Holy God, your
steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
your faithfulness
reaches to the clouds.
We cannot begin to
know the secrets of your wisdom;
our hearts are not
pure enough to see you,
not even to open your
sacred scroll;
but this we know,
that what
you exact of us is
far, far less than
what our guilt
deserves.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 108; 150; 66; 23
Job 11:6
Rev. 5:1-14
Matt. 5:1-12
Selected Verses
Ps. 108:4
For your steadfast love is higher than the heavens,
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Job 11:6
"…and that [God] would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For wisdom is many-sided. Know then that God
exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.
…" [Zophar to Job]
Rev. 5:2-3
…and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice,
"Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" And no
one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to
look into it.
Matt. 5:8
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. …"
[Jesus to the crowds on the mountain]
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