Psalm 66- Salvation

Oh God, your world is awesome,
When I notice it, my fears and anxieties flee.
You have nudged us towards goodness.
You hold our souls in life.
You will not allow our feet to slip.
You have tested us in the fires of life.
We have found ourselves trapped
We have carried heavy burdens
Our enemies have driven over us.
We’ve been through war and storm.
And you have brought us out.

I will honor You
I will speak of You
You have heard me and attended to my prayer.

Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer
nor withheld steadfast love from me.

Psalm 93 Creation

You have put on beautiful clothes, Holy One—
This amazing universe!
You have made the nothingness solid
with an intricate web of laws
And brought life into being by your love
to evolve its own forms and find its own heart.
From everlasting to everlasting you Are.

Louder than the pounding waves
Larger than the sea
Is your voice whispering, still and small, in our hearts.

Psalm 94 justice

You don’t take vengeance on evildoers, so
the arrogant do not get their just deserts.
How long, how long,
will the wicked triumph?
They boast and swagger
they oppress the poor
They squander the world’s resources
and pollute and defile her.
They think that there is no one who sees.
Worse, they think You see and approve.
(Dear God, if you were vengeful, I would be in trouble.
for I live in these evil ways too
and have not found my way out of them.)
As for me, you know me.
You have instructed my heart.
You have not abandoned us.
You do not forsake your own.
Your judgment is just.
and true hearts follow.
You have come to my help
as often as my foot has slipped.
When many cares fill my mind
I find rest in you.
I will do what I can in the world
And trust your unfolding for the rest.