbors.
  • 42 You have lifted high the right hand of his foes; you have made all his enemies rejoice.
  • 43 You have also turned back his sharp sword and have not let him stand in battle.
  • 44 You have made his splendor cease and have overturned his throne.
  • 45 You have shortened the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame. Selah
  • 46 How long, LORD? Will you hide forever? Will your anger keep burning like fire?
  • 47 Remember how short my life is. Have you created everyone for nothing?
  • 48 What courageous person can live and never see death? Who can save himself from the power of Sheol? Selah
  • 49 Lord, where are the former acts of your faithful love that you swore to David in your faithfulness?
  • 50 Remember, Lord, the ridicule against your servants— in my heart I carry abuse from all the peoples— 51 how your enemies have ridiculed, LORD, how they have ridiculed every step of your anointed.
  •  52 Blessed be the LORD forever. Amen and amen.




For yourself pray:

  • That God is patient with you in Christ when you are impatient with him

For others pray:

  • That God comforts anyone in your congregation who is especially grieving or worn out this weekend

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

  • Psalm 150  (YouTube, Israeli Christian band)

 

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