Devotional for the Fifth Sunday in Lent

St. Pauls UMC - Saint Albans, Vermont

Read Psalms 107-109

 

Psalm 108 (21st Century King James Version)

 

¹ O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my inmost being. ² Awake, psaltery and harp! I myself will awake early. ³ I will praise Thee, O Lord, among the people, and I will sing praises unto Thee among the nations. ⁴ For Thy mercy is great above the heavens, and Thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.

 ⁵ Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and Thy glory above all the earth. ⁶ That Thy beloved may be delivered, save with Thy right hand, and answer me.

⁷ God hath spoken in His holiness: “I will rejoice; I will divide Shechem, and mete out the Valley of Succoth. ⁸ Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the strength of Mine head; Judah is My lawgiver. ⁹ Moab is My washpot; over Edom will I cast My shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.”

¹⁰ Who will bring me into the stronghold city? Who will lead me into Edom? ¹¹ Wilt not Thou, O God, who hast cast us off? And wilt not Thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? ¹² Give us help from trouble, for vain is the help of man. ¹³ Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is that shall tread down our enemies.