God, you stretch the measuring line over us
and hang the plummet.
We do not measure up to your standards.
We do not judge in favor of the poor and oppressed;
we favor the privileged (ourselves included).
We forget that you judge our judging.
In the end we shall die like mortals.
Keep us from seeking our own advantage;
cast out the demons who bar our way to you.
and hang the plummet.
We do not measure up to your standards.
We do not judge in favor of the poor and oppressed;
we favor the privileged (ourselves included).
We forget that you judge our judging.
In the end we shall die like mortals.
Keep us from seeking our own advantage;
cast out the demons who bar our way to you.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 5; 145; 82; 29
2 Kings 21:1-18
1 Cor. 10:14-11:1
Matt. 8:28-34
Selected Verses
Ps. 82:6-7
I say, "You are gods,
children of the Most High, all of you;
nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
and fall like any prince."
2 Kings 21:13
I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line for Samaria, and the plummet for the house of Ahab; I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.
1 Cor. 10:24
Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other.
Matt. 8:28
When [Jesus] came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way.
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