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This resource relating to Psalm 89:20-37 provides a poem by Isaac Watts (1674-1748) highlighting the faithfulness of God and a poem by Malcolm Guite highlighting God's keeping of his covenant.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Psalm 89:20-37
CLASSIC POEM:
Psalm 89 (Part 4)
Isaac Watts
Hear what the Lord in vision said,
And made his mercy known:
“Sinners, behold your help is laid
On my Almighty Son.
“Behold the Man my wisdom chose
Among your mortal race:
His head my holy oil o’erflows,
The Spirit of my grace.
“High shall he reign on David’s throne,
My people’s better King;
My arm shall beat his rivals down,
And still new subjects bring.
“My truth shall guard him in his way,
With mercy by his side,
While in my name through earth and sea
He shall in triumph ride.
“Me for his Father and his God
He shall for ever own,
Call me his rock, his high abode,
And I’ll support my Son.
“My first-born Son arrayed in grace
At my right hand shall sit;
Beneath him angels know their place,
And monarchs at his feet.
“My cov’nant stands for ever fast,
My promises are strong;
Firm as the heav’ns his throne shall last,
His seed endure as long.”
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Misericordias Domini
Malcolm Guite
SNIPPET:
Who knows this agony unless they feel it too?
You answer me in darkness from your cross,
It is your pain that draws my heart to you
As deep calls unto deep and loss to loss.
Your covenant was sealed in your heart’s blood
When it is pierced with mine. And our cries cross
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Year B Proper 11 (Ordinary Time 16)
Date:
Monday, July 15, 2024