Though your people do not know you, O God,
and are more skilled at doing evil than good,
I believe that we shall see your goodness,
Lord, and that we shall be astonished.
O, give us understanding, that we
may be doers of your word,
not merely hearers.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102
Jer. 4:9-10, 19-28
Rom. 2:12-24
John 5:19-29
Selected Verses
Ps. 27:13
I believe that I shall see the goodness of the
LORD
in the land of the living.
in the land of the living.
Jer. 4:22
"For my people are foolish,
they do not know me;
they are stupid children,
they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil,
but do not know how to do good."
they do not know me;
they are stupid children,
they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil,
but do not know how to do good."
Rom. 2:13
For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in
God’s sight, but the doers of the law who will be justified.
John 5:20
"…The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he
himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you
will be astonished. …" [Jesus, to those who were persecuting him]
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