nunc dimittis
The Song of Simeon
Lord, now let your servant depart in peace, *
according to your word.
For my eyes have seen your salvation, *
which you have prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, *
and to be the glory of your people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, a world
without end. Amen. luke 2:29-32
I woke up not feeling well but after I took my medication, drank a bunch of water, and cleaned a bit I felt much better. Maybe Jordan Peterson is right about cleaning your room, hahaha.
I hit the gym early and did chest and cardio. It was a work day off so I spent most of the day cleaning and working on websites. I had some wine for dinner and went to bed watching documentaries. It was a good day.
Great is the Lord
Psalm 35:title–28 (ESV)
OF DAVID.
1 Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me!
2 Take hold of shield and buckler and rise for my help!
3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers! Say to my soul, “I am your salvation!”
4 Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek after my life! Let them be turned back and disappointed who devise evil against me!
5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!
6 Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!
7 For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life.
8 Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD, exulting in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?”
11 Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
12 They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft.
13 But I, when they were sick— I wore sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting; I prayed with head bowed on my chest.
14 I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
15 But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered; they gathered together against me; wretches whom I did not know tore at me without ceasing;
16 like profane mockers at a feast, they gnash at me with their teeth.
17 How long, O Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their destruction, my precious life from the lions!
18 I will thank you in the great congregation; in the mighty throng I will praise you.
19 Let not those rejoice over me who are wrongfully my foes, and let not those wink the eye who hate me without cause.
20 For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they devise words of deceit.
21 They open wide their mouths against me; they say, “Aha, Aha! Our eyes have seen it!”
22 You have seen, O LORD; be not silent! O Lord, be not far from me!
23 Awake and rouse yourself for my vindication, for my cause, my God and my Lord!
24 Vindicate me, O LORD, my God, according to your righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me!
25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, our heart’s desire!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”
26 Let them be put to shame and disappointed altogether who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me!
27 Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, “Great is the LORD, who delights in the welfare of his servant!”
28 Then my tongue shall tell of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long.
For the Spirit of Prayer
O Almighty God, you pour out on all who desire it the spirit
of grace and of supplication: Deliver us, when we draw near to
you, from coldness of heart and wanderings of mind, that with
steadfast thoughts and kindled affections we may worship you in
spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For Those We Love
Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to your neverfailing care and love, for this life and the life to come, knowing
that you are doing for them better things than we can desire or
pray for; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For the Family
Merciful Savior, you loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus,
hallowing their home with your sacred presence: Bless our
home, we pray, that your love may rest upon us, and that your
presence may dwell with us. May we all grow in grace and in
the knowledge of you, our Lord and Savior. Teach us to love one
another as you have commanded. Help us to bear one another’s
burdens in fulfillment of your law, O blessed Jesus, who with the
Father and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and
ever. Amen.
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