You Delivered My Eyes from Tears--May 14, 2019

Merciful God,

you have delivered my soul from death,

my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

You took away my fear and dismay;

from far away you saved me.

Once I was estranged and hostile;

now you have reconciled me;

instead of my weeping,

now I can laugh.

Thank you,

God!

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 98; 146; 66; 116

Jer. 30:10-17

Col. 1:15-23

Luke 6:12-26

Selected Verses

Ps. 116:8

 For you have delivered my soul from death,
          my eyes from tears,
          my feet from stumbling. 

Jer. 30:10a

But as for you, have no fear, my servant Jacob, says the LORD,
          and do not be dismayed, O Israel;
for I am going to save you from far away,
          and your offspring from the land of their captivity. 

Col. 1:21-22

And you who were once estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him…

Luke 6:21b

"Blessed are you who weep now,
          for you will laugh.  …"  [Jesus, to the crowd]