When the rains fall, and the floods come,
and the winds blow and beat against their houses;
when the bully boasts, and the tyrant screams,
and lies are all around them;
when their freedom is in doubt, their authority at stake,
and they are greatly afflicted:
O merciful God, deliver them out of the hand of evil,
and grant that they may keep their faith.
and the winds blow and beat against their houses;
when the bully boasts, and the tyrant screams,
and lies are all around them;
when their freedom is in doubt, their authority at stake,
and they are greatly afflicted:
O merciful God, deliver them out of the hand of evil,
and grant that they may keep their faith.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 116; 147:12-20; 26; 130
2 Kings 18:28-37
1 Cor. 9:1-15
Matt. 7:22-29
Selected Verses
Ps. 116:10-11
I kept my faith, even when I said,
"I am greatly afflicted";
I said in my consternation,
"Everyone is a liar."
2 Kings 18:35
"'…Who among all the gods of the countries have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’” [The Rabshakeh delivering to Jerusalem the words of the king of Assyria]
1 Cor. 9:1
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Matt. 7:27
"…The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell--and great was its fall!” [Jesus, seated on the mountain]
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