Out of hate, some join a
conspiracy to kill;
what are we ready to do out
of love?
We wail upon our beds--but do
we cry from the heart
in earnest appeal for those
the people love?
O God, look down from heaven
to hear the groans of the prisoners;
to hear the groans of the prisoners;
set free those who are doomed
to die.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 42; 146; 102; 133
Hosea 7:8-16
Acts 23:12-24
Luke 7:1-17
Selected Verses
Ps. 102:19b-20
…from heaven the LORD looked at the
earth,
to
hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die…
to set free those who were doomed to die…
Hosea 7:14a
[The
people of Ephraim] do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their
beds…
Acts 23:12
In
the morning the Jews joined in a conspiracy and bound themselves by an oath
neither to eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Luke 7:4-5
When
[the Jewish elders] came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying,
"[The centurion with the sick slave] is worthy of having you [heal his
slave], for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for
us."
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