For God alone my inner self waits in silence;
from God comes my victory.
Surely God is my rock and the source of my victory,
my refuge where I will never be shaken.
How long will you overwhelm a person with reproofs?
How long will you batter your victim, all of you,
like a broken-down wall and like a tottering fence?
They plot to bring down a person from his or her lofty place.
They take pleasure in lies;
they bless with their mouths, but curse from the inside. Selah.
Here begins the psalm segment for the 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany, Series B
For God alone my inner self waits in silence;
for from God comes my hope.
Surely God is my rock and the source of my victory,
my refuge, where I will not be shaken.
On God depends my victory and my honor;
my powerful rock, my refuge is in God.
O people, trust in God at all times;
pour out your heart before God;
God is a refuge for us. Selah
Surely nothing but vapor are human beings of low estate,
and those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are altogether lighter than vapor.
Do not trust in oppression,
and do not set your vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase;
do not set you heart on them.
Once God has spoken;
twice I have heard:
that power belongs to God.
Loyalty also belongs to you, Lord;
for you repay people in accordance with their deeds.
© 2003 Ralph W. Klein