PSALM 130

Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD.  Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!  If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?  But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.  I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in [the LORD’S] word I hope; my soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.  O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with [the LORD] is great power to redeem.  It is [the LORD] who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

 

ADDITIONAL TEXTS

One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.

Proverbs 17:9

 

I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness. 

Isaiah 42:6-7

 

Although [God] causes grief, [God] will have compassion according to the abundance of [God’s] steadfast love; for [God] does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone.  When all the prisoners of the land are crushed under foot, when human rights are perverted in the

presence of the Most High, when one's case is subverted – does the Lord not see it? 

Lamentations 3:32-36

 

Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.  Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.  Give us this day our daily bread.  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one.  For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you; but if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 6:9-15

 

Early in the morning he came again to the temple.  All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them.  The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them,  they said to him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery.  Now in the law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”  They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.  When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”  And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground.  When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.  Jesus straightened up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”  She said, “No one, sir.”  And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way, and from now on do not sin again.”

John 8:2-11

 

Let mutual love continue.  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.  Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured. 

Hebrews 13:1-3

 

 

ADDITIONAL LECTIONARY TEXTS:

Psalm 130      

Ezekiel 37:1-14       

Romans 8:6-11           

John 11:1-45

 

Texts are from the NRSV.