2 (1) I waited patiently for Adonai,
till he turned toward me and heard my cry.
3 (2) He brought me up from the roaring pit,
up from the muddy ooze,
and set my feet on a rock,
making my footing firm.
4 (3) He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will look on in awe
and put their trust in Adonai.
5 (4) How blessed the man who trusts in Adonai
and does not look to the arrogant
or to those who rely on things that are false.
6 (5) How much you have done, Adonai my God!
Your wonders and your thoughts toward us —
none can compare with you!
I would proclaim them, I would speak about them;
but there’s too much to tell!
7 (6) Sacrifices and grain offerings you don’t want;
burnt offerings and sin offerings you don’t demand.
Instead, you have given me open ears;
8 (7) so then I said, “Here I am! I’m coming!
In the scroll of a book it is written about me.
9 (8) Doing your will, my God, is my joy;
your Torah is in my inmost being.
10 (9) I have proclaimed what is right in the great assembly;
I did not restrain my lips, Adonai, as you know.
11 (10) I did not hide your righteousness in my heart
but declared your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal your grace and truth
from the great assembly.”
12 (11) Adonai, don’t withhold your mercy from me.
Let your grace and truth preserve me always.
13 (12) For numberless evils surround me;
my iniquities engulf me — I can’t even see;
there are more of them than hairs on my head,
so that my courage fails me.
14 (13) Be pleased, Adonai, to rescue me!
Adonai, hurry and help me!
15 (14) May those who seek to sweep me away
be disgraced and humiliated together.
May those who take pleasure in doing me harm
be turned back and put to confusion.
16 (15) May those who jeer at me, “Aha! Aha!”
be aghast because of their shame.
17 (16) But may all those who seek you
be glad and take joy in you.
May those who love your salvation say always,
“Adonai is great and glorious!”
RG AUDIO 041715"A Significant Witness" by Author: Larry R. MorrisI don’t know why Mr. Joe chose to be our Sunday School teacher. He had enough responsibilities to fill his day. There were other classes he could have attended which may have been of greater help to him and his spiritual journey-–but he chose us.
Every Sunday morning, four to six energetic junior boys filled his small Sunday School classroom. With great patience he shared the Bible lesson with us. We listened, for the most part. We especially listened when Mr. Joe shared about how God had transformed his life. We listened closely when he shared prayer requests for his son and family’s salvation. We listened because he didn’t hide his love for the One who loved him first.
I don’t think any of us boys remember a lot about Mr. Joe’s lessons, but we all remember Mr. Joe. He was real. His love for us was real. His love for God was real. And that made everything else that happened in that classroom significant.
Who are you sharing your life with this week so they see God’s love and faithfulness in you?
Hymn for Today: "O sing a new song to the Lord, for wonders he hath done"
1. O sing a new song to the Lord,
for wonders he hath done:
His right hand and his holy arm
him victory hath won.
2. The Lord God his salvation
hath caused to be known;
His justice in the heathen’s sight
he openly hath shown.
3. He mindful of his grace and truth
to Isr’el’s house hath been;
And the salvation of our God
all ends of th’ earth have seen.
4. Let all the earth unto the Lord
send forth a joyful noise;
Lift up your voice aloud to him,
sing praises, and rejoice.
5. With harp, with harp, and voice of psalms,
unto Jehovah sing:
6. With trumpets, cornets, gladly sound
before the Lord the King.
7. Let seas and all their fulness roar;
the world, and dwellers there;
8. Let floods clap hands, and let the hills
together joy declare
9. Before the Lord; because he comes,
to judge the earth comes he:
He’ll judge the world with righteousness,
his folk with equity.
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