We Who Breathe, We Praise You--Aug. 26, 2018

We praise you, Holy God, our Maker;

let everything that breathes praise you.

You created all things; by your will they

existed and were created.  You live forever

and forever; you are worthy to receive glory,

honor, and power.  As for us, we are mortal--

how can we be righteous or pure before you?

You gave us Jesus; he showed us how to live,

but he was not honored; he was rejected,

even by those who knew him best.

Do not we reject him, too?

Christ, have mercy;

God, have mercy.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 67; 150; 46; 93

Job 4:1-6, 12-21

Rev. 4:1-11

Mark 6:1-6a

Selected Verses

Ps. 150:6

 Let everything that breathes praise the LORD!
     Praise the LORD!

Job 4:16b-17

"…A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice: 'Can mortals be righteous before God?  Can human beings be pure before their Maker?  …'"

Rev. 4:10-11

…the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing, "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created."

Mark 6:4

Then Jesus said to [the people of his home town], "Prophets are not without honor, except in their home town, and among their own kin, and in their own house."