Monday, September 24, 2007

Sing the Praises of the Lord: even when He sends you out to Canaan

Psalm 113
1 Praise the LORD. [a]
Praise, O servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.

2 Let the name of the LORD be praised,
both now and forevermore.

3 From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets,
the name of the LORD is to be praised.

4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the LORD our God,
the One who sits enthroned on high,

6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?

7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

8 he seats them with princes,
with the princes of their people.

9 He settles the barren woman in her home
as a happy mother of children.
Praise the LORD.

I will praise the name of the Lord,
Even in the midst of the unknown,
Even in the midst of trials and tribulation,
Even in the midst of longing for the past,
Even in the midst of defeating the odds,
Even in the midst of understanding the future,
Even in the midst of admitting miscalculation,
Even in the midst of desiring answers,
Even in the midst of impatience with myself,
Even in the midst of LIFE

I have calmed and quieted my soul,
like a child with it's mother is my soul within me.
Oh Israel, Trust in the Lord, From this time forth, and FOREVERMORE

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