our fortress and
deliverer,
the rock in whom we
take refuge,
our shield, our
salvation, our stronghold.
You have brought down
the powerful
from their thrones
and lifted up the lowly.
Alas for us if we
rely on our missiles, if we
trust in our armies
because they are strong,
but do not look to
the Holy One of Israel,
or consult with you
and your will for us.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 18:1-20; 147:12-20; 126; 62
Isa. 31:1-9
Rev. 21:22-22:5
Luke 1:39-56
Selected Verses
Ps. 18:1-2
I love you, O LORD, my strength.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my
God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my
shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Isa. 31:1
Alas for those who go down to Egypt for help
and who rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the LORD!
and who rely on horses,
who trust in chariots because they are many
and in horsemen because they are very strong,
but do not look to the Holy One of Israel
or consult the LORD!
Rev. 22:2b
On either side of the river is the tree of life with its
twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the
tree are for the healing of the nations.
Luke 1:52
"…He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly…" [Mary to Elizabeth]
and lifted up the lowly…" [Mary to Elizabeth]
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