O God, you take pleasure in
your people;
you adorn the humble with
victory.
Widely Mordecai and Esther
celebrated victory--
sent out letters to wish
peace and security.
Good news of a far greater
victory Jesus proclaimed;
then Paul spread abroad the
encouraging word.
All your children praise your
name with dancing,
with tambourine and lyre make
melody.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 122; 149; 100; 63
Esth. 9:1-32
Acts 20:1-16
Luke 4:38-44
Selected Verses
Ps. 149:3-4
Let
[the children of Zion] praise [the LORD's] name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.
For
the LORD takes pleasure in his people;
he adorns the humble with victory.
he adorns the humble with victory.
Esth. 9:30
Letters
were sent wishing peace and security to all the Jews, to the one hundred
twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus…
Acts
20:1-2
After
the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples; and after encouraging them
and saying farewell, he left for Macedonia.
When he had gone through those regions and had given the believers much
encouragement, he came to Greece…
Luke 4:43
But
[Jesus] said to [the crowds], "I must proclaim the good news of the
kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose."
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