O God,
you justify
the ungodly,
if we trust in you.
And if we trust in you,
truly we will amend our
ways
and our doings--act
justly with one another,
will not oppress the alien,
orphan, or widow
(who nightly flood the bed
with tears),
will not shed innocent
blood,
will seek your glory,
not our own.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 119:73-80; 145; 121; 6
Jer. 7:1-15
Rom. 4:1-12
John 7:14-36
Selected Verses
Ps. 6:6
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
Jer. 7:5-7a
For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you
truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the
orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not
go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this
place… [The LORD, speaking through
Jeremiah, to the people of Judah]
Rom. 4:5
But to one who without works trusts him who justifies the
ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
John 7:18
"…Those who speak on their own seek their own glory;
but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and there is
nothing false in him. …" [Jesus to his critics in the temple]
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