God, you are our shepherd;
because you are, we shall not want.
Let me not fret when misfortune comes,
asking why you let it happen to me.
Save me from yearning for bye-gone days,
and grant me the assurance that you will supply
what I really need, and you will increase
the harvest of righteousness.
Enter the strong man's house and tie him up,
that I may be free to do your will.
because you are, we shall not want.
Let me not fret when misfortune comes,
asking why you let it happen to me.
Save me from yearning for bye-gone days,
and grant me the assurance that you will supply
what I really need, and you will increase
the harvest of righteousness.
Enter the strong man's house and tie him up,
that I may be free to do your will.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Judg. 6:1-24
2 Cor. 9:6-15
Mark 3:20-30
Selected Verses
Ps. 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
Judg. 6:13a,b
Gideon answered [the angel of the LORD], "But sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our ancestors recounted to us…"
2 Cor. 9:10
He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
Mark 3:27
"…But no one can enter a strong man's house and plunder his property without first tying up the strong man; then indeed the house can be plundered. …" [Jesus to the crowd and the scribes who accused him of having Beelzebul]
Thank you.
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