Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Bible Readings Ruth 1:1-19, Luke 10:25-37
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Pastor John Melke
Sermon text: Psalm 25:1-22

A Prayer for Protection

1 To you, O Lord, I will lift up my soul.

2 In you I have trusted, O my God.

Do not let me be put to shame.

Do not let my enemies triumph over me.

3 All who hope in you will never be put to shame,

but those who are treacherous for no reason will be put to shame.

A Prayer for Forgiveness

4 Make known to me your ways, O Lord.

Teach me your paths.

5 Make me walk in your truth and teach me,

because you are the God who saves me.

In you I hope all day long.

6 Remember, O Lord, your compassion and your mercy,

for they are from eternity.

7 Do not remember the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways.

According to your mercy remember me,

because of your goodness, O Lord.

8 Good and upright is the Lord.

Therefore, he instructs sinners in the right way.

9 He directs the humble to what is just,

and he teaches the humble his way.

10 All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth

for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

11 For the sake of your name, O Lord,

you forgive my guilt, although it is great.

A Prayer for a Godly Life

12 Who, then, is the man who fears the Lord?

The Lord will instruct him in the way he chooses.

13 That man will enjoy a good life,

and his descendants will possess the land.

14 The guidance of the Lord is with those who fear him.

His covenant will give them knowledge.

A Second Prayer for Protection

15 My eyes are always on the Lord,

because he frees my feet from the net.

16 Turn toward me and be gracious to me,

because I am lonely and afflicted.

17 The distress of my heart increases.

Bring me out of my anguish.

18 See my affliction and my trouble,

and take away all my sins.

19 See my enemies—

how they have increased,

and how violently they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me.

Do not let me be put to shame,

for I have taken refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me,

because I wait for you.

22 Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress!

The Holy Bible, Evangelical Heritage Version®, EHV®, © 2019 Wartburg Project, Inc. All rights reserved.

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