O God, when I am
angry I need no two-edged
sword in my hands to
execute vengeance--
to my shame, my words
are weapon enough.
Jesus was angry with
Peter for being to him
a stumbling block;
the angel was angry
with the dragon, who
represented the Devil;
Nehemiah was angry
with Tobiah and Eliashib
for desecrating the
chambers of your house;
but there is seldom
justification for my anger.
Forgive all my
unwarranted anger, O God--
the many times when I
have set my mind
not on divine things,
but on human things.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 56; 149; 118; 111
Neh. 13:4-22
Rev. 20:1-6
Matt. 16:21-28
Selected Verses
Ps. 49:6-7
Let
the high praises of God be in their throats
and two-edged swords in their hands,
to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples…
and two-edged swords in their hands,
to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples…
Neh. 13:7b-8
I
then discovered the wrong that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah, preparing
a room for him in the courts of the house of God. And I was very angry, and I threw all the
household furniture of Tobiah out of the room.
Rev. 20:2-3a
[The angel] seized
the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for
a thousand years, and threw him into the pit…
Matt. 16:23
But
[Jesus] turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; for you are
setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."
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