How many the
complaints
we pour out before
you, O God;
how abundant the
troubles we tell you.
We are quick to blame
you for them all,
"Why weren't you
there to protect
us when we needed
you?"
Teach us to keep
silence
as we listen to learn
about
all your signs and
wonders.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 51; 148; 142; 65
Job 29:1, 31:24-40
Acts 15:12-21
John 11:30-44
Selected Verses
Ps. 142:2
I pour out my complaint before [the LORD];
I tell my trouble before him.
I tell my trouble before him.
Job 31:35a
"…Oh, that I had one to hear me! …"
[Job]
Acts 15:12
The whole assembly kept
silence, and listened to Barnabas and Paul as they told of all the signs and
wonders that God had done through them among the Gentiles.
John 11:32
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his
feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not
have died."
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