O my God, how often I have turned a stubborn shoulder
and stiffened my neck to you, refusing to obey.
Yet you did not send me away. You brought up
my soul from Sheol and restored me to life
from among those gone down to the Pit.
Teach me to be grateful and to long after you,
not after all the dainties and splendor
for which my soul is wont to long.
and stiffened my neck to you, refusing to obey.
Yet you did not send me away. You brought up
my soul from Sheol and restored me to life
from among those gone down to the Pit.
Teach me to be grateful and to long after you,
not after all the dainties and splendor
for which my soul is wont to long.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 123; 146; 30; 86
Neh. 9:26-38
Rev. 18:9-20
Matt. 15:21-28
Selected Verses
Ps. 30:3
O LORD, you brought up my soul from Sheol,
restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
Neh. 9:29c
"…They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey. …" [Ezra praying before the people of Israel who were of Israelite descent]
Rev. 18:14
"The fruit for which your soul longed
has gone from you,
and all your dainties and your splendor
are lost to you,
never to be found again!"
[The merchants of the earth, mourning for Babylon, the mighty city]
Matt. 15:23b
And his disciples came and urged [Jesus], saying, "Send [the Canaanite woman] away, for she keeps shouting after us."
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