Rare the land--certainly
not ours--
with eighty years' rest
from warfare.
When darkness covers the
whole land,
and we are sure you have
forsaken us,
it is hard to wait for
your promises,
but as the mountains
surround
Jerusalem, so you
surround
your people, O God.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 65; 147:1-11; 125; 91
Judg. 3:12-30
Acts 1:1-14
Matt. 27:45-54
Selected Verses
Ps. 125:2
As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
so the LORD surrounds his people,
from this time on and forevermore.
Judg. 3:30
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.
Acts 1:4a
While staying with [the apostles], [the risen Jesus] ordered
them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father.
Matt. 27:45-46
From noon on, darkness came over the whole land until three
in the afternoon. And about three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice,
"Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have
you forsaken me?"
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