**I recommend we take a couple of weeks and read Proverbs 25: 1-15 everyday**
Psalm 22
To the lead player, on ayeleth hashahar, a David psalm.
My God, my God, why have You forsake me?
Far from my rescue are the words that I roar.
My God, I call out by day and You do not answer,
By night – no stillness for me.
And You, the Holy One – enthroned in Israel’s praise.
In You did our fathers trust,
They trusted, and You set them free.
To You they cried out, and escaped,
In You they trusted and were not put to shame.
But I am a worm and no man,
A disgrace among men, by the people reviled.
All who see me do mock me -
They curl their lips, they shake their head.
Who turns to the LORD, He will set him free.
He will save him, for He delights in him.
For You drew me out from the womb,
Made me safe at my mother’s breasts.
Upon You I was cast from birth,
From my mother’s belly You were my God.
Do not be far from me,
For distress is near,
For there is none to help.
Brawny bulls surrounded me,
The mighty of Bashan encompassed me.
They gaped with their mouths against me -
A ravening, roaring lion.
Like water I spilled out,
All my limbs fell apart.
My heart was like wax,
Melting within my chest.
My palate turned dry as a shard
And my tongue was annealed to my jaw,
And to death’s dust did You thrust me.
For the curs came all around me,
A pack of the evil encircled me,
They bound my hands and my feet.
They counted out all my bones,
It is they who looked, who stared at me.
They shared out my garments among them
And cast lots for my clothes.
But You, O LORD, be not far.
My strength, to my aid O hasten!
Save from the sword my life,
From the cur’s power my person.
Rescue me from the lion’s mouth.
And from the horns of the ram You answered me.
Let me tell Your name to my brothers,
In the assembly let me praise You.
Fearers of the LORD, O praise Him!
All the seed of Jacob revere Him!
And be afraid of Him, all Israel’s seed!
For He has not spurned nor has despised
The affliction of the lowly,
And has not hidden His face from him;
When he cried out to Him, He heard.
For You – my praise in the great assembly.
My vows I fulfill before those who fear Him.
The lowly will eat and be sated.
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
May you be of good cheer forever.
All the far ends of earth will remember
And return to the LORD.
All the clans of the nations
Will bow down before You.
For the LORD’s is the kingship -
And He rules over the nations.
Yes, to Him will bow down
All the netherworld’s sleepers.
Before Him will kneel
All who go down to the dust
Whose life is undone.
My seed will serve Him.
It will be told for generations to come.
They will proclaim His bounty to a people aborning
For He has done.
Tonight, read Matthew’s account of Jesus’ crucifixion. Then read this psalm. Then look through the names in the church directory. Then pray. That’s my recommendation.
Bible Reading: Romans 16 one more time!
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