We cannot sleep in
peace,
and we wonder what is
the matter.
We try to buy your peace
with our riches,
and when we fail, we
wonder what is the matter.
Meanwhile you wait to
give us as much as we want.
O generous God, you
alone make us lie down in safety.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 15; 147:1-11; 48; 4
Judg. 18:16-31
Acts 8:14-25
John 6:1-15
Selected Verses
Ps. 4:8
I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.
for you alone, O LORD, make me lie down in safety.
Judg. 18:24
[Micah] replied [to the Danites], "You take my gods
that I made, and the priest, and go away, and what have I left? How then can you ask me, 'What is the
matter?'"
Acts 8:20
But Peter said to [Simon], "May your silver perish with
you, because you thought you could obtain God's gift with money! …"
John 6:11
Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he
distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they
wanted.
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