When in fierce anger we rise up
against those who have disgraced us,
or who have threatened the ones we love,
protect us, O God, for in you we take
refuge.
When we see some make crooked
the straight paths you have taught us,
and are grieved at their hardness of
heart,
protect us, O God, for in you we take
refuge.
When our anger knows no boundaries,
when our wrath is misguided,
when we are the enemy,
protect us, O God,
from ourselves.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97;
147:12-20; 16; 62
1 Sam. 20:24-42
Acts 13:1-12
Mark 2:23-3:6
Selected Verses
Ps. 16:1
Protect
me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
1 Sam. 20:34
Jonathan rose
from the table in fierce anger and ate no food on the second day of the month,
for he was grieved for David, and because his father had disgraced him.
Acts 13:9-10
But Saul, also
known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at [Elymas] and
said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all
deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the
Lord? …"
Mark 3:5
[Jesus] looked
around at [those watching to see whether he would cure on the sabbath] with
anger; he was grieved at their hardness of heart and said to the man, “Stretch
out your hand.” He stretched it out, and
his hand was restored.
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