O God, you uphold all who are falling;
you raise up all who are bowed down.
Uphold me, for I have broken faith--
there are many things to which I am
more devoted than I have been to you.
The night is far gone; wake me from my sleep.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 135; 145;
97; 112
Josh. 7:1-13
Rom. 13:8-14
Matt. 26:36-46
Selected Verses
Ps. 145:14
The LORD upholds
all who are falling,
and raises up all who are bowed down.
and raises up all who are bowed down.
Josh. 7:1
But the
Israelites broke faith in regard to the devoted things: Achan son of Carmi son
of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things;
and the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
Rom. 13:11-12a
Besides this,
you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep.
For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is
far gone, the day is near.
Matt. 26:38, 40
Then [Jesus]
said to [Peter, James, and John], "I am deeply grieved, even to death;
remain here, and stay awake with me." … Then he came
to the disciples and found them sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could
you not stay awake with me one hour? …"
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