What is coming upon
the world, dear God?
Thousands die in war;
there is very great slaughter,
even of civilians;
and great fear has seized the peoples.
Preserve against the
wrath of their enemies those who
walk in the midst of
trouble, O God; pray stretch
out your right hand
and deliver them.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 104; 149; 138; 98
1 Sam. 4:1b-11
Acts 4:32-5:11
Luke 21:20-28
Selected Verses
Ps. 138:7
Though
I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.
you preserve me against the wrath of my enemies;
you stretch out your hand,
and your right hand delivers me.
1 Sam. 4:10
So
the Philistines fought; Israel was defeated, and they fled, everyone to his
home. There was a very great slaughter,
for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.
Acts 5:11
And
great fear seized the whole church and all who heard of these things.
Luke 21:26
"…People
will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the
powers of the heavens will be shaken.
…" [Jesus to his disciples]
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