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This resource relating to Psalm 40:1-11 provides a poem by Walter Scott (1771-1832) highlighting Israel's journey out of slavery into freedom and a poem by Isaac ben Mordecai (c. 12th century) highlighting God's deliverance and restoration.
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Revised Common Lectionary
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Englewood Review
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Psalm 40:1-11
CLASSIC POEM:
When Israel, of the Lord Beloved
Sir Walter Scott
When Israel, of the Lord beloved,
Out from the land of bondage came,
Her father’s God before her moved,
An awful guide, in smoke and flame.
There rose the choral hymn of praise,
And trump and timbrel answered keen,
And Zion’s daughters poured their lays,
With priest’s and warrior’s voice between.
By day, along th’astonished lands
The cloudy pillar glided slow;
By night, Arabia’s crimsoned sands
Returned the fiery column’s glow.
Thus present still, though now unseen,
When brightly shines the prosperous day,
Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray.
And O, when gathers on our path,
In shade and storm, the frequent night,
Be Thou, long suffering, slow to wrath,
A burning and a shining light.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Rock of My Salvation
Mordecai Ben Isaac
SNIPPET:
Mighty, praised beyond compare,
Rock of my salvation,
Build again my house of prayer,
For Thy habitation!
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Psalm 40:1-11
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Date:
Monday, January 9, 2023