PSALM 93

The LORD is king, [the LORD] is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, [the LORD] is girded with strength.  The LORD has established the world; it shall never be moved; your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting.  The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their roaring.  More majestic than the thunders of mighty waters, more majestic than the waves of the sea, majestic on high is the LORD!  Your decrees are very sure; holiness befits your house, O LORD, forevermore.

 

ADDITIONAL TEXTS

 

For the Land of Eastern North Carolina:

 

The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the many coastlands be glad!   

Psalm 97:1  

 

O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.  Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great.  There go the ships, and Leviathan that you

formed to sport in it.  These all look to you to give them their food in due season; when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.  When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust.  When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground.  May the glory of the LORD endure forever...         Psalm 104:24-31 

 

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by.         

Psalm 57:1  

 

For Economic Justice in Eastern North Carolina:

 

Rise up, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; do not forget the oppressed.  Why do the wicked renounce God, and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?  But you do see! Indeed you note trouble and grief, that you may take it into your hands; the

helpless commit themselves to you; you have been the helper of the orphan.  Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers; seek out their wickedness until you find none.  The LORD is [God] forever and ever; the nations shall perish from [the LORD’s] land.  O LORD, you will hear the desire of the meek; you will strengthen their heart, you will incline your ear to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed, so that those from earth may strike terror no more.     

Psalm 10:12-18

 

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.  I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the

wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.    

Isaiah 41:17-18  

 

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”  

Matthew 11:28-30  

 

Come now, you rich people, weep and wail for the miseries that are coming to you…  Listen! The wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.  You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.  You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.  Be patient, therefore, beloved, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.  You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.      

James 5:1, 4-8

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL LECTIONARY TEXTS:

Acts 1:1-11      

Psalm 47      

Psalm 93       

Ephesians 1:15-23       

Luke 24:44-53

 

Texts are from the NRSV.