O God, the psalmist and
Job agreed
that you surround your
people;
the psalmist considered this desirable,
but to Job it seemed diabolical.
Some in the crowd
thought Jesus good,
others thought him a
deceiver.
What you made clean, O
God, let no one
call profane.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Job 6:1, 7:1-21
Acts 10:1-16
John 7:1-13
Selected Verses
Ps. 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
Job 7:17-18
"…What are human beings, that you make so much of them,
that you set your mind on them, visit them every morning, test them every
moment? …" [Job]
Acts 10:15
The voice said to [Peter] again, a second time, "What
God has made clean, you must not call profane."
John 7:12
And there was considerable complaining about [Jesus] among
the crowds. While some were saying,
"He is a good man," others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the
crowd."
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