Our hearts are frozen in fury, O God;
Send out your word, and melt them,
that we may bless rather than curse,
and leave vengeance in your hands,
for this is what is pleasing to you.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 97;
147:12-20; 16; 62
Gen. 27:30-45
Rom. 12:9-21
John 8:21-32
Selected Verses
Ps. 147:18
[The LORD] sends
out his word, and melts them;
he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow.
Gen. 27:42-44
But the words of
her elder son Esau were told to Rebekah; so she sent and called her younger son
Jacob and said to him, "Your brother Esau is consoling himself by planning
to kill you. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; flee at once to my
brother Laban in Haran, and stay with him a while, until your brother's
fury turns away…"
Rom. 12:14, 19
Bless those who
persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
…Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God;
for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
John 8:29
"…And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me
alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him." [Jesus, to the Pharisees]
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