I praise you, merciful Father, that you have not led me in a way bound by grim duty and joyless servitude, but in one that, though it transverses “the valley of the shadow,” always leads to “the house of the Lord.” Amen.
PSALM 69:30-36
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But I am afflicted and in pain; let your saving help protect me, God,
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6 That I may praise God’s name in song and glorify it with thanksgiving.
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My song will please the LORD more than oxen, more than bullocks with horns and hooves:
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“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, take heart!
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For the LORD hears the poor, does not spurn those in bondage.
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Let the heavens and the earth sing praise, the seas and whatever moves in them!”
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God will rescue Zion, rebuild the cities of Judah. God’s servants shall dwell in the land and possess it;
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7) it shall be the heritage of their descendants; those who love God’s name shall dwell there.
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